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7 steps for guiding patients through behavioral changes
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareValue-based purchasing and other drivers of change have led to improvements in models of care. One of these — the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) — is being implemented in primary care practices around the country. The essence of a patient-centered medical home is that the primary care provider coordinates all of a patient's care with an emphasis on patient engagement and prevention.
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As Zika spreads, researchers find more links to neurological disorders
Katina Hernandez Medical & Allied HealthcareBy now, you've probably heard of Zika, the mosquito-borne virus infecting people across the Americas. You've also probably heard about the virus's suspected link to microcephaly, a birth defect causing infants to be born with abnormally small brains that can lead to developmental problems.
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How did we get here? The complex history of the opioid addiction problem
Joan Spitrey PharmaceuticalIn an effort to bring attention to the undertreatment of pain in America, Dr. James Campbell, president of the American Pain Society, encouraged healthcare providers to treat pain as seriously as they do vital signs. From Campbell's speech to the APS in 1996, the concept of pain as the "fifth vital sign" was born.
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The increasing price of insulin harms patients
Dr. Abimbola Farinde PharmaceuticalMany Americans depend on life-saving drugs to achieve and maintain some degree of a quality of life. Given that some conditions can be debilitating or life threatening, it is critical that these individuals have access to their medications when needed.
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Nursing leadership crisis: Who is ready to take their place?
Stacey Kram Healthcare AdministrationWhen we discuss the impending shortage of qualified nurses, we contemplate the effect this shortage will have on direct patient care and staffing. Lost in the discussion, however, is the fact that 75 percent of nurse leaders — the baby boomers — will retire by the year 2020. Who will be prepared to take their places?
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Emergency physician income increases, but issues remain
Chelsea Adams Healthcare AdministrationThe 2016 Medscape Physician Compensation Report indicates emergency physicians earned an average of $322,000 in 2015, slightly higher than 2014's earnings of $306,000. As part of the survey, nearly 20,000 physicians across 26 specialties were asked about earnings, job satisfaction and how much he or she works. In the survey, physicians provided their annual compensation for patient care.
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A matter of ethics and the law in hospice care
Ellen Jane Windham Healthcare AdministrationThe recent news articles involving an FBI investigation in the Dallas area of a hospice company has the potential to set hospice care back years. According to the report, the owner "regularly directed nurses to give hospice patients overdoses of drugs such as morphine to speed up their deaths and maximize profits."
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Organ transplant between donor, recipients with HIV opens new door
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareDoctors at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center recently transplanted organs from an HIV-positive donor to two HIV-positive recipients during landmark surgeries. To this point, people with HIV have not been eligible to donate organs. However, the development is significant for people living with the virus since they frequently need donor organs due to organ failure. Previously, HIV-positive patients were eligible to receive organs from HIV-negative donors.
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2 new devices advancing cardiac monitoring and treatment
Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied HealthcareThe advances in medical devices for monitoring, surgery and R&D have made cardiac care one of the most exciting and successful areas for the proliferation of medical gadgets. Let's take a look at two such devices that are changing the world of cardiac care.
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Study: Pesticides in food linked to Parkinson’s disease
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareConsumption of milk is usually considered healthy. For years, slogans like "Drink more milk," "Milk. It does a body good," and "Got Milk?" have promoted the beverage. For those drinking more milk in Hawaii before the 1980s, there were ingredients that were not doing the body any good.
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