On such measures as promptness of service and patient choice, which the WHO ranking exercise calls "responsiveness", America comes out top.
This had negative consequences for effectiveness, but was a very valuable criterion for good measurement of QoL called responsiveness.
The ability of a questionnaire to detect clinically meaningful changes over time, even if those changes are small, is called responsiveness [ 36].
Condition-dependent alarm call responses have also been reported in Belding's ground squirrels (S. beldingi) with individuals decreasing their responsiveness to alarm calls following supplementation and weight gain (Bachman 1993).
In the critically ill, this means identifying the patient whose cardiac output will improve with fluid administration, called preload responsiveness.
Also, Ishani Maitra and Brian Weatherson (2010: 112) propose what they call The Evidence Responsiveness Rule, that one assert that p only if one's attitude towards $p$ is properly responsive to the evidence (they also propose to complement it with an action rule, that it is proper to assert that $p$ only if acting as if $p$ is "the thing for you to do").
"Extraordinary service delivered with ingenuity, energy, and compassion; Commitment beyond the call of duty; Responsiveness to public needs...; Outstanding and reliable performance; Willingness to take risks...to improve services or correct abuses or inequities; Ability to adapt to change...; Dedication to upholding public interest amidst competing interests, pressures, and demands".
This exploratory study intended to understand staff's perspectives about call lights, staff responsiveness, and the reasons for and the nature of call light use.
This exploratory, cross-sectional, multihospital survey study attempted to understand staff's perspectives about patient-initiated call lights, staff responsiveness, and the reasons for and the nature of call light use.
