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E-Patient Counseling Trial (E-PACO): Computer Based Education versus Nurse Counseling for Patients to Prepare for Colonoscopy
Published on: August 1, 2019
Abstract:
The past few years have seen ever-increasing emphasis from the regulators, inspection bodies, and the Department of Health, on the cleanliness and general fitness-for-purpose of hospital wards and other patient care environments. Very much on this theme, last year's Healthcare Estates 2012 conference in Manchester saw Dr Elizabeth Jones, head of Patient Environment at the Department of Health, and her DH colleague, Rachael Whitaker, explain how PLACE, a new system of patient-led assessment of the hospital environment, and the successor to PEAT, will come into operation this April, and how it will differ from its predecessor.
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