Showing posts with label consumer advocacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consumer advocacy. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2011

Long Term Care (LTC) Nurses on: The Nurse Friendly

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See Also: Falls, Injuries & Prevention, Geriatric Nurses

National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA):"We are the first and only nursing specialty organization dedicated to helping you realize your full potential as a gerontological nurse. We are a growing, dynamic and dedicated group of professionals who share ideas and information that improve the quality of nursing care for our elderly.
National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA)
7794 Grow Drive
Pensacola, FL 32514
Tel:(850) 473-1174 or (800) 723-0560
Fax:(850) 484-8762
email: ngna@puetzamc.com
http://www.ngna.org/

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Lucille "Lou" Addington, RN, CLNC, Florida:"We do medical-legal consulting for attorneys, insurance companies and HMO's, and private individuals. Presuit investigations and affidavits. Expert witness location. Special interest in vaccine damage cases and long term care/elder care issues. My associate and I bring a combined 42 years of professional nursing practice to our cases."
Specialty Areas:

  • Emergency Room/Trauma care, http://www.nursefriendly.com/emergency/

  • Expert Witness Location, http://www.nursingexperts.com

  • Home Care, http://www.nursefriendly.com/home.care/

  • IV Team, http://www.nursefriendly.com/intravenous/

  • Legal Nurse Consultant, http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org

  • Long Term Care, http://www.nursefriendly.com/ltc/

  • Managed Care Organizations, HMO's, http://www.nursefriendly.com/hmo

  • Psychiatric, http://www.nursefriendly.com/psych/

  • Vaccine Injury Issues, http://www.nursingexperts.com/vaccines

  • Nursing Administration

    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/addington

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    Atkinson, Julie, South Carolina:
    Specialty Areas: Community Health, Long Term Care
    http://www.nursefriendly.com/atkinson

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    Tina Berkofsky, RN, CLNC, Florida Legal Nurse Consultants, Nursing Entrepreneurs
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/berkofsky/

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    Natalie A. Cole, RN, BHSA, CMCN, LNC, West Virginia Legal Nurse Consultants:"I provide medical record reviews and case analyses for attorneys working in medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and general negligence. My skills and education as a Registered Nurse, in addition to my training as a Legal Nurse Consultant, eases the burden of other legal team members by allowing them to concentrate on other important areas of a case."
    5167 Procious Maysel Road
    Procious, West Virginia (WV) 25164
    Phone number: (304) 587-7010
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/cole

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    Andra DeCarlo, RN, Summit Medical Litigation Consulting, Inc.:"Andra DeCarlo, owner of Summit Medical Litigation Consulting and her team of nurses provide Legal Nurse Consulting for both defense and plaintiff attorneys looking for a clear explanation of what actually happened with the client. Is there a case? Is there a defense? We specialize in looking outside-the-box to help find the key to the case. Nursing home neglegance, PI, Medical Malpractice and more."
    1586 El Tair Trail
    Clearwater, FL, 33765
    E-mail Address: andradecarlo@tampabay.rr.com

    Social Networks: Ecademy.com, Facebook, Gather.com, LinkedIn, Twitter
    http://summitmlc.com or http://www.andradecarlo.info/
    http://www.legalnursingconsultant.com/decarlo/

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    Lisa Desimon R.N, D.C, CLNC, Illinois Nurse Entrepreneurs:"Certified Legal Nurse Consultant business, serving as a consulting expert and testifying expert on a variety of medical/legal issues/cases."
    7358 Timberwolf Trail
    Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/desimon

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    Baraka Dimson, BSN, New York City Nursing Agencies, Nurse-Owned Businesses:"Staff Nurse Inc. is a staffing agency for nursing homes in the state of New York. We staff nursing homes with qualified licensed practical nurses and registered professional nurses. Our rates are extremely competitive and we offer on-going staff development for our nurses. In addition to this we have a department that offers 5 weeks NCLEX review class for repeat NCLEX test takers only. We offer them the support they need and review in a small and intimate classroom environment. Our NCLEX review classes are so good, if after taking it the graduate nurse is still not successful, we allow him or her to continue taking our review classes up to 1 year until they pass the NCLEX and obtain their license.
    312-316 East 149th street
    Bronx New York Zip Code: 10452
    Phone number: 718-772-6663 Fax number: 718-293-3980
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/dimson

