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Arthur Kleinman, a medical anthropologist from Harvard University [Cambridge, MA] has simplified the process of negotiating communications between health care provider and patient in the health setting.
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All written materials at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta are in English and Spanish. That is because Hispanic families are about 10% of the patient population, says Kathy Ordelt, RN, patient & family education coordinator.
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When a Somali man found wandering the streets of Columbus, OH, was brought to Doctors Hospital, medical staff determined that he had quite a few medical problems. He had a stroke and new diabetes was identified. The man spoke very little English, so interpreters were used for the assessment of his condition.
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In compliance with the Houston-based M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Patient-Family Education Policy, the patient education office receives approval from the pharmacy division on each medication information sheet before it is added to the on-line patient education database and distributed to patients.
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When working with school-age children in a medical situation, it is important to tell the children what will happen providing concrete information, says April Elwood, CCLS, a child life specialist in the Cardiology Department at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.
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Nurses in HealthPartners' outpatient case management program go through extensive training to help them assess a patient's readiness to change.
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As an adjunct to its disease management programs, ConnectiCare, a regional HMO based in Farmington, CT, has launched a pharmacy quality improvement program to promote the use of medications that are nationally acceptable treatment standards and to identify and prevent potential drug safety adverse events.
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Most of us have been there dealing with the patient who refuses to comply with our treatment plan, who is uncooperative and generally unpleasant.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance advising states that hospital workers and others caring for patients infected with the monkeypox virus and close contacts of people or animals confirmed to have the virus should receive a smallpox vaccination to protect against the possibility of contracting the illness.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published two proposed rules in the Federal Register to enhance worker protections from respiratory hazards on the job.
