Background: Pain associated with cancer is one of the most significant concerns for patients, families, and health care providers. Various barriers may hinder optimal pain management.
Aim: The study was conducted in specialized cancer center in Jordan and aimed to explore the barriers to effective cancer pain management from the perspectives of physicians, nurses, and patients.
Background: Pain is one of the most feared consequences of cancer for patients and their families. Many barriers may hinder optimal pain management.
Aim: Examine the effect of remote-based monitoring and education program on cancer pain management, patient-related barriers, and level of adherence to pain medication.
Objective: Nurses have an integral role in pain assessment and management. Adequate knowledge and positive attitudes toward pain management are essential to provide high-quality nursing care for cancer pain. The purposes of this study are to evaluate nurses' knowledge and attitude toward cancer-related pain and to assess the effectiveness of a pain management education program on nurses' knowledge and attitude toward pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Adult outpatient oncology pain clinics face many challenges due to the increased number of patients, the restriction of electronic appointment systems, overcrowding, waiting time, and patient dissatisfaction. This project aimed to improve clinic time efficiency, decrease clinic waiting time, and improve patient satisfaction.
Methods: Lean thinking concepts and their tools, for example, value-stream mapping and value added (VA)/non-VA (NVA) analysis were used.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the quality of health care services' differences between adopted Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and paper-based record hospitals. Moreover, to identify how the quality of electronic medical records affect the quality of health care services.
Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, and comparative design was utilized between two groups in this study.