When patients visit primary care clinics, they can be subject to long wait times due operational inefficiencies and bottlenecks, decreasing patient satisfaction sometimes leading worse health outcomes. The existing literature models clinics primarily as agent-based models, which are excellent at tracking individual their movements in a model of clinic. While detect network flow better detects b...

Background Flow diverting stents have recently been approved for use in treating vascular geometries not amenable to standard coiling or clipping. By using multiple stents, one inside another, the amount of blood passing through the stent walls can be controlled. Often, these stents must be deployed in aneurysms with tortuous vessels and complex geometries. The ability to rehearse stent deploym...

background diabetes is a common problem with severe complications. the control of diabetes needs a close and honest relationship between patients and health professionals. the views of these two groups might influence the professional relationship. objectives the purpose of this study was to identify the views of diabetic patients versus the views of diabetic care professionals on the content o...

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...

in order to equip medical students with all the necessary skills in dealing with patients to provide optimal treatment, the need for the use of real patients in educational settings has become prominent. but all the required skills cannot be practiced on real patients due to patients’ safety and well-being. thus, the use of standardized patients (sps) or simulated patients (sips) as a substitut...

introduction: one of the most important indices of effectiveness and delivery quality of sanitary and medical services is patient satisfaction with hospital services. it is necessary that hospitals pay attention to patient's needs and ensure their satisfaction. therefore the current study was conducted with the aim of identifying the level of patient satisfaction with hospital services delivere...