Background: Emergency department congestion is among the major barriers to receiving nursing care for high-priority conditions, like ischemic heart disease. Therefore, it can affect patients’ satisfaction with the quality of care. This study aimed to investigate satisfaction with emergency care among patients with ischemic heart disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 600...

patients and methods a questionnaire was developed by a departmental checklist focus group, which aimed to identify the perception of health care checklists in general as well as specific checklists for routine and crisis situations in anesthesia. furthermore participants were asked regarding their perception of performing routine anesthesia and managing crisis situations without any cognitive ...

In the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of JAMIA, Weingart et al., in their article, “Who uses the patient Internet portal? The PatientSite experience,” offer an interesting perspective on the implementation of a patient portal called PatientSite. They describe the results of patient access to the features of the system and the demographic and clinical profile of its enrollees. Furthermore, this is one of th...

In the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of JAMIA, Weingart et al., in their article, “Who uses the patient Internet portal? The PatientSite experience,” offer an interesting perspective on the implementation of a patient portal called PatientSite. They describe the results of patient access to the features of the system and the demographic and clinical profile of its enrollees. Furthermore, this is one of th...

Background & aim: Healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (PCC). Despite evident advantages of PCC, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. Therefore...

background and objectives: discharge against medical advice (dama) is a significant healthcare problem posing negative impact on effectiveness of patient care and costs of the health system. in order to address this problem, first the potential influencing factor should be identifies. this study followed two major objectives: first, to evaluate the prevalence and potential causes of dama, and s...

background: caring is the core of nursing and holistic high-quality care is considered as one of the main concerns of nursing managers. evaluation by main care recipients and assessment of their satisfaction with different levels of care is a way to determine and improve the quality of nursing care. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the quality of nurses’ caring be...