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Efficiency models from Indian healthcare?

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Healthcare practices or systems in developed or high income countries especially United States of America (USA) are blighted by high and growing healthcare costs. To attain efficiency emerging countries like India, have put through thought processes that developed countries might be able to take up. This article depicts a few problems in healthcare delivery that India regularly confronts and how it sometimes deals those quandaries. This article also continues thought process about how the developed countries especially USA might use India’s working model to think differently about efficiency, still some of contexts dont use to developed countries. High Patient Volumes Vs Modernized clinical practice: Long waiting lines in busy outpatient department (OPD) is common, especially at primary healthcare or other government medical centres India, there are many hospitals in which a cardiologist confront as many as patients (close to 100 ) in their first half of their day. Suppose what...

Tips for Effective Communication in Healthcare

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Communication is the process of sharing information, opinion and feeling between people through speaking, writing or body languages. Effective communication prolongs the concept that transmitted content is clearly and successfully delivered, received and understood by someone in the way it was intended. In a healthcare setting, effective communication between patients and healthcare professional is very important to provide great patient care and improve patient satisfaction. It encompasses the ability of healthcare professional to collect information in order to facilitate accurate diagnosis, appropriately counseling, therapeutic instructions, and establish caring relationships with patients. Many medical professionals tend to overestimate their ability in communication which leads to patient dissatisfaction and complaints. Ineffective communication can lead to improper diagnosis and delayed or improper medical treatment. ​Here are some tips for Effective Communication in He...