Patient Education Management Archives – December 1, 2003
December 1, 2003
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Computer documentation big help, but no cure for all compliance problems
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. -
Must-have features for on-line systems
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. -
Councils are important outlets for patient input
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. -
To keep on track, work toward vision methodically
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. -
To achieve weight loss, create individual plan
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. -
Put focus on health rather than weight
Dieting should never be a New Years resolution, says Frances M. Berg, MS, LN, a licensed nutritionist and family wellness specialist in Hettinger, ND, and adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. -
Opportunities for Community outreach
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. -
News Brief
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To curb obesity, target child’s health not diet
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. -
Teach parents dangers of secondhand smoke
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.