Articles Tagged With: language
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Legally Protective Charting Sticks to the Facts
Charts containing emotional statements, accusations, and speculations might be compelling reading, but they are legally problematic.
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Legally Protective Charting Sticks to the Facts
Charts containing emotional statements, accusations, and speculations might be compelling reading, but they are legally problematic.
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IRBs Now Expect More Diversity in Research Trials
Promoting equitable participation must not be at the cost of impeding research. But within an ethical framework beyond regulations, IRBs are evolving to address and accelerate equitable inclusion in research.
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Video Results in Slightly Better Informed Consent, More Satisfaction
Keep in mind the person who has who to digest informed consent information. Avoiding complex terminology could lead to better understanding among the laypeople who participate in clinical trials. -
Researchers Study Immigrant Latinas’ Experience with Reproductive Healthcare
Latina-identified immigrants experience multiple barriers to healthcare, including contraception and reproductive care. This can result in lack of access to affordable preventive screenings, such as Pap smears, mammograms, and tests for sexually transmitted infections, according to the authors of a recent study.
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Tips to Help Collect Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data
This information collected at registration is for patients’ benefit. It is a way to identify the population the hospital serves, compare outcomes, and find areas that need improvement. When patients and registrars understand this, the process is easier.
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Easier to Ask for Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data if Registrars Know Why
Hospitals want to show care processes and outcomes are not different based on patient race or ethnicity. Facilities do that by collect the data, and then stratifying the whole range of hospital quality measures by race and ethnicity.