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    Teddi Nuss, RN, Mid-South Litigation Support Services:"We use our knowledge and experience to help attorneys de-mystify the medical issues in legal cases. We provide screening for merit, medical record review, interpretation and organization, time line chronologies, case summary, medical literature research, and written reports (on paper and/or disk). We collaborate with attorneys to develop a cost effective and winning aproach to the medical issues in their cases."
    1534 California Avenue Lot N
    Camden Arkansas (AR) 71701
    Phone: 870-836-1156
    Fax: 870-836-1185
    teddinuss@cei.net
    http://www.nursingexperts.com/nuss

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    Victoria Pettograsso, LPN, BS, MS, Coastal Care Nursing Associates:"Private nurse Ownership assures our patients of superior nursing care and personalization. Presently, we are expanding our horizons into the nurse registry-consulting field. We would like to help you set up your own nurse registry. Time saved in policy and procedure development can yield earlier profits."
    1525 S. Tamiami Trail Suite 603

    Venice, Florida 34285
    Phone: 941-492-4474, Fax: 443-342-2493
    CoastalCare@nursingentrepreneurs.com
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/pettograsso

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    Angela M Rowe, RN, LNC, GCM, Senior Care Solutions, Alabama Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Senior Care Solutions provides Geriatric Care Management Services to aging adults and their families in Central Alabama. Our goal is to help seniors and disabled individuals to obtain the assistance they need to maintain safety, dignity, and quality of life. Senior Care Solutions provides advocacy, evaluation, education, and support services to seniors in Alabama."
    3049 Lansdowne Drive
    Montgomery Alabama 36111
    Phone number: 334-834-9483
    Fax number: 214-279-6602
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/rowe

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    Tirzah Silver, LPN, Essential Staffing, LLC, Nurse Owned Businesses, Nursing, Staffing Agencies:" Providing temporary staffing solutions to the Phoenix Metro area Hospitals and Nursing homes. Looking for quality RN's, LPN's, and CNA's.
    153 W. Desert Ct
    Gilbert, AZ 85233
    Phone number: (480) 507-3797, Fax number: (480) 926-2502
    http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/silver/

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    Tami Skinner, LPN, Michigan Nurses, Pediatrics, Respiratory, Home Health, Medical-Surgical, Long Term Care
    http://www.nursefriendly.com/skinner/

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    Leah Stockdale, R.N., B.S.N., Nurse Registry, Inc., Maryland Nurse Entrepreneurs:

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

    http://www.4nursing.com
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    http://www.nursinghumor.com
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    http://www.nursingexperts.com

    Thursday, April 14, 2011

    Checking Your Medical Records - More Important Than Ever Before

    Months ago, grand discussions of the shift from paper medical records to digital, electronic health and medical records, was all the rage.  In particular, among my Twitter colleagues, it seemed like it was all anyone wanted to talk about.

    At the time, the big question was, how would doctors afford to make the shift?  Beyond just computerizing their records, they would need systems that actually share our records!  And systems that, once the meaningful use laws were determined, would allow patients to access their own records, too.

    Here at the About.com Patient Empowerment site, we looked at electronic medical records - what they are, the plusses and the problems....

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

    http://www.4nursing.com
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    http://www.nursinghumor.com
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    Partnership for Patients - Win, Win, Win for American Healthcare

    It's called the Partnership for Patients.  (I like it already - it's focused on patients.)  It's a program being developed by the federal government, under Secretary of HHS (Health and Human Services) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, along with CMS (Center for Medicare Services) Dr. Donald Berwick, a man with an impeccable patient safety advocacy record.  But they aren't in it alone - they have dozens of private and public organizations backing them, as members of the partnership.

    Can this possibly be

    • A WIN for patients.
    • A WIN for providers.
    • And a WIN for payers, too?

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

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    Sunday, April 3, 2011

    How to Find the Best Hospital Near You - US News and World Report

    Some Americans are fortunate enough to live down the street from a world-class hospital. For them, where to go for highly skilled care is clear.

    For most of us, though, finding a hospital that offers both excellent care and local convenience has long been a challenge. Healthcare consumers have faced a dearth of reliable information about how the hospitals near them stack up. The problem is most acute in large metropolitan areas, which are crowded with hospitals that offer varying degrees of expertise across a range of medical specialties.

