Search results for "Patient education"
ACP's Center for Patient Partnership in Healthcare releases new blood clot resources
New ACP resources include a web-based assessment for determining personal blood clot risk, a self-management guidebook, patient information sheets, and an office poster.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/25/5.htm
25 Apr 2017
Are patients with minor ailments visiting the doctor too often?
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD in a post about the reasons for and possible solutions to the phenomenon of people visiting their doctors for minor illnesses such as head colds.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/09/6.htm
9 May 2017
Physicians often omit harms when discussing lung cancer screening, study finds
In one study, while physicians universally recommended lung cancer screening, discussion of harms was essentially absent, and none of the patient encounters met the minimum skill criteria for eight of 12 shared decision-making behaviors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/21/1.htm
21 Aug 2018
ACP's Center for Patient Partnership in Healthcare awarded Institute for Healthcare Advancement 2017 Health Literacy Award
ACP's Center for Patient Partnership in Healthcare won the award in the published materials category for its series of self-management guidebooks.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/09/5.htm
9 May 2017