A Quality Improvement Initiative Using a Novel Travel Survey to Promote Patient‐Centered Counseling
Author(s) -
Craig A Mackaness,
Allison Osborne,
Deepti Verma,
Suzanne J Templer,
Michael J. Weiss,
Mark Knouse
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12034
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , diarrhea , observational study , population , demography , family medicine , cohort study , environmental health , duration (music) , sociology , art , literature
We sought to evaluate and provide better itinerary-specific care to precounseled travelers and to assess diseases occurring while traveling abroad by surveying a community population. An additional quality improvement initiative was to expand our post-travel survey to be a more valuable tool in gathering high-quality quantitative data.
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