Hospitals assess mental health care.TORONTO -- Ontario has its first report that provides data to assess the quality of in-patient in·pa·tient or in-pa·tient n. A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay. mental health care, Hospital Report 2004 Mental Health points to certain areas where improvement is necessary. The suggestions for improving care include: * Regions and the province need to ensure that a continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
* Hospitals need to improve the implementation of standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. , evidence-based approaches for delivering care. * Increased consumer participation in care planning should be promoted. * Strategies are needed to increase access to community care in the north. The report indicates that * 75 per cent of clients participate in discharge planning. * 79 per cent of facilities/programs have clients or families represented on their steering The process whereby builders, brokers, and rental property managers induce purchasers or lessees of real property to buy land or rent premises in neighborhoods composed of persons of the same race. and advisory committees. * Most hospitals have partnered with community providers but only 52 per cent of discharged patients receive medical follow-up follow-up, n the process of monitoring the progress of a patient after a period of active treatment. follow-up subsequent. follow-up plan in the community within 30 days of discharge. |
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