Tag: patients
Social Determinants of Health in Seniors
Social determinants of health is a term that is tossed around with increasing frequency. Literature and policy makers tout it as an effective way [...]
How to Discuss Palliative Care and Hospice with Patients
Discussions about end of life are some of the most difficult to hold with a patient and his or her family. Some clinicians report that they never [...]
Learning to Use “People First” Language with Patients
With all the regulations and documentation and cultural requirements you have to absorb into your daily practice, changing the language you use to [...]
7 Tips to Make Your Practice LGBTQ+ Friendly
In today's world, doctors and healthcare professionals have to strive to create a comfortable environment so patients will want to come back and s [...]
New Year’s Resolutions to Share with Your Patients
A New Year’s resolution that you can share with patients? That doesn’t sound even vaguely realistic. The point is, it might be possible to share N [...]
Why Patient Education & Health Literacy Is Important
There is a fine difference between health education and health literacy but it can make all the difference in the health of your patients and thei [...]
What You May Not Know About Breast Cancer Patients
Although you may be familiar with the rates of breast cancer detection and survival, there may be three things you don’t know about breast cancer [...]
Coping with Death as a Nurse
How do nurses cope with death? By talking with one another. This strategy presents itself repeatedly in the literature, blogs and nurse forums. Re [...]
The Ugly Truth: Coping With Death as a Physician
There are volumes written about the ways that doctors cope with death. It is a deeply personal experience and coping mechanisms vary as widely as [...]
Telemedicine: The Demand Is Here, Are You Ready?
Depending on where you work, you may already have access to telemedicine applications in your practice. If not, you may want to push your administ [...]
How to Communicate with Patients with Aphasia
Every year 795,000 people in the US suffer a stroke. About 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes in which blood flow to the brain is blocked. St [...]
Your Patient Population is Aging – Are You Ready?
If you haven’t noticed already, your patient population is aging. Baby Boomers, those adults born between 1946 and 1964, were the largest demograp [...]
Study: Is Less Experience Better for the Patient?
You walk into the room, your patient looks at you and says “How old are you anyway?” So much for confidence and credibility when trying to treat t [...]
Physician-Patient Relationship: It’s About the Patient
The physician-patient relationship lies at the heart of all medicine. It is the epicenter of care; the place where all information and data is gat [...]
Improve Patient Care by Increasing Self-Awareness
The increasing prevalence of patient satisfaction surveys and patient choice are shining a spotlight on the importance of communication skills and per [...]
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