MEASURING WHAT MATTERS: A PROPOSAL FOR REFRAMING HOW WE EVALUATE AND IMPROVE EXPERIENCE IN HEALTHCARE

The conversation on measuring experience has been a long and thoughtful one.It has reflected a dynamic tension between measures used as a lever for action in some health systems and as a mechanism to determine reimbursable dollars in others.Yet underlying all the conversation, the question of what we measure, to what end we measure and what truly m

Heart valve disorder (HVD) analysis from heart sound is being well known for a long period of time, and use of digital stethoscope gives opportunity to diagnose HVDs from phonocardiographic (PCG) signal.An automated HVD detection technique from PCG signal can play a key role as a first-hand diagnostic tool for the physicians.In this paper, in order