Search results for "Patient education"
An efficient form-ula for documentation
Good documentation is critical, and in today's environment it must be performed quickly, accurately and efficiently.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/pmctips.htm
1 Jan 2008
Practice management experts urge docs to use the Web
Susan R. Miller, RN, suspected that business was being lost during the office's peak calling periods. So she did a study.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/web.htm
1 Feb 2008
Put patients in the driver's seat to steer toward better health
Engaging patients in managing their own chronic diseases can be the key to helping them achieve their goals and improve outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/education.htm
1 Feb 2008
Interacting with the computer screen instead of the patient
Computer screen can be barrier between doctor and patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/computer.htm
1 Feb 2008
Diabetes project narrows gap between theory and practice
Following a successful first phase, the College's diabetes programs reach out to a wider audience of members, residents and patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/eleven.htm
1 Mar 2008
Telemedicine connects remote areas with care
Modern medicine is dramatically cutting the distance that patients must travel, even for severe injuries. Consulting by telemedicine reduces delays, improves patient outcomes and brings health care to areas that otherwise wouldn't have it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/one.htm
1 Apr 2008
The best self-management is ‘specific, do-able and realistic’
Second in a three-part series: Simple ways to engage patients in their own health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/twelve.htm
1 Apr 2008
In-office lab tests augment patient self-education efforts
Fifth in a six-part series on small practice issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/eleven.htm
1 May 2008
Is your staff prepared to respond to a stroke?
Education about symptoms should target office staff with patient contact, as well as patients and relatives of those at risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/two.htm
1 May 2008
Mindful Medicine: Don't let emotion impede right diagnosis
A case study shows how affective errors can lead to a missed diagnosis, by Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/mindful.htm
1 Sep 2008