Patient Education Management Archives – November 1, 2007
November 1, 2007
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Improve patient education skills by making them part of annual competencies
For the best health outcomes, clinical staff need to have good teaching skills. One way to make sure they are competent educators is to develop patient teaching competencies that must be met when staff members are given their annual job performance evaluation. -
Educate the educator to ensure learning is occurring
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. -
It is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
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. -
Disease management plan helps unfunded patients
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. -
Aortic dissection patients may have new hope
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. -
Collaboration accelerates safety improvements
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. -
2007 Salary Survey Results
Work in patient education is both challenging and rewarding, say those employed in this field of health care.