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  2. Informal coercion - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 5 Healthcare workers felt informal coercion was more acceptable in cases of mania or acute psychosis. [5]: 7 There was a degree of cognitive dissonance surrounding the practice, healthcare workers described behaviour matching formal definitions of informal coercion, but were reluctant to label their behaviour as coercive. [5]: 8

  3. Patient participation - Wikipedia

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    A medical doctor explaining an X-ray to a patient. Several factors help increase patient participation, including understandable and individual adapted information, education for the patient and healthcare provider, sufficient time for the interaction, processes that provide the opportunity for the patient to be involved in decision-making, a positive attitude from the healthcare provider ...

  4. Integrated delivery system - Wikipedia

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    An integrated delivery system (IDS), also known as integrated delivery network (IDN), is a health system with a goal of logical integration of the delivery (provision) of health care as opposed to a fragmented system or a disorganized lack of system.

  5. Labor induction - Wikipedia

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    Labor induction is the procedure where a medical professional starts the process of labor (giving birth) instead of letting it start on its own.Labor may be induced (started) if the health of the mother or the baby is at risk.

  6. Goal-oriented health care - Wikipedia

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    The clinical methods used to help patients clarify and achieve their health-related goals are different for each goal type though the categories are inter-related. [13] The uniting factor of this conceptual framework is that the goal is formed in a discussion involving both the patient and the health care providers prior to the development of a plan of care that is based upon the patient's ...

  7. Integrated care - Wikipedia

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    Collaborative care is a related healthcare philosophy and movement that has many names, models, and definitions that often includes the provision of mental-health, behavioral-health and substance-use services in primary care. Common derivatives of the name collaborative care include integrated care, primary care behavioral health, integrated ...

  8. Donabedian model - Wikipedia

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    Process denotes the transactions between patients and providers throughout the delivery of healthcare. Finally, outcomes refer to the effects of healthcare on the health status of patients and populations. [2] Avedis Donabedian, a physician and health services researcher at the University of Michigan, developed the original model in 1966. [3]

  9. Point of care - Wikipedia

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    Point of care (POC) documentation is the ability for clinicians to document clinical information while interacting with and delivering care to patients. [10] The increased adoption of electronic health records (EHR) in healthcare institutions and practices creates the need for electronic POC documentation through the use of various medical devices. [11]