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  • Title: Patient-focused care and its implications for nutrition practice.
    Author: Miller MA, Kinsel K.
    Journal: J Am Diet Assoc; 1998 Feb; 98(2):177-81. PubMed ID: 12515419.
    Abstract:
    Patient-focused care is a central element in work redesign and restructuring of health-care delivery systems. It affects all levels of dietetics practice. Patient-focused care poses potential benefits and challenges for nutrition professionals, including opportunities to expand the scope of practice and to share traditional nutrition duties with others. This article provides a brief overview of the basic components and terms of patient-focused care and reviews a case study that illustrates how implementation of patient-focused care in a community hospital has influenced the hospital's organizational structure and delivery of nutrition care and services. A review of the initial goals of patient-focused care in relation to long-term outcomes provides perspective for those beginning or in the midst of the reengineering process.
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