Showing posts with label online counseling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online counseling. Show all posts
Making Sure Discharged Patients Stay That Way from H and HN
by RealPTC Expert
By Bill Santamour November 08, 2011
Nurses closely monitor medication use, reduce readmissions.
Marcy left the hospital with a lot of paper work, a container of pills and an appointment to see her physician the following month. The instructions were thorough and the discharge staff were patient and pleasant. But Marcy was still a little weak from the infection that had landed her in the hospital in the first place, and flustered by the whole experience. And, she had to admit, these days she got confused more easily than she had in the previous 83 years of her life; neither her memory nor her sight were what they used to be.
A few days later, Marcy mistakenly thought she had forgotten to take her morning medication and swallowed a day's worth all at once. The overdose nearly killed her, and she landed back in the hospital.
Her experience is not unusual, but with the renewed emphasis on improving quality of care and reducing readmissions, it has to become a lot more rare.
For the full article please go here.
Nurses closely monitor medication use, reduce readmissions.
Marcy left the hospital with a lot of paper work, a container of pills and an appointment to see her physician the following month. The instructions were thorough and the discharge staff were patient and pleasant. But Marcy was still a little weak from the infection that had landed her in the hospital in the first place, and flustered by the whole experience. And, she had to admit, these days she got confused more easily than she had in the previous 83 years of her life; neither her memory nor her sight were what they used to be.
A few days later, Marcy mistakenly thought she had forgotten to take her morning medication and swallowed a day's worth all at once. The overdose nearly killed her, and she landed back in the hospital.
Her experience is not unusual, but with the renewed emphasis on improving quality of care and reducing readmissions, it has to become a lot more rare.
For the full article please go here.
Got Psoriasis? 7 Signs You Have Arthritis Too from health.com
by RealPTC Expert
By Amanda MacMillan
Psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis that affects people with the skin condition psoriasis, can attack the joints and tendons.
About 22% of people with psoriasis who have not been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis appear to have symptoms of the condition, such as joint pain, swelling, and warmth, according to a 2011 survey by the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF).
For the full article please go here.
Psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis that affects people with the skin condition psoriasis, can attack the joints and tendons.
About 22% of people with psoriasis who have not been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis appear to have symptoms of the condition, such as joint pain, swelling, and warmth, according to a 2011 survey by the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF).
For the full article please go here.
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Can Coffee taken daily prevent skin cancer? From MSNBC
by RealPTC Expert
Drinking copious amounts of coffee may reduce the risk of the most common type of skin cancer, a new study finds.
Women in the study who drank more than three cups of coffee a day were 20 percent less likely to develop basal cell carcinoma, a slow-growing form of skin cancer, than those who drank less than one cup a month.
For the full article please go here.
Women in the study who drank more than three cups of coffee a day were 20 percent less likely to develop basal cell carcinoma, a slow-growing form of skin cancer, than those who drank less than one cup a month.
For the full article please go here.
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