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How Empathy, Education, Communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell Patient Care

Society for Participatory Medicine

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. It has truly been an honor taking care of this fine population.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"COVID-19 testing, treatment, vaccination, along with continued access to primary care using telehealth and other digital technologies will continue," he said. So it is key that they stay connected to frontline staff in a way that they get a broad and diverse group of perspectives.

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A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 3: Being An Advocate

Society for Participatory Medicine

The primary care team felt getting a feeding tube into her immediately was important to get her the nutrition needed to maintain her strength prior to a transplant. Yet regular observations from the same person or group can provide a level of continuity that staffing situations in critical care make difficult.

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'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 'It all gets moved into the home' More and more, said Berkowitz, "primary care doctors will be virtualists, who are going to take care of hyper-convenient care, very scalably, using virtual online technologies." It's going to be the emergency department for heart attacks or strokes.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

This list is not an endorsement of any hospital, health system or company mentioned. Hospitals, Health Systems and Medical Groups. As a safety-net hospital, BMC also passes prescription discounts on to employees by offering copayment amounts up to 70 percent less than retail pharmacies. Brigham Health (Boston).