Consumers with disabilities empowered by American Disabilities Act
...mplementation of the ADA is incomplete, especially educating consumers with disabilities about their consumer rights," the authors conclude....Primary care office strategies may increase colon cancer screening
...ystems approach includes five clinician behaviors: educating patients; identifying patients due for screening; ...ercent to 69.3 percent. The most common method for educating the patient was direct discussion of screening (96.1 percent). The researchers also found improvemen...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...ext five to 10 years, it is critical that we begin educating parents, especially mothers, now about how the vaccine will be crucial to the prevention of cervical cancer. It is also important for everyone to understand that a vaccine will be aimed at both boys and girls, and how this will help prevent the dise...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
...cation of third-party payers and the other part is educating the public." ASPS offers the most reliable statistics on plastic surgery procedures to date. Since 2003, statistics have been collected through the first online national database for plastic surgery procedures called Tracking Operations and Outcom...Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
... designated as stroke centers have media campaigns educating the public about how to recognize strokes and get immediate help. "The success of this system depends greatly on people's ability to recognize signs and symptoms of a brain attack, or a stroke, and getting to the hospital, fast," Potter said. The...Brain tumor treatment can vary greatly, according to new JAMA study
...ls other patients, and he understands the need for educating both physicians and patients. "Doctors in community settings aren't presented with brain-tumor patients that often, and I think that's one of the reasons they don't always have the best information," Norris said. "I've talked to patients right after...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...them, says Dr. Wilde. "We need to make sure we are educating the public so if they don't get an antibiotic, they understand why." Third-world countries, where severe physician shortages preclude prescriptions for antibiotics, already are living the nightmare of common infections that no longer have...ESMO and Imedex announce partnership for the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
...eve that this Congress plays a significant role in educating and updating medical oncologists working in the field of gastrointestinal cancers and through this collaboration, we can bring a high quality educational experience to a growing network of practicing physicians." The World Congress on Gastrointestin...Simple intervention nearly eliminates catheter-related bloodstream infections
...e simple interventions, which include a system for educating nurses and doctors about infection control, stream...mplemented a series of interventions that included educating ICU staff on the prevalence and prevention of catheter-related infections, creating a catheter inser...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...ure." The campaign focused on the image of nurses, educating the public on the opportunities offered by a career in nursing, improving retention of nurses in clinical positions, raising funds for scholarships and grants, and addressing capacity problems confronted by nursing education programs. But those pro...Doctors can improve colorectal cancer screening rates
... their access to CRC screening may be as simple as educating doctors to make the recommendation and explain its impact to patients, according to a new study. The study will be published in the December 1, 2004 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. A free abstract of this stud...Study findings question claims of significant savings from pharmacy dose consolidation programs
...ugh to justify the costs plan sponsors would incur educating physicians and patients on the benefits of changing to a single, less expensive dose, also known as dose consolidation. In the study, researchers at pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts examined pharmacy claims for more than 500,000 members of a ...Many who cut back on Rx drugs to cut costs don't tell doctors
...they're having trouble paying for their drugs, and educating them about which ones are most necessary to protec...s if they can afford the drugs you're prescribing, educating them about the importance of sticking to the ones that can help them most, and encouraging your pati...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...lt that physicians should take a proactive role in educating patients about the method; however, only about one fourth of physicians said they prescribed emergency contraception often, and few routinely talked with their patients about it. The authors point out that while advance prescription has been shown ...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
... training in 10 chronic care skills: approaches to educating the chronically ill, end-of-life care, coordination of in-home and community services, management of geriatric syndromes, management of psychological and social aspects of chronic illness, assessment of care giver and family needs for patients with c...Government psoriasis research funding down over last decade while NIH budget up 148%
...onal offices, unveiling the legislative agenda and educating lawmakers about the disease. In addition to urging increased research on psoriasis, the legislative agenda calls for Congressional support for NIH's Autoimmune Diseases Research Plan; for a government effort to increase the number of physicians and ...Kids' year-round asthma symptoms triggered by parent's second-hand smoke
...ieties Annual Meeting, reinforce the importance of educating parents about how their own smoking can affect their children with asthma. The study is based on data from in-depth phone interviews with 896 parents of asthmatic children ages 2 to 12 years in 10 states. Those interviews were done as part of the Ph...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, May 4, 2004
... quality indicators. Researchers found failures in educating patients on proper use of medications, monitoring ... appropriately, documenting necessary information, educating patients about their medications and coordinating with the patients' other physicians (Article, p. 7...Pain resource nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Center seen as educators and advocates for a change
... to further educate them. Creative strategies for educating fellow nurses include word games and eye-catching informational posters. "Through the implementation of more Pain Resource Nurse programs such as the one at Fox Chase, we can have numbers like this nationwide while improving the patient's quality o......elines can have an enormous impact on treatment by educating physicians and directing research goals. "Last year, the American Academy of Neurology introduced guidelines stating that surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy is effective, but did not answer the question of how quickly it should be consider...