Patient Education Management 2003-10-01

JCAHO reorganizes patient education standards, merged with provision of care

It is difficult to predict what impact the revised patient education standards will have once they are implemented by the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Read More

Where are you going for your medical information?

As part of her job as a health education specialist at Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Fran London, MS, RN, works as a nurse in The Emily Center, the consumer health library. Read More

Identify smokers, then you educate

Identifying smokers when they are admitted to the hospital and offering information on how to quit is good practice, says Connie Graff, RCP, AE-C, a respiratory therapist at Lake Region Healthcare Corporation in Fergus Falls, MN. Read More

Great American Smokeout: How to kick the habit

The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society is the third Thursday in November. Read More

Assessing smokers’ readiness to change

The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society put together a Stages of Change Model as they apply to a persons readiness to quit smoking. This model can be used to assess a smokers readiness to quit. Read More

Time efficiency paramount for one-person department

B.J. Hansen-Wingert, MS, RN, patient education specialist for OhioHealth in Columbus, is a one-person department with its own budget. Read More

Language services tool for health care providers

The Access Project and the National Health Law Program have developed a resource to help health care providers and others ensure that people with limited English proficiency receive appropriate language assistance services in medical settings, which is called the Language Services Action Kit. Read More

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October 1, 2003

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