Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 12, 2023

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Florida, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. Five years later, I developed a questionnaire for Sickle Cell patients in hopes of improving their pain management.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. They would stay a few days, get fluids, and get Phenergan around the clock for nausea, and narcotics for pain.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Let's take a longer look into this virtual world as it relates to care of older adults and consider such offerings as: Virtual caregiver nurse. Last month a startup launched with $35 million of funding to create a virtual caregiver nurse , targeting the labor shortage in private duty care. Virtual dementia tour. Virtual senior center.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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