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Writing patient education into job descriptions and making it part of annual job evaluations may help to make it part of patient care and not something separate that is completed when time allows, but it does not ensure the education will be effective.
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Survivors of aortic dissection may improve their odds of long-term survival with more aggressive follow-up care and more targeted discharge instructions, based on the findings of a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety (ICPS), established in 2003, has made significant strides in a number of areas through collaborative initiatives, say its leaders.
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Pancreatic cancer makes headlines when someone famous dies of the disease such as Luciano Pavarotti, the world-renowned opera singer that lost his fight with the disease in early September 2007.
Otherwise, the general public does not pay much attention to the disease.
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A disease management program implemented by nurse case managers helps chronically ill, unfunded patients cared for by the North Broward Hospital District avoid hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
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Work in patient education is both challenging and rewarding, say those employed in this field of health care.
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HIV vaccine trials likely will continue for a decade or longer, raising questions about ethical considerations of enrolling participants across the globe.
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As HIV prevention strategies plod ahead and often falter, scientists and the international medical community continue to hold out hope that there will one day be a vaccine available to prevent HIV infection.
