Search results for "Your practice"
The healing arts
Options can range from CD players in patient rooms to visits from certified art and music therapists.
February 2012
Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients
Of the tried-and-true drug therapies, acetaminophen should be your first line of attack, the experts said. ... After all, there's good reason to take your time today treating elderly patients' pain.
September 2013
Comanagement commandments
You've got to be consistent.”. There are warning signs when comanagement is starting to cause problems for your practice, Dr. ... Another warning sign is finding that others, such as specialists or administrators, define what you do in your practice
June 2008
Time to teach
Q: Before your study, do you think the clinicians involved knew that discharge education was not being handled well? ... Build time into your day or a system into your practice to make sure discharge education is happening in a standardized way.
April 2013
The challenge of predicting readmissions
Q: Your results showed that a prediction algorithm, the Probability of Repeat Admission (P. ... Q: Have the results caused you to change your practice individually?
December 2011
How long is too long in the hospital (for docs)?
Hingle said. “And by the time you start residency, you've got all your medical school debt, so what are you going to do? ... From residency to practice, seven is an important number. Night-float residents often come in to the hospital at 7 p.m.
April 2017
Volunteering abroad adds meaning to medical practice
You have to use your head and your intuition rather than test-driven medicine. ... In Lima, for example, he found simple satisfaction in “rolling up your sleeves and going to work.
November 2011
Getting to know you
Daily face-to-face meetings improve outcomes and teamwork.
February 2010
Break the fracture cycle
It usually took six or seven phone calls to nag people to get out and have your bone density done.”. ... When you come back for your first orthopedic follow-up, that's an outpatient visit,” she said.
September 2011
M&M conferences get swept up in QI trend
A subsequent investigation revealed a chain of documentation and system practice errors that ranged from incomplete progress notes to misfiled immunization records. ... core competencies: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and
January 2011