Articles Tagged With: Education
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Provide High-Quality Ethics Education on a Limited Budget
Medical institutions didn’t always understand the importance of ethics to physician training, notes Timothy Lahey, MD, MMSc, chair of the clinical ethics committee at Lebanon, NH-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and associate professor at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine.
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Community Education Improves Stroke Awareness and Appropriate Emergency Response
Community education programs are essential in efforts to improve overall success in treating acute ischemic stroke.
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Health System Focuses on Education Outreach
With the healthcare and insurance industries changing at a dizzying pace, consumers can easily be left confused about an important aspect of their lives. Some hospitals and health systems are finding that helping them understand how it all works can improve patient satisfaction and even quality of care.
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Create Culture of Confidentiality Through Education
The best way to protect physician-related materials from discovery under state peer review statutes is to develop what might be called a “culture of confidentiality” in peer review proceedings, suggests Karen Owens, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Coppersmith Brockelman in Phoenix. To expedite the development of such a culture, she recommends the following steps:
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Readmissions are focus of Joint Commission resources
The Joint Commission has developed two new resources to help healthcare providers in their efforts to reduce patient readmissions and improve the discharge process. The resources are a new Speak Up campaign for providers and organizations to educate patients, including an infographic, animated video, and podcast; and a Quick Safety newsletter for healthcare professionals that includes suggested actions for improving transitions.
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Good news: There’s more than one way to meet new education requirements
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IRBs often have questions about dealing with student research
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New educational program focuses on long-term goals
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Policy, education key to going smoke-free
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Few med students trained in adverse drug events