St. John's, NL (August 22, 2011) --- The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health announced Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), a transformative research initiative that places patients at the centre of health care.
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ANDRÉ PICARD -- The time has come for a “patient health charter†that clearly spells out the state’s obligation to deliver timely, quality health care – one with a complaint mechanism that provides redress when medicare fails to live up to expectations.
That is the message that emerges from a new public-opinion survey commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association.
TARA PARKER-POPE -- The physician blogger known as Dr. D, from the “Ask an M.D.†blog, writes about doctor and patient issues “from the doctor side of the equation,†as he puts it. But after recently suffering a severe leg break, he wrote about medical care from the patient’s point of view.
His conclusion: Being the patient is the hardest job in medicine.
"Having a medical procedure performed is hardly ever a great experience."
"During today's MRI, I had an epiphany. Very little about all this gives me a modicum of power or dignity. The kind-sounding technicians reminded me to stay still, very still. The less motion meant a better film. Though it was tough, I enjoyed the challenge."
NRC Dimensions -- The Internet is helping people take charge of their health care. But what are the benefits and the pitfalls? A mother with a sick child and a family physician offer their perspectives.
Anthony Cirillo, August 2, 2011 -- Did you catch the Duke University's Fuqua School of Business study that compared patient satisfaction surveys with clinical performance measures to see which is a better gauge of clinical quality?
Researchers measured 30-day readmission rates at roughly 2,500 hospitals and found that patient satisfaction scores were more closely linked with fewer 30-day readmissions than clinical performance measures.
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