Articles Tagged With: trust
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Cultural Context Is Important When Building Patient Trust
Recent research shows health inequities have worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic began. More work is needed to improve medical care and interactions between African American patients and mostly European American healthcare providers. This also means case managers, whose job is to build trust with patients, will have to work hard to bridge cultural divides and distrust.
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Clear Masks Improve Patient Communication, But Surgeons Hesitant
Recent research at a hospital revealed patients preferred clear masks because they allowed them to see the clinician’s face, but more than half of surgeons said they were unlikely to use a clear mask. -
Wearing Clear Masks Could Boost Patients’ Trust Levels
Patients are more likely to trust surgeons wearing a clear mask rather than one obscuring the mouth, according to new research.
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Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in Black and Latinx Communities
Historically, minority populations have been victimized in medical research. People of color and ethnic minorities generally are at risk of more serious outcomes if infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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Trust but Verify: IPs, Colleagues Await a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Although there is broad concern about the rapid pace and oversight of COVID-19 vaccine development, infection preventionists are ready to trust the time-honored protocols and process for safety and efficacy.
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Lessons Learned — or Not — from Hydroxychloroquine Mishap
The research community’s decades of work to build public trust in IRB oversight and the clinical trial process has reached one of its greatest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Misinformation spread through social media and some media outlets, as well as contradictory instructions and information from political and public health officials, have helped create distrust. Through the spring of 2020, misinformation about hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 therapeutic proliferated after President Trump spoke about it as a cure.
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Lack of Ethical Leadership Can Be Source of Moral Distress
Ethical leadership requires perspectives of all stakeholders be considered. If managers do not actively encourage staff to offer input, people are going to be reluctant or unwilling to voice concerns.