A fresh perspective from the interventional suite
Feelings of anxiety are common among patients who undergo cardiology and radiology interventions. Patients undergoing a cardiac catheterization experience the highest levels of anxiety just before the procedure. These issues can lead to unfavorable physiological changes. Therefore, strategies aiming to minimize anxiety in patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic interventions are not only important for the patient but could potentially improve outcomes.1
This research paper provides a retrospective review of scientific publications, interviews with patients and subject matter experts, and validation of patient-focused design concepts. While healthcare professionals focus on improvements outside of the cath lab, patients are looking for enhancements both outside of and within the cath lab. Download the full paper for more detailed information.
Conclusions and recommendations
Patient experience has been shown to be positively associated with many quality and safety outcomes, such as adherence to clinical guidelines, increased preventative behaviors, and lower inpatient mortality.4
Next steps
Strategies aiming to minimize anxiety in patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic interventions are not only important for patient comfort but could potentially improve outcome and provide hospitals with an opportunity to improve their standard of care.1 Many companies support hospitals in implementing patient-focused care environments in the interventional suite. For Philips, this study has reconfirmed the relevancy of creating an engaging, multi-sensorial interventional suite environment applying positive distraction for patients through technologies such as our Ambient Experience solutions. This paper also provides design direction for future developments to help health systems further improve the patient experience, positively impact outcomes, and lower the cost of care.
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