Gobbledygook: Teaching Effective Communication With Patients With Limited Literacy (Sarah Coles MD)
Medical students spend four years learning a complex new vocabulary to effectively communicate with physicians, the healthcare team, and the scientific community. However, this jargon does not translate to effective communication with our patients. The average US adult reads at the 8th grade level and 25% read below the 5th grade level. Additionally, patients remember little of what is discussed during a clinical encounter. Physicians and medical students struggle to communicate complex medical information in a way that is both useful and understandable to the patient. Written advice, teach back techniques, and plain ...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - January 19, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VC shops back managed healthcare in Docent Health play
(Reuters) – Three large U.S. venture capital firms are betting that hospitals will buy into a new service designed to help healthcare providers treat their patients more like upscale hotels treat their customers.
The new company, called Docent Health, is creating software and mobile applications that will help organize and monitor every aspect of an individual’s hospital visit, and marrying that technology with specially trained staff who will be in constant communication with patients about their needs.
The goal is to improve the often-miserable hospital experience while helping the institutions increase customer ...
Source: Mass Device - January 12, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Business/Financial News Docent Health Source Type: news
7 clinical rotation tips from experienced physicians
Imagine your first day of clinical rotations. After hours of studying, you’ll finally transition from learning in classrooms to exploring the floors of real care environments. What should you focus on to ensure your success in patient care? Follow these tips from experienced physicians as you begin clinical rotations and start planning for your specialty.
Nearly 150 students attended a clinical skills workshop hosted last month at the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting. Students in the workshop received hands-on training in airway management, blood pressure checks, ultrasound administration, casting and suturing (photos at ri...
Source: AMA Wire - December 14, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lyndra Vassar Source Type: news
Tricks for Improving Doctor-Patient Communication: Physicians Practice
(MedPage Today) -- Also, avoiding fraud over the holidays (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - December 1, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Clinician Computer Use in Safety-Net Clinics Might Disrupt Communication with Patients (FREE)
By Jenni Whalen
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Frequent computer use by clinicians during patient visits in safety-net clinics might negatively affect communication and patient satisfaction, according to a research letter … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 1, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
General practitioners' perspectives on primary care consultations for suicidal patients - Saini P, Chantler K, Kapur N.
Little is known about general practitioners' (GPs') perspectives, management of and interactions with suicidal patients prior to the patient's suicide. The aims of the study were to explore GPs' interpretations of patient communication and treatment in pri... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Video interpretation improves communication with patients
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - November 1, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
How student-led curriculum is driving changes in Boston
Student leaders at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health have devised a new way to provide health care to homeless patients in Boston and advocate on their behalf. About 7,250 men, women and children are homeless in the city. Here’s how BU’s medical students are making a big difference.
Students in the Homeless Health Care Curriculum at Boston University grasp difficult lessons in public health while advancing their knowledge of patient care, clinical skills and health disparities—all essential to the development of patient-centered physicians, said Theresa (Tess) Timmes, a third-year student at B...
Source: AMA Wire - October 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
Predicting in-hospital mortality of traffic victims: a comparison between AIS-and ICD-9-CM-related injury severity scales when only ICD-9-CM is reported - Van Belleghem G, Devos S, De Wit L, Hubloue I, Lauwaert D, Pien K, Putman K.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Injury severity scores are important in the context of developing European and national goals on traffic safety, health-care benchmarking and improving patient communication. Various severity scores are available and are mostly based on... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A smiling Spider-Man, soccer and school buses
As August melted into September, Grady McCormick counted down the days to the start of first grade. The smiley youngster barely contained his excitement at the prospect of riding the big school bus. “It was a tremendous milestone for Grady,” says his mother Heather.
And when Grady walked off the bus and into the Stratham Memorial Elementary School in Stratham, New Hampshire, it seemed like the entire student body cheered for him.
During the last two years, as the 6-year-old battled Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, a hip condition caused by disruption of the blood flow to the femoral head (ball of the hip), and hobbled on hi...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 8, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: All posts Orthopedics Child and Young Adult Hip Preservation Program Dr. Benjamin Shore Legg-Calves-Perth Disease Orthopedic Center Source Type: news
Mistaken Diagnoses Are Much More Common Than You'd Think
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis at some point in their lives, a blind spot in modern medicine that can have devastating consequences, says a new report that calls for urgent changes across health care. Getting the right diagnosis, at the right time, is crucial, but Tuesday's Institute of Medicine report found diagnostic errors get too little attention. The biggest needed change: "Patients are central to a solution," said Dr. John Ball of the American College of Physicians, who chaired the IOM committee. That means better teamwork between health providers - doctors, nur...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Landmark Report Urges Reform to Avert Diagnostic ErrorsLandmark Report Urges Reform to Avert Diagnostic Errors
Authors say better communication with patients, more input from certain specialties, changes in fee structure, and a nonpunitive culture for reporting errors are needed to change a dangerous path. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
A Guide to Being an Ethical Digital Doc
If you ask physicians the most intimidating part of their practice, many of them would state the challenge of online communication with patients. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - September 20, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Manish Kumar Chauhan Tags: Blog Technology Operations Patient Relations Patient Confidentiality Source Type: news
Physician-patient decision making may differ in care of racial/ethnic minorities
Racial and ethnic inequalities in medical care are widely documented in literature. However, variations in Americans' experiences with healthcare, specifically regarding physician-patient communication and shared decision-making about treatment plans, are not well understood. A new study suggests that a patient's race/ethnicity may influence the amount and type of information they receive from physicians regarding treatment recommendations. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study: Physician-patient decision making may differ in care of racial/ethnic minorities
(Boston University Medical Center) Racial and ethnic inequalities in medical care are widely documented in literature. However, variations in Americans' experiences with healthcare, specifically regarding physician-patient communication and shared decision-making about treatment plans, are not well understood. A new study from Boston Medical Center, which suggests that a patient's race/ethnicity may influence the amount and type of information they receive from physicians regarding treatment recommendations, is published online in advance of print in the journal Patient Education and Counseling. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
