Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and their ... more Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and their families, and according to the World Health Organization, the right of having reproductive health services including family planning is identified as one of the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Objectives: This study aimed to explore the utilization of reproductive health services, together with having opinions and satisfaction of the target group regarding these services. Subjects and method: A client satisfaction and knowledge assessment questionnaire was used through health facility exit face to face with a total of 265 women at governmental health facilities in Basrah Results: The study showed that only 27% of the interviewed respondents were completely satisfied with the service they received and among those who were not satisfied, crowding of the health facility was the main cause of non satisfaction. 34% of the respondents were found to have an unmet need for a reproductive health service at the public health facility level. The study also showed that 16% of the respondents found to be using a contraceptive method of which 51% were from the private source. Conclusion: The study showed that the majority of the women aged (15-49) years living in Basrah were not aware of the availability of specific reproductive health services including breast and cervical cancer detection, postnatal care (PNC), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STDs), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), infertility management, gender based violence and youth health services..
Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for ... more Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for all health professionals. They include information which describes all aspects of patient's care. But, despite the importance of medical records to support better quality service provided at the health facilities, incomplete documentation is very common all over the world. Objective of the study: to assess the documentation completeness level of the medical records in the different inpatient wards of Basrah General Hospital. Methodology: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional one. Medical records of 268 inpatients from Basrah General Hospital during June 2016 were included from four departments of the hospital (medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology). A standard Iraqi Ministry of Health inpatient medical record with a two-level scoring system for assessing the level of documentation completeness were used in the study. Results: the overall documentation level for the medical records included in the study was generally poor in 78% of the records. Surgical department was found to be the worse in documenting patient's notes related to medical history, while Gynecology and Obstetrics department was found to be the worst in documenting the medical examination assessment and the physician's notes related to the patient's state and details of any improvement / deterioration of his/her condition. Conclusions and recommendations: The present study confirmed obvious incompleteness of documenting medical data for inpatient records in Basrah General Hospital especially in the general surgery, internal medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics words. This is specifically found for the Physician notes (patient's state and details of any improvement/deterioration of the condition) and the Clinical pharmaceutical sheet. A hospital based quality improvement project to improve the medical record documentation completion is highly recommended to be implemented by the Quality Assurance Unit of Basrah Directorate of Health.
Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for ... more Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for all health professionals. They include information which describes all aspects of patient's care. But, despite the importance of medical records to support better quality service provided at the health facilities, incomplete documentation is very common all over the world. Objective of the study: to assess the documentation completeness level of the medical records in the different inpatient wards of Basrah General Hospital. Methodology: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional one. Medical records of 268 inpatients from Basrah General Hospital during June 2016 were included from four departments of the hospital (medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology). A standard Iraqi Ministry of Health inpatient medical record with a two-level scoring system for assessing the level of documentation completeness were used in the study. Results: the overall documentation level for the medical records included in the study was generally poor in 78% of the records. Surgical department was found to be the worse in documenting patient's notes related to medical history, while Gynecology and Obstetrics department was found to be the worst in documenting the medical examination assessment and the physician's notes related to the patient's state and details of any improvement / deterioration of his/her condition. Conclusions and recommendations: The present study confirmed obvious incompleteness of documenting medical data for inpatient records in Basrah General Hospital especially in the general surgery, internal medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics words. This is specifically found for the Physician notes (patient's state and details of any improvement/deterioration of the condition) and the Clinical pharmaceutical sheet. A hospital based quality improvement project to improve the medical record documentation completion is highly recommended to be implemented by the Quality Assurance Unit of Basrah Directorate of Health.
Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a healthcare as t... more Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a healthcare as to whether -or not-their expectations have been met. And it's an important measure of healthcare quality as it offers information on the provider's success to meet the clients' expectations.
Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and their ... more Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and their families, and according to the World Health Organization, the right of having reproductive health services including family planning is identified as one of the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Objectives: This study aimed to explore the utilization of reproductive health services, together with having opinions and satisfaction of the target group regarding these services. Subjects and method: A client satisfaction and knowledge assessment questionnaire was used through health facility exit face to face with a total of 265 women at governmental health facilities in Basrah Results: The study showed that only 27% of the interviewed respondents were completely satisfied with the service they received and among those who were not satisfied, crowding of the health facility was the main cause of non satisfaction. 34% of the respondents were found to have an unmet need for a reproductive health service at the public health facility level. The study also showed that 16% of the respondents found to be using a contraceptive method of which 51% were from the private source. Conclusion: The study showed that the majority of the women aged (15-49) years living in Basrah were not aware of the availability of specific reproductive health services including breast and cervical cancer detection, postnatal care (PNC), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STDs), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), infertility management, gender based violence and youth health services..
Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for ... more Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for all health professionals. They include information which describes all aspects of patient's care. But, despite the importance of medical records to support better quality service provided at the health facilities, incomplete documentation is very common all over the world. Objective of the study: to assess the documentation completeness level of the medical records in the different inpatient wards of Basrah General Hospital. Methodology: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional one. Medical records of 268 inpatients from Basrah General Hospital during June 2016 were included from four departments of the hospital (medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology). A standard Iraqi Ministry of Health inpatient medical record with a two-level scoring system for assessing the level of documentation completeness were used in the study. Results: the overall documentation level for the medical records included in the study was generally poor in 78% of the records. Surgical department was found to be the worse in documenting patient's notes related to medical history, while Gynecology and Obstetrics department was found to be the worst in documenting the medical examination assessment and the physician's notes related to the patient's state and details of any improvement / deterioration of his/her condition. Conclusions and recommendations: The present study confirmed obvious incompleteness of documenting medical data for inpatient records in Basrah General Hospital especially in the general surgery, internal medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics words. This is specifically found for the Physician notes (patient's state and details of any improvement/deterioration of the condition) and the Clinical pharmaceutical sheet. A hospital based quality improvement project to improve the medical record documentation completion is highly recommended to be implemented by the Quality Assurance Unit of Basrah Directorate of Health.
Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for ... more Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for all health professionals. They include information which describes all aspects of patient's care. But, despite the importance of medical records to support better quality service provided at the health facilities, incomplete documentation is very common all over the world. Objective of the study: to assess the documentation completeness level of the medical records in the different inpatient wards of Basrah General Hospital. Methodology: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional one. Medical records of 268 inpatients from Basrah General Hospital during June 2016 were included from four departments of the hospital (medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology). A standard Iraqi Ministry of Health inpatient medical record with a two-level scoring system for assessing the level of documentation completeness were used in the study. Results: the overall documentation level for the medical records included in the study was generally poor in 78% of the records. Surgical department was found to be the worse in documenting patient's notes related to medical history, while Gynecology and Obstetrics department was found to be the worst in documenting the medical examination assessment and the physician's notes related to the patient's state and details of any improvement / deterioration of his/her condition. Conclusions and recommendations: The present study confirmed obvious incompleteness of documenting medical data for inpatient records in Basrah General Hospital especially in the general surgery, internal medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics words. This is specifically found for the Physician notes (patient's state and details of any improvement/deterioration of the condition) and the Clinical pharmaceutical sheet. A hospital based quality improvement project to improve the medical record documentation completion is highly recommended to be implemented by the Quality Assurance Unit of Basrah Directorate of Health.
Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a healthcare as t... more Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a healthcare as to whether -or not-their expectations have been met. And it's an important measure of healthcare quality as it offers information on the provider's success to meet the clients' expectations.
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