Posts Tagged ‘patient’
Regular exercise reduces patient anxiety by 20 percent, study finds
The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new study shows.
PharMEDium Participates In Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Summit: Medication Safety In The Operating Room; Time For A New Paradigm
PharMEDium Services, LLC, announced their participation in the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Summit held January 26th in Phoenix, AZ. PharMEDium’s commitment to patient safety aligned with the APSF goals of improving medication safety by offering a complete line of pre-filled, pre-labeled Anesthesia syringe medications intended for use in the Operating Room…
Training of patient and consumer representatives in the basic competencies of evidence-based medicine: a feasibility study
Background:Evidence based medicine (EBM) has become standard approach in medicine. Patients and health authorities increasingly claim active patient roles in decision making. Education to cope with these roles might be useful. We investigated the feasibility, acceptability and possible impact of EBM training courses for patient and consumer representatives.Methods:We designed a generic one week EBM course based on previous experience with EBM courses for non medical health professionals. A course specific competence test has been developed and validated to measure EBM skills. Formative and summative evaluation of the course comprised: 1) EBM skills; 2) individual learning goals; 3) self reported implementation after six months using semi-structured interviews; 4) group based feedback by content analysis. EBM skills’ achievement was compared to results gathered by a group of undergraduate University students of Health Sciences and Education who had attended a comparable EBM seminar.Results:Fourteen EBM courses were conducted including 161 participants without previous EBM training (n=54 self-help group representatives, n=64 professional counsellors, n=36 patient advocates, n=7 others); 71% had a higher education degree; all but five finished the course. Most participants stated personal learning goals explicitly related to practicing EBM such as acquisition of critical appraisal skills (n=130) or research competencies (n=67). They rated the respective relevance of the course on average with 80% (SD 4) on a visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100%.Participants passed the competence test with a mean score of 14.7 (SD 3.0, n=123) out of 19.5 points. The comparison group of students achieved a mean score of 14.4 (SD 3.3, n=43). Group based feedback revealed increases of self confidence, empowerment through EBM methodology and statistical literacy, and acquisition of new concepts of patient information and counselling. Implementation of EBM skills was reported by 84 of the 129 (65%) participants available for follow-up interviews. Barriers included lack of further support, limited possibilities to exchange experiences, and feeling discouraged by negative reactions of health professionals.Conclusions:Training in basic EBM competencies for selected patient and consumer representatives is feasible and accepted and may affect counselling and advocacy activities. Implementation of EBM skills needs support beyond the training course.
Medicaid Cuts, Past And Proposed, A Concern To Businesses And Patient Advocates
Kansas Health Institute: “The Kansas Hospital Association will throw its lobbying clout behind a proposed increase in the state tobacco tax to restore a cut in the Medicaid rates paid to providers” (McLean, 2/3). Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee “hospitals could lose a half billion dollars under the cumulative effect of Gov…
Society of Interventional Radiology supports treatment for spine fractures: Patient selection key
Given the current controversy over vertebroplasty — a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists in individuals with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures that fail to respond to conventional medical therapy — what’s a patient to do? Trust your medical team to decide if you are an appropriate candidate for vertebroplasty and trust the experience of hundreds of thousands of other patients who have undergone the spine treatment successfully and received life-improving effects, says the Society of Interventional Radiology.
New Neurostimulation Patient Programming Software Enables More Thorough And Efficient Capture Of Complex Pain Patterns
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its next-generation MultiSteering Technology software for Rapid Programmer™, a programming platform used to optimize neurostimulation therapy for chronic pain patients…
Intensive, Progressive Physical Therapist Exercise Program Plus Educationreduces Disability And Improves Patient Function After Back Surgery
Patients who have undergone a single-level lumbar microdiskectomy for lumbar disk herniation experienced significant improvement in physical function following an intensive, progressive physical therapist guided exercise and education program, according to a research report published in the November issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
62-Year-Old Man Becomes First Patient In China Implanted With Rechargeable Neurostimulator For Chronic Pain
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced that a 62-year-old man from Shenzhen, Guangdong province has become the first patient in China to be implanted with the Eon™ neurostimulator, a rechargeable device used to help manage chronic pain. Despite prior back surgeries, the patient suffered from chronic back pain for more than a decade.
New Explanation For Controversial Old Patient-Care Technique Discovered By UF Scientists
You might not know what it’s called, but if you’ve had general anesthesia before surgery, especially after an accident, it is likely you have received Sellick’s maneuver. That’s when fingers are pressed against a patient’s throat to prevent regurgitation and spilling of stomach contents into the airway and lungs while anesthesia is being administered. Such regurgitation could result in serious lung damage and even death.
Breakthrough Cancer Pain: First Results From Major European Patient Survey
The first results of the first European survey of cancer patients’ experience of breakthrough pain were presented at the 6th congress of the European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (EFIC). Previous surveys have looked at the overall management of pain in cancer patients but this is the first international study to look in detail at Breakthrough Cancer Pain (BTCP) from a patient perspective.
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