[Patient follow up and monitoring: some notes of interest].
The monitoring or follow-up of a person subjected to a health care intervention is a daily routine nursing activity. In the chronic patient the monitoring or follow-up is a core activity and forms a part of the ritual in the periodic visits. In spite of the high percentage workload and use of resources that patient follow up represents within the health system, it is a poorly investigated area. In the present article we examine the differences between a test versus a monitoring strategy, the conditions that justify the monitoring, the methodology to evaluate a follow-up strategy,, as well as creating initiatives to improve monitoring (MaDOx) worldwide.
García-Alamino
Josep M
JM
Oxford Centre for Monitoring and Diagnosis (MaDOx), Division of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, Reino Unido. josep.garcia-alamino@dphpc.ox.ac.uk
Perera
Rafael
R
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards