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Poor communication between health care professionals is the root cause of nearly seven of 10 sentinel events, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and nowhere is communication more critical than in the emergency department.
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A Commonwealth Fund study reports that while community health centers deliver primary health care to much of New York Citys low-income population, the design and delivery of health care services at the centers can be made more patient-friendly.
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Ideas from The Ohio State University AHEC Health Literacy Program, Columbus.
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There are many changes staff at physician practices can make to ensure their office is patient friendly, says the president of JO Frempong & Associates, a plain-language and cross-cultural communications consulting firm based in Elkins Park, PA.
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Dermatologic complaints commonly are seen in emergency medicine and may pose a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician. Although a detailed understanding of all dermatologic conditions is beyond the scope of practice of emergency physicians, recognition of categories of disease, particularly emergent conditions, is essential. Knowledge of basic disease lesions, patterns, diagnostic tests, and emergent management is crucial to the appropriate treatment of patients with cutaneous disease. This article presents an organized approach to the diagnosis and management of cutaneous conditions, including brief discussions of selected dermatologic complaints.
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A new study confirms the findings of previous research that antiretroviral drug adherence is a strong predictor of whether drug resistance occurs in HIV patients.
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HIV clinicians treating patients who are failing their antiretroviral drug regimens face a conundrum: How do you increase adherence to increasingly difficult medication regimens among a population that has developed drug resistance most likely due to poor adherence in the first place?
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With a safe HIV microbicide still years away and safe HIV vaccines maybe decades in the future, the worlds health community would do well to focus on making the best use of one of the cheapest and most effective HIV interventions currently available: the latex condom, experts say.
