Doctor communication key to pandemic vaccine adoption
(Washington State University) People who talk with their doctors are more likely to get vaccinated during a pandemic, according to a study of evidence collected during the " swine flu, " the last pandemic to hit the U.S. before COVID-19. Researchers surveyed patients about the vaccine for the H1N1 virus (swine flu). They found that doctor-patient communication helped build trust in physicians, leading to more positive attitudes toward the vaccine--and it correlated to people actually getting vaccinated. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Good communication with patients
New guidance sets out core principles for personalised, patient-centred communications to people facing longer waits or changes to treatment because of disruption caused by COVID-19. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - January 25, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
' Teach-Back' Communication Strategy Aids Diabetes Outcomes
FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 2020 -- A simple doctor-patient communication technique known as " teach-back " may lower the risk for health complications with diabetes, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Board of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 4, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Shifting View on Telemedicine
Where just last year, communication with patients and families through a screen felt crass, now it ’s the compassionate thing to do. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D. Tags: Telemedicine Videophones and Videoconferencing Families and Family Life Hospitals iPad Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Computers and the Internet Robots and Robotics Source Type: news
In-House Aligners Now Possible with CS Model+ Update from Carestream Dental
By Carestream Dental | November 16, 2020ATLANTA —The latest version of CS Model+ v5, with its advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), now helps practices meet patient demands and respond to industry trends with the ability to design affordable clear aligners right in the office.In addition to empowering clinicians to offer chairside aligners when it ’s most convenient to both the clinician and the patient, this update makes CS Model+ v5 even more intuitive with the addition of new features such as “degree of difficulty” case ranking; automatically generated intermediate treatment ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 19, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
UCLA Dentistry ’s Philip Trask finds wealth in giving back
Philip Trask has been a butcher ’s apprentice, an artilleryman, a telephone lineman and, at one point, a juvenile gang member. But it’s as an instructor and mentor at the UCLA School of Dentistry that the longtime pediatric dentist found a true calling, one that has complemented his years of service to the wider Los Angeles co mmunity.“UCLA is my happy place,” says Trask, 79, who this year celebrates a full half-century of preparing the university’s budding dentists for the profession. “The essence of pediatric dentistry is to teach. Giving the gift of knowledge is one of the only gifts you can give that doesn...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 29, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Pandemic Pushes Residents to Improve Patient Communication Pandemic Pushes Residents to Improve Patient Communication
The experience of many residents and interns in New York City during the COVID-19 peak in the spring helped them hone their communication skills related to goals-of-care discussions, survey data show.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Health and Social Care Committee report: Delivering Core NHS and Care Services during the Pandemic and Beyond, DHSC
This report addresses patient communication; managing waiting times and appointments backlog; issues facing staff relating to PPE access and routine testing, workforce “burnout”; and what lessons can be learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic in order to support the NHS in the future. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients left 'in limbo' by NHS virus response
An MPs' report says better communication with patients could have avoided much anxiety and stress. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DrDoctor raises £3m to expand digital patient services platform
The startup will use the funding to help expand its platform of patient communication and digital care solutions. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - September 18, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Newest CBCT Imaging System from Carestream Dental Allows Practices to See More and Do More with Extended FOVs, Advanced Software
ATLANTA—Practices that are looking to expand their treatment capabilities, do more in-office procedures and provide better services to patients will find extended fields of views (FOV) and advanced software capabilities with the CS 8200 3D Family, the newest set of powerful imaging systems from Carestream Dental. The CS 8200 3D is a versatile multi-modality system that includes 2D panoramic imaging, CBCT imaging, 3D object scanning and optional cephalometric imaging with the added enhancements of larger FOVs and incredibly advanced algorithms that help doctors see more and do more for patients. Six ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 9, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Al Zahra Hospital Dubai adds AI-powered platforms to its roster of services
The offerings, aimed at improving patient communication, have been developed by intelligent commerce and customer service software provider, Novomind MEA. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Healthtech Acquisition Worth $16 Million Signals Shift In Clinician-Patient Communication
In June 2020, Induction Healthcare, the group behind the Induction and MicroGuide apps, acquired fellow healthtech company Zesty, which enables integration between a hospital ’s electronic patient record (EPR) and patient administration system (PAS) in a deal worth £12.7 million ($16 million). (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 12, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. James Somauroo, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
$16M Healthtech Acquisition Signals Shift In Clinician-Patient Communication
In June 2020, Induction Healthcare, the group behind the Induction and MicroGuide apps, acquired fellow healthtech company Zesty, which enables integration between a hospital ’s electronic patient record (EPR) and patient administration system (PAS) in a deal worth £12.7M ($16M). (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 12, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. James Somauroo, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Operating framework for urgent and planned services within hospitals during Covid-19, NHS England
The NHS has created unprecedented surge capacity, including HDU and ITU, to treat and care for patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. • The challenge now facing the NHS as it begins the second phase of its response to the outbreak is to maintain the capacity to provide high quality services for patients with COVID-19, whilst increasing other urgent clinical services and important routine diagnostics and planned surgery. • Loc al healthcare systems and individual providers have already started planning for this. A key objective in executing these plans must be to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 infection with...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