    Click here to find out more!

    In principle, going to a renowned medical center such as one of the nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals is a solid option. But that could be difficult if it requires travel, expensive if not covered by insurance, and unnecessary except in the most challenging medical cases. No wonder most hospital patients stay close to home.

    Click on the "via" link for the rest of the article.

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

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    Wednesday, March 30, 2011

    Why Not The Best (Hospital Benchmark Data)

    Comparative Health Care
    Performance Data

     

    • See how well U.S. hospitals perform on measures of evidence-based care, patient experience, readmission and mortality rates, and costs
    • Compare a hospital's performance with peer organizations and national benchmarks
    • Find case studies and tools to help improve the quality of care

    Click on the "via" link for the rest of the article.

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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    http://www.nursingexperts.com

    Harmed in the hospital? Should you sue? - CNN.com

    Ryan Jeffers finds it hard to believe his daughter, Malyia, went from being a perfectly healthy 2-year-old who loved to dance, sing and entertain to an amputee facing a lifetime of medical care.

    "I can't believe something so small turned into something so big," recalls Jeffers, who noticed that his daughter had a fever one Sunday in November.

    Malyia's fever continued to climb, and unusual bruises appeared on her cheek; her parents say they rushed her to the emergency room near their Sacramento home. But things did not go as they expected.

    The family says that they couldn't get a physician to examine Malyia and that the five-hour wait in the emergency room nearly killed her. Her septic infection worsened as she waited to be seen.

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

    http://www.4nursing.com
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    Sunday, March 27, 2011

    Admitting harm protects patients - Sunday, March 27, 2011 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

    As Nevada legislators debate this week whether to require hospitals to publicly report when they harm patients, they could learn a lot from Paul Levy’s experience in pulling back the veil of hospital secrecy.

    Levy became a revolutionary figure in medicine when, as CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess — then the weak sibling among Harvard University’s teaching hospitals — he began blogging about injuries and infections suffered by his hospital’s patients. His competitors eventually followed suit and now, with Massachusetts law imposing transparency, they acknowledge openness has brought greater accountability and a more focused commitment to protecting patients.

    “It’s not just fear of public embarrassment” that drives the improvements, said Dr. Ken Sands, chairman of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s health care quality department. “It’s an easy way to show something is a priority and is deserving of attention.”

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

    150,000 + Nurse-Reviewed & Approved Nursing Links

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    http://www.nursinghumor.com
    http://www.nursefriendly.com
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    http://www.nursingexperts.com

    Sunday, March 13, 2011

    Hospital confronts social media uprising over care of dying baby - The Globe and Mail

    One of Canada’s most prestigious medical institutions has made the bold decision to go public with details of a highly emotional tug-of-war over a dying infant in an attempt to defend itself against a slew of threats, condemnations and criticisms playing out in social media.

    The case highlights how the emerging influence of viral videos, online campaigns and social networks can quickly damage an organization and force even the most staid institutions to change their communications strategies.

    More related to this story

    Click on the "via" link for the full article.

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    Any questions, please drop me a line.

    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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    Pain Medication Mistakes: Overdoses, Side Effects, and More

    It's been a hard day, and Joe's back is killing him.

    His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there's that big bottle of Tylenol under the sink, so Joe grabs a couple of each and washes them down with a slug of beer.

    Luckily for Joe, he's a fictional character invented for this article. But there are a lot of real-life Joes out there making big mistakes with over-the-counter and prescription pain pills.

    Can you spot Joe's mistakes? Joe didn't make every mistake in the book. But he made quite a few.

    Here's WebMD's list of common pain pill mistakes, compiled with the help of pharmacist Kristen A. Binaso, RPh, spokeswoman for the American Pharmacists Association; and pain specialist Eric R. Haynes, MD, founder of Comprehensive Pain Management Partners in Trinity, Fla.

    Click on the "via" link for the rest of the article.

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    Sincerely,

    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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    Friday, March 11, 2011

    FDA takes over Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol plants - Mar. 10, 2011

    The government is taking over three Tylenol plants following a blizzard of drug recalls and a Food and Drug Administration criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories.

