Definitions for patient care
pa·tien·t care

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1. Patient Care

   Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry, audiology, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training, and other health professions all constitute health care. It includes work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health. Access to health care may vary across countries, communities, and individuals, influenced by social and economic conditions as well as health policies. Providing health care services means "the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes". Factors to consider in terms of health care access include financial limitations (such as insurance coverage), geographical and logistical barriers (such as additional transportation costs and the possibility to take paid time off work to use such services), sociocultural expectations, and personal limitations (lack of ability to communicate with health care providers, poor health literacy, low income). Limitations to health care services affects negatively the use of medical services, the efficacy of treatments, and overall outcome (well-being, mortality rates). Health systems are organizations established to meet the health needs of targeted populations. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a well-functioning health care system requires a financing mechanism, a well-trained and adequately paid workforce, reliable information on which to base decisions and policies, and well-maintained health facilities to deliver quality medicines and technologies. An efficient health care system can contribute to a significant part of a country's economy, development, and industrialization. Health care is conventionally regarded as an important determinant in promoting the general physical and mental health and well-being of people around the world. An example of this was the worldwide eradication of smallpox in 1980, declared by the WHO as the first disease in human history to be eliminated by deliberate health care interventions.

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1. Patient Care

   The services rendered by members of the health profession and non-professionals under their supervision for the benefit of the patient. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p269)

How to pronounce patient care?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say patient care in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient care in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient care in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of patient care in a Sentence

1. Steve Clark:

   Patient care has not been compromised at all, schedules have been created accordingly. People will work overtime, or part-timers or agency personnel will be brought in when necessary.

2. Cori Bush:

   Every day, Black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. Every day, Black women die because the system denies our humanity, it denies us patient care.

3. Ryan Mielke:

   At no time did( or would) physicians or staff leave active operating rooms during the presidential visit. Our priority is always patient care.

4. Nataly Pasklinsky:

   He would ask the nurses questions about patient care and what it takes to become a nurse. My colleagues and I encouraged him to follow his dream.

5. Hal Ruddick:

   The Alliance of Health Care Unions fought to preserve a Kaiser Permanente where patients can count on excellent patient care and service, this agreement will mean patients will continue to receive the best care, and Alliance members will have the best jobs.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Care