Patient Education Management Archives – March 1, 2004
March 1, 2004
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Productivity measures point to funding needs, efficiency, and staffing changes
Generating productivity numbers on patient education programs, classes, and materials is not a worthless activity. Patient education managers have learned the data are valuable for a variety of reasons. -
Opportunity for community outreach, education
A national health observance day, week, or month is a good opportunity for local community outreach, says Valerie Eldred, RN, community health representative at Winter Haven (FL) Hospital. -
Create a solid foundation for patient education
Although Zeena Engelke, RN, MS, has multiple job duties as patient education manager of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, she has managed to incorporate direct teaching into her position as well. -
Program helps patients who take anticoagulants
While an elderly man on the anticoagulant drug warfarin was waiting to get blood drawn at his physicians office, he was handed some educational materials about the drug. -
Educating staff on tracer methodology is a must
Are staff at your facility skeptical that surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations really will ask them the questions during your next survey?