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EMTALA sourcebook cuts through new regs
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For years, patient education managers have been reworking documentation forms trying to streamline the process to make it fast and efficient to increase compliance. No one ever designed the perfect form.
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Although All Childrens Hospital in St. Peters-burg, FL, purchased a software package for its on-line charting system, it is not being implemented as is.
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Input from patients and family members who have gone through the cancer treatment experience at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is important to leadership at the health care institution.
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As director of the cancer patient education program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, Kerry Harwood, RN, MSN, coordinates the overall direction, organization, and resources for the education of cancer patients and their families.
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Cookie-cutter approaches to weight loss dont work for everyone. While one person may find a written meal plan helpful, others may prefer to eat less by skipping the second helping or eating smaller portions.
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In addition to Healthy Weight Week covered in this issue of Patient Education Management, there are several health observances in January that provide community outreach education opportunities.
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Obesity is on the rise among children in America. However, dieting is not the answer, says Frances M. Berg, MS, LN, a family wellness specialist in Hettinger, ND, and an adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine.
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There now is a lot of evidence that secondhand smoke puts children at risk for several health problems, says Virginia Reichert, NP, director of the Center For Tobacco Control for the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, NY.