    The FDA and the Justice Department on Thursday took action against McNeil PPC and two of its executives -- its vice president of quality and its vice president of operations for over-the-counter products -- for failing to comply with federally-mandated manufacturing practice.

    McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Fortune 500), said it had agreed to put its plants -- one in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, one in Fort Washington, Pa. and one in Lancaster, Pa., under FDA supervision.

    The agreement, known as a "consent decree," is subject to approval by a federal judge in Pennsylvania.

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    Andrew Lopez, RN
    Nursefriendly, Inc. A New Jersey Corporation.
    38 Tattersall Drive, Mantua New Jersey 08051
    http://www.nursefriendly.com info@nursefriendly.com ICQ #6116137
    856-415-9617, (fax) 415-9618

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    Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Rethinking Societal Attitudes About People Who Get Cancer

    In her 1978 book, "Illness as Metaphor," Susan Sontag argued that societal myths and metaphors surrounding disease can kill. How? By instilling shame and guilt in the sick. Sontag was the first writer to point out the basically accusatory tone of the metaphors we use to describe illness and its causes, as well as the essence of its cure. Examples she cited included tuberculosis, which was once popularly thought of as an illness that afflicted only individuals with delicate temperaments. Because they were supposedly constitutionally weak, these individuals were prone to wasting away. Accordingly, the "cure" for tuberculosis involved "rest" -- a prolonged stay in a sanatorium.

    Sontag applied the same reasoning to debunk what she thought were myths surrounding cancer: It is not a curse or punishment, she argued. Our personality does not make us more or less likely to get cancer, and its successful treatment is not essentially a matter of our outlook. We do not get cancer because we are angry, or because we are lacking in some spiritual quality. To quote Sontag, "Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease." That was true for tuberculosis in the 20th century, and it is true today for cancer. Despite that truth, some cancer patients -- and in particular those who have been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that has spread to other organs -- continue to experience what amounts to a societal stigma. Consider the following correspondence between me and Ellen, who has metastatic breast cancer:

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    Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA's National Campaign to Solve the Nurse Staffing Crisis

    Nurses everywhere rank staffing as their biggest problem. Research shows it is a problem – for patients: Insufficient nurse staffing is linked with poorer patient outcomes, lengthened hospital stays and increased chance of patient death.

    ANA’s Solution to Staffing

    ANA advocates solving the problem by requiring hospitals to set nurse staffing plans for each hospital unit based on changing conditions:

    • Patient acuity (severity of illness)
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    Texas Senate panel advances bill to protect nurses | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

    A Texas Senate committee approved legislation Tuesday aimed at strengthening protection for nurses who report abuse by doctors.

    The bill filed by state Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, protects nurses from being fired, discriminated against or punished. Nurses would be immune from criminal prosecution under the bill.

    The bill now goes to the full Senate. If enacted, doctors would be fined up to $25,000 if convicted of retaliation.

    Lawmakers saw a need for a more stringent law after two West Texas nurses were fired and criminally charged after reporting a doctor for allegedly practicing bad medicine.

    The charges were dropped against Winkler County nurse Vicki Galle, but Anne Mitchell was prosecuted for "misuse of official information" and threatened with 10 years in prison.

    Galle and Mitchell anonymously filed their complaint against Dr. Rolando Arafiles with the Texas Medical Board in 2009. But with help from the sheriff, Arafiles found out who the nurses were.

    Despite Mitchell's acquittal, the case stirred outrage from medical communities nationwide. Nursing advocates want to ensure nurses can report malpractice without fear of retaliation.

    "Patients are best served when nurses can advocate on their behalf," Nelson said. "The case of the Winkler County nurses highlighted the need for additional protection for nurses."

    Mitchell said the decision to report Arafiles was carefully considered, and one she felt she had to make on behalf of her patients.

    But the price she paid was high. She said her nursing career is over, her income has been cut in half and she continues to endure the effects of being labeled a whistleblower.

    "That label basically reads 'don't hire me'," she said. "Nurses are frequently the last safety net for patients. If our voices are stifled, our patients will suffer. My hope is that the passage of this bill will prevent other nurses from having to go through what we went through."

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    HHS Releases National Plan to Improve Health Literacy | HHS.gov

    Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services released The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy aimed at making health information and services easier to understand and use. The plan calls for improving the jargon-filled language, dense writing, and complex explanations that often fill patient handouts, medical forms, health web sites, and recommendations to the public.

