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AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Simple, Patient-Friendly Informed Consent Process Increases... - 4 views

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shared by Dianne Rees on 27 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 27 Jun 12
     
    The purpose of this process is to promote patient understanding through the use of plain language principles and the "teach-back" method. The new form and consent process have increased the proportion of patients observed to be reading the form and who were able to describe their surgery in their own words, and enhanced patients' comfort level with asking questions. Anecdotal reports also suggest that patients, families, and nurses are satisfied with the enhanced process and form.
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MD Link: Partnering Physicians with Community Organizations: A Toolkit for Physician Ch... - 2 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 29 May 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 29 May 12
     
    Toolkit for physicians who wish to collaborate with community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve older adults.
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Parents Helping Parents Fight Asthma - 2 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 16 May 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 16 May 12
     
    It includes sample presentation slides and a manual (also available in Spanish) that provides information on how to reduce asthma symptoms and attacks and improve the quality of life for both parents and children.
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Pediatric Asthma Care - 0 views

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  • Tom Fields on 09 May 12
     
    The featured Innovations describe one program that provided services to urban preschool children in an effort to improve asthma-related outcomes, and two programs that improved pediatric asthma care by increasing adherence to well-established care guidelines.
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Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and A... - 0 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 04 May 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 04 May 12
     
    As part of the intervention, pediatricians ask parents about crying, bonding/attachment, toilet training, and discipline and provide educational materials related to abuse and neglect prevention to patients and prominently in waiting and examination rooms.
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Resource Guide for Integrating Comprehensive Medic... - 0 views

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shared by Tom Fields on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Fields on 15 Apr 12
     
    The guide focuses on the decisions surrounding the comprehensive management of a patient's medications, regardless of source, method of delivery, or form of administration.
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