Patient Education Management Archives – September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
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Strategies for improving education competency among staff members
To improve patient education, institutions must develop competent teachers. -
Help nurses find model for teaching
Mary Szczepanik, MS, BSN, RN, manager of cancer education, support, and outreach for OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus, says there are different ways of teaching, and nurses should determine what works best for them. -
To reach children strive for interactive, fun
The Teddy Bear Clinic sponsored by Browns Mill, NJ-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center was interactive, fun, and educational. -
Video conferencing streamlines ASL service
Caregivers at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA, are using a video interpreting program that allows deaf patients "to be treated as quickly as anyone else." -
Creative approaches help members control asthma
Health plans across the country are coming up with innovative ways to tackle asthma, a disease that costs $11.6 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to the American Lung Association. -
Comprehensive approach includes educating docs
Blue Cross of California State Sponsored Business takes a comprehensive approach to asthma management, partnering with the Fresno Valley Air Quality Board on ways to improve air quality in Fresno County. -
Disease managers visit asthma patients in the ICU
When members of Passport Health Plan are hospitalized in the intensive care unit for asthma, the plan's asthma disease managers visit them on-site and work with the hospital's asthma educator to help them learn to manage their disease. -
News Brief
The 9th annual Health Care Education Association conference is scheduled for Sept. 20-22 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta.