More Focus on Surprise Findings in Medical Tests
Emergency room imaging scans can unearth medical problems unrelated to a patient’s initial complaints. Health care providers are stepping up their tracking of and communication with patients about such ‘incidental findings,’ which are rarely followed up. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 11, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
Making the Most of Your Doctor: Three Words to Get the Best Out of Those 10 Minutes
We have all seen those long faces on their way out of the doctor's clinic: frustrated, disappointed or just plain angry! Not getting what we want from our doctor, feeling that we haven't being listened to -- we have all been there. What most people don't know is just one minute's reflection about our problem can help make the most of our time with the doctor. Read on for an insider's tips on how to get the best out of those 10 minutes. Trust me. I'm a doctor.
Believe it or not, communication skills are an essential part of medical training. I have known the brightest academic students to fail medical exams purely due to t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACP releases High Value Care advice for communicating about end-of-life care goals
(American College of Physicians) Physician-patient communication about goals of care is a low risk, high value intervention for patients with a life threatening illness, the American College of Physicians advises in a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
HealthLoop teases payer pilot, HealthKit integration
HealthLoop, the Mountain View, California-based doctor-patient communication startup, is looking for ways to make patient engagement pay. In addition to its recent team-up with a California malpractice insurer, the company has launched at least one payer pilot to try to demonstrate an ROI, founder Dr. Jordan Shlain reported at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit in Boston. […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 4, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Apple HealthKit Epic HealthLoop patient engagement payer reimbursement Source Type: news
Patient Communication Preferences Vital in Care Compliance
What you communicate to patients should also consider how you reach them. And with the variety of messaging available, there is also varying patient preference. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 28, 2014 Category: Practice Management Authors: JoAnna Haugen Tags: MGMA 2014 Health IT Compliance Patient Portals Patient Relations Mobile Source Type: news
Why Bad Doctors Are Like Bad Writers: The Curse Of Knowledge
Steven Pinker, the Harvard psychologist and best-selling author, has a wonderful essay in the Wall Street Journal about why smart people are so often bad writers. Although the essay doesn't touch on the subject of doctor-patient communication, every single word applies to doctors and the way they communicate (or fail to communicate) with their patients. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 27, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news
HIV Provider-Patient Communication Regarding CVD RiskHIV Provider-Patient Communication Regarding CVD Risk
Are HIV clinicians sufficiently addressing CVD risk factors with their patients? Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news
Knowing Cockney Rhyming Slang Can Actually Help Doctors Save Lives
Effective doctor-patient communication has always been an important aspect in the delivery of effective and timely care. Additionally, a majority of patient complaints arise from a breakdown in the doctor-patient relationship. Even though a large amount of research and opinion has been published on this particular topic over the years, one item seems to remain constant: doctors tend to overestimate their ability to communicate with patients, which limits the effectiveness of their care. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 20, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert J. Szczerba Source Type: news
Legal Pitfalls of Electronic Patient Communication
From texting to Facebook messages, communicating with patients electronically has always raised legal questions. Here are the answers to keep your practice safe. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - July 28, 2014 Category: Practice Management Authors: Shelly K. Schwartz Tags: Law & Malpractice Risk Management Patient Relations Mobile Source Type: news
Cultural Competency Curriculum (Lauren Oshman MD)
This curriculum includes a ten-minute powerpoint presentation and case studies meant to engage learners in group discussion on cultural proficiency and patient communication. Additional supporting materials include a pretest, post test and evaluation, and a cultural competency curriculum needs assessment questionnaire and results. An online version (blog link) is available for resident self-study. This curriculum was supported in part by HRSA Grant #D55HP20647. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - May 27, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Training key to good end of life care
An audit into the care given to dying people in hospitals has found large variations in standards of care, with particular concerns over communication with patients and their families. (Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News)
Source: Royal College of Nursing - UK- National News - May 15, 2014 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Teaching Residents Effective Doctor-Patient Communication Using the Electronic Health Record (Blaine Olsen M.D.)
There is a need for improved instruction of residents in the use of electronic health records (EHRs). Evidence shows that there are ways to use EHRs effectively, leading to improved patient and provider satisfaction and improved patient outcomes, but it is seldom taught in residency curriculum. We have implemented a curriculum to maximize effectiveness of the EHR in medical education. The curriculum includes instruction utilizing videotaped examples, review of videotaped resident-patient encounters with feedback, and instruction in efficient use of the EHR. Through this curriculum we aim to train residents who are compete...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - May 12, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Studies show positive health effects from patient-doctor communication
A team of Dutch scientists has conducted a review of published studies that looked at how electronic communication between doctors and patients — like email or messaging through a patient-facing EHR portal — affects care outcomes, health behavior, and patient satisfaction. In the paper, recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, researchers looked [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - January 29, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized asynchronous communication chronic disease doctor-patient communication EHR patient portal email JMIR Source Type: news
Guys: Get married for the sake of your bones, but wait until you're 25
Marriage is good for the health of men's bones — but only if they marry when they're 25 or older, new UCLA research suggests.
In a study published online in the peer-reviewed journal Osteoporosis International, researchers found evidence that men who married when they were younger than 25 had lower bone strength than men who married for the first time at a later age.
In addition, men in stable marriages or marriage-like relationships who had never previously divorced or separated had greater bone strength than men whose previous marriages had fractured, the researchers said. And those in stable rela...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 21, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
I-PASS nightly family sign-out: Empowering families of hospitalized children
By Alisa Khan, MD, a pediatric hospitalist and health services research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH, director of Boston Children’s Inpatient Program, recently received the Community/Patient Empowerment Award at the National Pediatric Innovation Summit sponsored by the hospital.
Miscommunications are responsible for more than 70 percent of sentinel events in hospitals, according to The Joint Commission and the Department of Defense. A sentinel event happens when a patient has an injury related to medical care that wouldn’t normally be expected when treating that illness....
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - December 17, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts doctor-patient communication medical records Source Type: news
