Episode 6: Obesity Rx: How to Use New Medications in Clinic Episode 6: Obesity Rx: How to Use New Medications in Clinic
Drs Robert Kushner and obesity pharmacotherapy expert Ania Jastreboff discuss how to use the new obesity medications effectively in clinic, including patient communication, side effects, and more.Medscape (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - August 3, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology InDiscussion Source Type: news
10 Tips for Boosting Patient Communication 10 Tips for Boosting Patient Communication
A few simple changes can get your patients talking and lead to much improved care, says Dr Benjamin Levy.Medscape Gastroenterology (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - August 1, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Commentary Source Type: news
Northern Ireland Health: Waiting list patient communication 'in disarray'
A report finds significant failures in updating patients amounted to "systemic maladministration". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigation and analysis of mental state and coping style of psychiatric nurses in public health emergencies - Li H, Mu X, Wang H, Gong Y.
In this study, we evaluated the evaluate the psychological loads of psychiatric nurses and analyzed the influencing factors of these loads in nurse-patient communication.METHODS: We used a convenience sampling method to select 400 psych... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
More Than Words: Body Language and Patient Communication
During her Medical Student Grand Rounds presentation Christina Stach ’25 talked about the importance of using body language to communicate with patients. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - May 8, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Improving Lives News Christina Stach Source Type: news
Cochrane Lifetime and Emeritus Members
Cochrane is proud to announce new lifetime and emeritus memberships,recognizing the extraordinary contributions of individuals who have made an exceptional, long-standing contribution to Cochrane ’s work and leadership.Cochrane ' s strength is in its collaborative, global community. Over the last 30 years, our members and supporters from more than 130 countries have worked together to produce credible, accessible health information and help inform health decision-making. Though we are spread out across the globe, our shared passion for health evidence unites us.Cochrane ’s Membership schemehelps reward everyone who hel...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Communicate scan results and impress your patients with Planmeca Imprex ™
Planmeca is introducing a mobile scanning station to support dental professionals in intraoral scanning and patient communication. Designed to fit any clinical setup, thePlanmeca Imprex ™ scanning station for Planmeca Emerald ® Sintraoral scanner ensures ergonomic working positions and allows visualising the oral health conditions and treatment plans to patients.Planmeca Imprex ™ mobile scanning station allows dental professionals to impress their patients with high-quality digital impressions. The portable scanning station with a 15 ’’ touch screen can be moved freely close to any dental unit...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 17, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Patients with multi-drug-resistant organisms feel inadequately informed about their status: adverse effects of contact isolation
Conclusion: These findings underline the importance of adequate patient communication. It is essential for patients ' well-being to receive timely, relevant, and understandable information about the background and consequences of their infection or colonisation with MDROs. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Best Treat Underserved IBD Patients
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has risen significantly in recent decades, and some racial and ethnic minority groups have borne the brunt of that increase. Between 1970 and 2010, the incidence of IBD rose by 39% among white Americans. However, during that same period, the incidence of IBD among non-white Americans jumped by 134%. That’s according to a 2019 population-based cohort study in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology.
There are multiple causes of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, the two primary medical conditions that comprise IBD. Genetic vulnerabilities, antibiotic overus...
Source: TIME: Health - February 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Gut health healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
VideaHealth Announces Foundational Dental AI Patent Granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Patent design underpins today ’s commercial dental image analysis AI platforms BOSTON, January 25, 2022 – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded VideaHealth, the trusted dental artificial intelligence (AI) platform, a patent for its dental AI image recognition technology.In 2018, well before dental AI was commercially viable, Florian Hillen, CEO and founder of VideaHealth, designed the technology encapsulated in Patent no. 11,553,874. VideaHealth ’s patent covers dental image feature detection powered by machine learning that helps dentists detect dental diseases on image...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 31, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
tab32 Commemorates 10 Years of Innovation with " Past, Present, Future: 2023's Dental Landscape " Event
The December 16th virtual panel will play host to an educational and exciting conversation with some of the leading names in dentistry. SACRAMENTO, Calif. , Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- tab32, the #1 all-in-one cloud technology dental platform, is celebrating ten years of success and innovation with a virtual event on Friday, December 16th at 10amPT/1pmET. " Past, Present, Future: 2023 ' s Dental Landscape " will include speakers from leading DSOs and organizations pushing the dental industry forward. RSVP and learn more about the event here. tab32 Commemorates 10 Years of Innovation with “Past, Present, Future: 2023’s...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - December 22, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Event-related brain potential markers of visual and auditory perception: a useful tool for brain computer interface systems - Proverbio AM, Tacchini M, Jiang K.
OBJECTIVE: A majority of BCI systems, enabling communication with patients with locked-in syndrome, are based on electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency analysis (e.g., linked to motor imagery) or P300 detection. Only recently, the use of event-related brain ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Paxlovid: What Staff in Long-Term Care Should Know
Prescribing Paxlovid, the oral COVID-19 outpatient treatment recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has underscored the importance of strong clinician –pharmacist relationships and of communication with patients, residents, and their families and caregivers about medication safety and drug-drug interactions. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - November 1, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Christine Kilgore Source Type: news
The efficacy of acupuncture on suicidal behavior: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis - Kwon CY, Lee B, Kwon CY, Lee B.
BACKGROUND:
One of the leading causes of death worldwide is suicide. Acupuncture has been reported to be related to clinical improvement of some risk factors for suicide including depression. Moreover, practitioner-patient communication is an important ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Dentsply Sirona Extends Its Digital Universe with Primescan Connect
Dentsply Sirona launches new digital dentistry solutions at DS World 2022 in Las Vegas that enable long-term practice growth by increasing efficiency, introducing new procedures and treatment workflows, and improving patient outcomes. Superior intraoral scanner Primescan now available as laptop-based solution, Primescan Connect – an easy starting point in digital dentistry. DS Core and further pioneering functionalities round off the experience in digital dentistry. LAS VEGAS and CHARLOTTE, N.C. and BENSHEIM, Nev., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. ( " Dentsply Sirona " ) (Nasdaq: XRAY) today announced ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 16, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
