Patient Education Management Archives – December 1, 2006
December 1, 2006
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Patients, families become partners when institutions practice family-centered care
When staff at MCG Health worked on new protocols for patient codes, such as the code to indicate a patient was in cardiac arrest and required cardiopulmonary resuscitation, two patient and family advisors were on the code team. -
Recipes help patients put theory into practice
"Goes Down Easy" was created to help cancer patients put into practice the lessons they learn about using dietary means to control certain symptoms that result from their cancer or its treatment. -
Social services key to prenatal care for uninsured
Good prenatal care for low-income women who are uninsured or underinsured must include social service support. -
Multiple methods are needed to assess quality
If you don't measure quality accurately, your organization could face dire consequences -- ranging from financial problems to plummeting patient satisfaction scores. -
Integrated system helps hospital improve quality
At Fairview Hospital, a small critical access facility in Great Barrington, MA, a decision was made in spring 2005 to switch to an integrated system for performance measurement and improvement. -
Quality, case managers collaborate for better care
At Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, PA, patient-centered collaboration between the case management department and other areas has had a dramatic impact on quality.