Collins P M
Education Services, Baptist Health Systems of South Florida, Miami, USA.
J Nurs Care Qual. 1999 Apr;13(4):73-82; quiz 93-4. doi: 10.1097/00001786-199904000-00008.
Health care providers must take a systematic approach to improving the quality of pain management. Doing so enables institutions to relieve patient suffering, improve clinical outcomes, lower costs, and meet accreditation standards. The article describes the essential steps that providers should follow when planning this process and reports the progress of one health care system in this regard.
医疗服务提供者必须采取系统的方法来提高疼痛管理的质量。这样做能使医疗机构减轻患者痛苦、改善临床结果、降低成本并达到认证标准。本文描述了医疗服务提供者在规划这一过程时应遵循的基本步骤,并报告了一个医疗系统在这方面的进展情况。