• Maintain open communication with nursing staff, doctors, and
families about patient's care and status.
Educate
families about patient conditions and provide support as needed.
Not exact matches
That includes cell phone numbers of and sensitive information
about cancer
patients and their
families.
Though Bruno would not disclose how many
families the company is currently working with, he notes that a typical
patient gets
about 40 hours of service each week for between $ 20 and $ 25 per hour.
It's much more akin to a WebMD, where there's all this information
about health care, and the
patient and the
patient's
family can read it, but then they still go to the doctor and the doctor helps them interpret that information.
This health care startup created an app, OpiSafe, that's used by
patients to fill out a survey that includes questions
about family and personal health histories.
Mylan's (myl) EpiPen's price has ballooned
about 400 % since 2008, rising from
about a $ 100 list price to $ 500 today (many
patients are offered a $ 100 coupon for the injecting device, but it's often not enough to cover costs for American
families, especially those who have health insurance with high deductibles).
I actually agree with what you have to say
about the discussion of the topic of
family, love and forgiveness with your dying
patients.
All of the
patients talked
about family, and NOT God.
I suppose talking to the dying
about their
families is all well and good if the dying are all confirmed Christians, but I believe it was C.S. Lewis who articulately bemoaned the friends and doctors who tell a dying
patient the classic «everything is going to be all right» when from a Biblical viewpoint, everything will not be all right.
Interestingly, your professor heard it wrong - he said the chaplain talked with
patients about their
families.
In my work as a licensed marriage and
family therapist, I hear so many
patients talk
about their fears of seeing
family during the holidays.
equally important is the fact that in addition to
family physicians, the clergymen of the community,... and the other guardians of mental health can consult with the center's professional staff to aid in serving individual
patients about whom they share concern, as well as to add to their own knowledge of mental health and mental illness through formal and informal classes and meetings presented by the center's staff.
Ms. Harvey does raise important questions
about those in a PVS, but I suspect that such questions ultimately can be answered only by the
patient's
family in a context of care and support provided by the medical and religious communities in a counter-balancing role for one another, thus preventing hasty or self - serving decisions.
Intrepid readers of SHS will recall that I wrote
about a study — based on interviews with
family members — showing that some
patients received lethal prescriptions before experiencing serious symptoms — out of worry
about future potential pain or loss of dignity.
Conversations with many cancer
patients and their
families through the years have indicated that their experiences have been similar: both they and their clergy were uncomfortable in talking
about life, death and concomitant feelings.
Back then, when a
patient's death appeared to be inevitable, we talked to
families about DNR (do not resuscitate) orders and
about the option of not initiating more aggressive treatment.
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patient care and training health care professionals for the future.
The ten categories of trauma that Anda and Felitti asked
patients about take place, in general, within the home and the
family.
Consider keeping a
patient journal near your child's bed so that nurses and
family members can communicate
about various issues.
«I've begun hearing
about doctors around the country who are medicating their
patients with nature in order to prevent or treat health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder,» says Daphne Miller, MD,
family physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Ann Witt, a board - certified
family medicine physician, certified lactation consultant, and fellow of breastfeeding medicine, is worried
about the impact Anthem's policy changes will have on
patients.
Because of ALL the doctor's appointments, having a surgery herself, another few days of in -
patient testing, and other medical issues in the
family, I didn't «officially» start EC until
about 4 months old... but by 6 months the nursing staff at our local ER knew I was «that lady who's really tiny baby pees on the potty.»
That's what our
Patient and
Family Advisory Council is all
about.
Patient Relations staff are available to work with you to address questions and concerns, to clarify hospital policies and procedures and to answer questions
about Patient and
Family Rights and Responsibilities.
Primary care practitioners (who may be physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physicians» assistants, or dentists) screen for disease, counsel
patients about their health - related behaviors, treat illness, refer for specialty care, and manage an individual's or a
family's total health care.
This evaluation, mandated by the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111 - 148), is designed to build knowledge for policymakers and practitioners
about the effectiveness of the MIECHV program in improving outcomes for at - risk children and
families.
Julie Komanetsky, VP of
Patient and
Family Services at the National Children's Cancer Society, shares information
about childhood cancer and how NCCS supports these warriors of childhood cancer.
Beginning conversations
about lactation early in prenatal care by asking the
patient and her
family, «What have you heard
about breastfeeding?»
Obstetrician — gynecologist and other obstetric care providers should engage the
patient's partner and other
family members in discussions
about infant feeding and address any questions and concerns.
Learn
about the services we offer pediatric
patients and their
families at Floating Hospital for Children.
Fortunately, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center cares
about every
patient and their
families and works hard each and every day to make a positive difference in the lives of children.
Floating Hospital for Children is committed to improving medication safety and educating
patients and their
families / caregivers
about safe medication practices.
Traci Woods, Director of
Family Experience talks
about some of our
patient happiness initiatives,...
It notes that hospitals were not prepared to say who they had dealt with because of
patient confidentiality, while other issues of data protection meant
families were left without any information
about whether their loved ones were involved in the incident.
Lindsey Wright, a nurse, works with a palliative care team that helps terminally ill
patients and their
families make decisions
about their medical care at the end of life.
Perry stuck to that position for
about 2 1/2 hours, even though the
family and Niagara County Coroner Joseph V. Mantione insisted the
patient was still breathing and moving.
In very few
family conferences did health care professionals attempt to further understand surrogates» beliefs, for example, by asking questions
about the
patient's religion.
We have learned
about the hidden costs of cancer and the day - to - day obstacles
patients face with their work, health insurance,
family life, and plans for the future.
Because he thought
about the emotions that must lie behind the
patients» fantasies, he could explain their odd behavior to
families and talk to his
patients in ways that would calm them down.
«When you interview
patients about triggers for drinking, they often say holidays and
family events,» says David Rosenbloom, a specialist in substance abuse at Boston University School of Public Health.
Another study, conducted by Barbara Weber and her colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, screened 263 breast cancer
patients for BRCA1 mutations and asked them
about their
family history of breast and ovarian cancers.
The study, which compared each model's success in Caucasian women with those of Asian descent (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese), also raised important questions
about the effect of race on cancer development: When Caucasian and Asian
patients with similar
family histories of breast and ovarian cancer were compared, the Asian women had higher rates of genetic mutation, although the rates of these cancers for Asians have traditionally been lower.
The next step was having
families work with therapists to identify and construct the important stories
about events that the
patient and
family participated in together.
In
about 10 percent of all
patients with pancreatic cancer, it is possible to find a
family history, according to the study background.
«We are joining everyone who spends their days thinking
about preventing cancer,
about better understanding its biological basis,
about bringing early detection and education to all communities,
about developing new treatments and therapies and
about caring for
patients and their
families through some of the hardest days anyone faces.»
For the study, Gabriella Hobbs, MD, and Nancy Keating, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School, and their colleagues surveyed 5284
patients with a new diagnosis of lung or colon cancer, and asked participants how they involved their
families in decisions
about their care.
McInnis, who sees firsthand the impact that bipolar disorder has on
patients and the frustration they and their
families feel
about the lack of treatment options, says the new research could take treatment of bipolar disorder into the era of personalized medicine.
Another is that the relevant information is missing, as pediatric oncologists often don't ask
about adult cancers in a
family to better understand their young
patients.
Fortunately, research is beginning to answer these questions and provide badly needed tools for doctors,
patients and
families facing complex decisions
about treatment.