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Adequate Patient Education - The Key To Improving Patient Experience While Being Under Contact Precautions?, Edosio Eloho, Md, Mary Naglak, Phd, Doron Schneider, Md, Hadiatou Barry, Md, Babatunde Ogunnaike, Md, Puneet Dhillon, Md, Neethu Gopisetti, Md
Adequate Patient Education - The Key To Improving Patient Experience While Being Under Contact Precautions?, Edosio Eloho, Md, Mary Naglak, Phd, Doron Schneider, Md, Hadiatou Barry, Md, Babatunde Ogunnaike, Md, Puneet Dhillon, Md, Neethu Gopisetti, Md
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)
Objectives
To improve patient satisfaction with the quality of education provided about CP by at least 30% by the end of 7 months. Through the provision of a standardized patient education sheet to hospitalized patients placed on CP within their first 24 hours being placed under contact isolation.
Standardized Discharge Instructions And Their Impact On Post Operative Patient Knowledge, Nikolaus Hjelm, Md, Gregory Epps, Md, Ryan Rimmer, Md, Lauren Bogdan, Md, Erin Reilly, Md
Standardized Discharge Instructions And Their Impact On Post Operative Patient Knowledge, Nikolaus Hjelm, Md, Gregory Epps, Md, Ryan Rimmer, Md, Lauren Bogdan, Md, Erin Reilly, Md
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019)
After every surgery, surgeons send their patients home with discharge instructions. The information is intended to educate the patients about their postoperative care and how to safely care for themselves upon returning home. Each surgeon reviews and approves the discharge instructions before they are given to their patients. This information is once again reviewed by the patient’s nurse before the patient leaves the hospital.
Within a large hospital, there are often several surgeons within each specialty that perform the same surgeries. The department of Otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is no exception. Within otolaryngology there are several subspecialties. At …