SEMIOTICS OF ‘NONCOMPLIANT’ PATIENT

Charulata Ramaprasad, Arkalgud Ramaprasad

2010

Abstract

‘Noncompliant’ (NC) patient is a common label in medical records. While it encapsulates many dimensions of undesired patient behavior, the semiotics by which it is generated and applied is unclear: What data indicate noncompliance? How are the data analyzed and interpreted to label a patient as noncompliant? How does the label frame the physician’s thinking? How does it affect the physician’s diagnosis, treatment, instructions and actions? How does it affect medical outcomes? This lack of semiotic clarity can result in medical errors. We provide a framework (a) for conceptualizing the semiotics of NC, and (b) to understand the sources of potential medical errors. We illustrate the framework with a case study. The framework can be used to manage noncompliance effectively and reduce medical errors, especially with EMRs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ramaprasad C. and Ramaprasad A. (2010). SEMIOTICS OF ‘NONCOMPLIANT’ PATIENT . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-016-0, pages 257-262. DOI: 10.5220/0002734902570262

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf10,
author={Charulata Ramaprasad and Arkalgud Ramaprasad},
title={SEMIOTICS OF ‘NONCOMPLIANT’ PATIENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={257-262},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002734902570262},
isbn={978-989-674-016-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2010)
TI - SEMIOTICS OF ‘NONCOMPLIANT’ PATIENT
SN - 978-989-674-016-0
AU - Ramaprasad C.
AU - Ramaprasad A.
PY - 2010
SP - 257
EP - 262
DO - 10.5220/0002734902570262