The Impact of Medical Technology on Healthcare Today

Tan, Lth; Ong, KL

doi:10.1177/102490790200900410

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“…15 Hence, Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis is appropriate for the analysis of this concept. The steps of Rodgers' approach are as follows: (1) identifying the concept of interest and associated expressions; (2) identifying and selecting the appropriate realm for data collection; (3) collecting the relevant data to identify the attributes and contextual bases of the concept; (4) analyzing data to identify characteristics; (5) identifying a model case (an exemplary); and (6) identifying implications and hypotheses for further development of the concept. 14 The steps implemented in the concept of analysis are explained below (Table 1).…”

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“…Rapid changes in the medical sciences and technologies resulted in the development of new methods of care delivery and changes in healthcare policies. 1 Therefore, obtaining health-related information and decision-making are difficult for patients 2 and they need someone to advocate them. 3 Due to the long periods of time spent with the patients and the chance to build a relationship; and the duty to care with no harm, nurses have the best position to advocate for patients.…”

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Patient advocacy in nursing: A concept analysis

2019

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Background: The concept of patient advocacy is still poorly understood and not clearly conceptualized. Therefore, there is a gap between the ideal of patient advocacy and the reality of practice. In order to increase nursing actions as a patient advocate, a comprehensive and clear definition of this concept is necessary. Research objective: This study aimed to offer a comprehensive and clear definition of patient advocacy. Research design: A total of 46 articles and 2 books published between 1850 and 2016 and related to the concept of patient advocacy were selected from six databases and considered for concept analysis based on Rodgers’ evolutionary approach. Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Tarbiat Modares University. Findings: The attributes of patient advocacy are safeguarding (track medical errors, and protecting patients from incompetency or misconduct of co-workers and other members of healthcare team), apprising (providing information about the patient’s diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, suggesting alternatives of healthcare, and providing information about discharge program), valuing (maintaining self-control, enabling patients to make decisions freely, maintaining individualization and humanity, maintaining patient privacy, and acting in the patients’ values, culture, beliefs, and preferences), mediating (liaison between patients, families, and healthcare professionals, being patients’ voice, and communicate patient preferences and cultural values to members of the healthcare team), and championing social justice in the provision of healthcare (confronting inappropriate policies or rules in the healthcare system, identifying and correcting inequalities in delivery of health services, and facilitating access to community health services and health resources). Discussion and conclusion: The analysis of this concept can help to develop educational or managerial theories, design instruments for evaluating the performance of nurses in patient advocacy, develop strategies for enhancing patient advocacy, and improve the safety and quality of nursing care in the community and healthcare system.

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2019

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“…Advances in medical technology and, consequently, aggressive marketing to health care providers, direct-to-consumer advertising, political pressure from advocacy organisations, defensive medical decision making, fragmentation and discontinuity of care within and between health and social sectors - all can become the cause of healthcare overutilisation [ 9 , 10 ]. Cost containment strategies can limit healthcare-related expenditure by eliminating inappropriate use of health care services while ensuring the continuous improvement of the quality of care.…”

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Strategies for utilisation management of hospital services: a systematic review of interventions

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Background To achieve efficiency and high quality in health systems, the appropriate use of hospital services is essential. We identified the initiatives intended to manage adult hospital services and reduce unnecessary hospital use among the general adult population. Methods We systematically reviewed studies published in English using five databases (PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Web of Science, and MEDLINE via Ovid). We only included studies that evaluated interventions aiming to reduce the use of hospital services or emergency department, frequency of hospital admissions, length of hospital stay, or the use of diagnostic tests in a general adult population. Studies reporting no relevant outcomes or focusing on a specific patient population or children were excluded. Results In total, 64 articles were included in the systematic review. Nine utilisation management methods were identified: care plan, case management, care coordination, utilisation review, clinical information system, physician profiling, consultation, education, and discharge planning. Primary case management was shown to effectively reduce emergency department use. Care coordination reduced 30-day post-discharge hospital readmission or emergency department visit rates. The pre-admission review program decreased elective admissions. The physician profiling, concurrent review, and discharge planning effectively reduced the length of hospital stay. Twenty three studies that evaluated costs, reported cost savings in the hospitals. Conclusions Utilisation management interventions can decrease hospital use by improving the use of community-based health services and improving the quality of care by providing appropriate care at the right time and at the right level of care.

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“…LTH Tan and KL Ong (2002), in their article about "The impact of medical technology on healthcare today", stated that rapidly changing medical technology and availability of high technology diagnostic and therapeutic equipment together with changing practice pattern of doctors has revolutionized the way health care is being delivered today. Without doubt, medical technology is indispensable for people's health and better quality of life in some areas; and contributes billions of dollars to the economy.…”

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A Study on Role of Multispecialty Hospitals in Healthcare with Special Reference to Metro Hospital Shimoga

Bai¹

2021

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This paper is designed to study the role of multispecialty hospitals in improving the healthcare system in the economy. The study is based with special reference to METRO Hospital in Shimoga. This study is done to assess the types and components of technology used in the multispecialty hospital which has helped lots of patients in improving their healthcare and saved their lives. The study aims to understand the nature of growth and market structure in the Healthcare Sector, to know the recent trends in the present Hospital scenario, to study the opportunities and challenges in Hospital scenario, to know the marketing and business strategies of the Metro hospital and to know the implementation of technology in Metro. The study focus on the degree of management skills that the hospital utilise in effective use of technology... For the purpose of the study, the researcher has selected 50 respondents who are the patients (Both Inpatients and Outpatients) of the hospital... Descriptive research methodology is used to conduct the study. It includes survey and fact finding enquiries of different kind. It focused on the problems or the benefits availed from the hospital. All patients of various category in the Hospital were surveyed by using questionnaire and the level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction from Hospital was studied. Finally the detailed information about the benefits about the Hospital were considered... Finally, it makes an attempts to offer suggestions to the management of the hospital, regarding how better they can do to improve the management of the Hospital.

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The Impact of Medical Technology on Healthcare Today

Cited by 15 publications

References 22 publications

Patient advocacy in nursing: A concept analysis

Patient advocacy in nursing: A concept analysis

Strategies for utilisation management of hospital services: a systematic review of interventions

A Study on Role of Multispecialty Hospitals in Healthcare with Special Reference to Metro Hospital Shimoga

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