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How is your facility coping with the current economic downturn?
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Take a look out into the waiting room of your family planning clinic. If you see an influx of patients, know that you are not alone. Planned Parenthood health centers across the country report an increase in patients who have lost their jobs, health insurance, or who no longer have the money to pay for medical care.
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College health centers and certain family planning clinics who looked to reduced pricing on contraceptives from manufacturers had to regroup when the 2005 federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) tightened eligibility for nominally priced drugs.
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Is information on breast self-exams (BSEs) included in your care of women? Findings from a 2009 study indicate that a brief intervention program based on a single counseling session and two follow-up phone calls significantly increased the number of women correctly performing such exams.
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Plan to get the latest information on family planning issues at three fall conferences. All three events will cover cutting-edge material on contraceptive practices and will offer continuing education credits.
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In the past half century, technology, environmental awareness, and modern science have surged. Yet, as in all generations, a significant number of consumers, perhaps intent upon getting back to simpler times, are choosing "healthful" therapies not fully accepted by the mainstream.
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NSAIDs in the elderly; managing GI and CVD risk with NSAIDs; low-dose naltrexone and fibromyalgia; treating glucocorticoid-induced bone loss; FDA Actions.
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This study showed that surrogate decision-makers with a loved one in the ICU want clinicians to discuss the patient's prognosis, even if it is uncertain.
