In the wake of that report, David Cameron asked Don Berwick, a former adviser to President Barack Obama on healthcare, to review patient safety across the NHS.
Please review this patient who's got a temperature: "review patient, check the nursing observations, take some bloods, do I need to start some treatment straight away?".
"You've got to review patient charts, pharmacy records and billing records to be certain the patient wasn't taking the drug for legitimate reasons," Mr. Currie said.
Auditors review patient records to determine whether or not a Medicare beneficiary was rightly admitted to the hospital; if an admission is deemed unnecessary on review, the hospital must pay Medicare.
Lawyers in the health care field say insurers generally have the right to review patient records, and that they do so from time to time, to combat fraud and rectify lapses in care.
To collect and critically review patient safety initiatives for health information technology (HIT).
Data confidentiality is a major concern when using smartphones to review patient images, particularly if the phone is lost or stolen.
The objective of the study was to review patient characteristics and intraoperative findings for excised cases of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE).
To characterize the endoscopic anatomy of the sphenoid sinus and the adjacent clivus and cavernous sinus, and to review patient outcomes for neoplasms in this region.
The purpose of this study is to review patient information on bone graft in implant surgery, so that it can be utilized as basic data for standardization of dental implant procedures.
Intervention: Review patient charts and survey questionnaires to determine sociodemographic information (eg, social support), information about the amputation (eg, cause, level, problems), physical health and function (eg, pain, limitations, comorbidity), and psychologic state (depression, adaptation).
