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Published by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment www.ncmedicaljournal.com July/August 2005, 66:4 We Measure Satisfaction Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants and Southeast Pain Care Are Dedicated To Patient and Surgeon Satisfaction. One patient at a time. Everyone talks about exceeding expectations, but Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants and Southeast Pain Care do more than talk. Through ongoing patient surveys, we measure the satisfaction levels of our 70,000 anesthesia and 30,000 chronic pain patients each year. In addition, we survey our surgical colleagues every other year for their assessment of our performance. Patient Satisfaction Surgeon Satisfaction Surgical anesthesia was excellent or good Quality of anesthesia care 100 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 97.6% 100% 99% 99% 50 2003- 2001 2002 2003 2004 1999 2001 2004 0 Patient and surgeon satisfaction results are audited by a third party and are statistically significant. Patient and surgeon satisfaction surveys are crucial elements in our comprehensive Continuous Quality Improvement program, which also includes 50-point quality checklists on every patient we treat. It’s all part of our dedication to Assuring Safety and Administering Comfort, one patient at a time. Southeast Southeast Anesthesiology Charlotte Huntersville Kings Mountain Lincolnton Pain Care Monroe Pineville Rock Hill University Area Consultants P.O. 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Internet address: http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com NC Med J July/August 2005, Volume 66, Number 4 263 July/August 2005,Volume 66, Number 4 Published by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and The Duke Endowment ARTICLES 296 Fluid Intake and Hydration: Critical Indicators of Nursing Home Quality 267 Perceived Racial/Ethnic Bias in Healthcare in Durham County, North Carolina: Robert J. Sullivan, Jr., MD, MPH A Comparison of Community and National 298 Creative Hydration Programs Samples Lanaya Cunningham, RD Joëlle Y.Friedman, MPA, Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD, Kevin P.Weinfurt, PhD, Mary McIntosh, PhD, Hayden B. 300 Regulating Food Service in North Carolina’s Bosworth, PhD, Eugene Z. Oddone, MD, MHS, Cedric Long-Term Care Facilities M. Bright, MD, and Kevin A. Schulman, MD Cindy H. DePorter, MSSW 304 A Physicians’ Perspective on the Dining POLICY FORUM Experience in Long-Term Care Quality of Long-Term Care: Christopher M. Herman, MD, CMD Nutrition as a Critical Dimension 307 Nutrition in Advanced Alzheimer’s Disease 277 Introduction Heidi K.White, MD, MHS Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD, and Kristie Weisner Thompson, MA 313 Use of Feeding Tubes in the Care of Long- Term Care Residents 278 Issue Brief: Nutrition and the Dining Timothy S.