"We take the recent concerns relating to West Lane Hospital extremely seriously and we are committed to making the improvements required to ensure that we provide safe, high-quality care." In June, concerns were raised by Care Quality Commission (CQC) around recording of observations, risk assessments and staffing levels, given the
intensity of care required by patients.
The study measured end-of-life symptom burden,
intensity of care, and advance care planning in adults.
In daily life, the differentiation occurs through the type and
intensity of care provided, which reveals different levels of involvement between formal and informal caregivers (1).
One author disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry; one author has a patent for a method using physician social networks based on common patients to predict cost and
intensity of care in hospitals.
The
intensity of care about the quality of an organisation's output determines the level of excellence in the company.
Intensity of care: 'They trust you to look after their airway'
What's more, patients are being discharged from hospitals at a faster pace than ever, which increases the
intensity of care each patient requires.
In this research brief, we used data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) study linked with Medicare claims to assess prospectively the
intensity of care delivered to patients who were diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
The
intensity of care should always match the severity of symptoms.
What's more, it's one of those cars that grows on you with familiarity, the sheer
intensity of care that's gone into making it liveable proving hugely impressive.
Recommendations for preventing and treating pediatric obesity suggest a staged approach with escalating
intensity of care. Outcomes of clinical interventions for pediatric obesity are variable.
For example, the hospital ranks 66 percent above the national average on Dartmouth's "
intensity of care" index, which compares hospitals by looking at how many different doctors become involved in a patient's care during his or her last two years of life, and by counting how many days equally sick patients remain hospitalized.