    According to the report, efforts to improve the health literacy skills of both the public and health professionals are needed to achieve a health literate society—a critical need as health reform generates more demand for consumer and patient information that is easy-to-understand and culturally and linguistically appropriate.

    According to research from the U.S. Department of Education, only 12 percent of English-speaking adults in the United States have proficient health literacy skills. The overwhelming majority of adults have difficulty understanding and using everyday health information that comes from many sources, including the media, web sites, nutrition and medicine labels, and health professionals.

    “Health literacy is needed to make health reform a reality,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “Without health information that makes sense to them, people can’t access cost effective, safe, and high quality health services. But, HHS can’t do it alone,” she added. “We need payers and providers of health care services to communicate clearly and make the necessary changes to improve their communication with consumers, patients, and beneficiaries. Today’s plan is only the beginning of a long-term process with our many partners in all sectors that we hope will result in a society that encourages people to live longer, healthier lives.”

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    Helping Patients Understand Their Medical Treatment - Kaiser Health News

    An elderly woman sent home from the hospital develops a life-threatening infection because she doesn't understand the warning signs listed in the discharge instructions. A man flummoxed by an intake form in a doctor's office reflexively writes "no" to every question because he doesn't understand what is being asked. A young mother pours a drug that is supposed to be taken by mouth into her baby's ear, perforating the eardrum. And a man in his 70s preparing for his first colonoscopy uses a suppository as directed, but without first removing it from the foil packet.

    Each of these examples provided by health-care workers or patient advocates illustrates one of the most pervasive and under-recognized problems in medicine: Americans' alarmingly low levels of health literacy — the ability to obtain, understand and use health information.

    Translating Medical Jargon

    Some technical terms and what they mean in plain English:

    • "myocardial infarction" (heart attack)
    • "hyperlipidemia" (high cholesterol)
    • "febrile" (feverish)

    A 2006 study by the U.S. Department of Education found that 36 percent of adults have only basic or below-basic skills for dealing with health material. This means that 90 million Americans can understand discharge instructions written only at a fifth-grade level or lower. About 52 percent had intermediate skills: They could figure out what time a medication should be taken if the label says "take two hours after eating," while the remaining 12 percent were deemed proficient because they could search a complex document and find the information necessary to define a medical term.

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    Monday, February 28, 2011

    Fast response crucial in outbreaks of food-borne illness, study finds - USATODAY.com

    Nearly three years after a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened about 1,500 people and claimed two lives, U.S. epidemiologists have learned that speed is of the essence in identifying sources of food contamination and preventing further infection.

      But speed requires resources that cost money and, as an editorial accompanying the paper in the Feb. 23 online issue of the
    New England Journal of Medicine points out, funds may not be forthcoming.

    Although the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act could help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration respond better to outbreaks of food-borne illness, the reality is that Congress still needs to authorize the money, the editorial stated.

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    Wednesday, February 23, 2011

    Connected for Life Now Features Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line

    Family Health Network is excited to announce that its Connected for LifeSM online program for caregivers of aging loved ones will now feature access to Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line.  Seniors who are part of the program will now have 24/7 access to expert health advice from Ask Mayo Clinic registered nurses.  This additional service further enriches the Connected for LifeSM online program which breaks down longstanding barriers to technology use by seniors and helps families stay in touch, monitor, and assist older family members who desire to live healthier and longer at home.

    “Mayo Clinic is world renowned for being a leader in medical care, research and education,” said CEO of Family Health Network, Harry Bailes. “Now, in addition to connecting seniors with family members and caregivers, we can offer them access to Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line that represents one of an expanding list of additional resources available through membership in Connected for LifeSM

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    Patients find plenty of health information on line, but not all of it is reliable

    The Internet has no equal as an information storehouse. The trick is to know how to get right to a source of useful information and not waste time on Web sites that are biased, trying to sell you something or just plain wrong.

    Marvin M. Lipman, Consumers Union's chief medical adviser, recalls having a patient who made a Google search and somehow settled on an abdominal aortic aneurysm (a worrisome bulge in the body's main blood vessel) as the logical explanation for his midback pain. No reassuring on Lipman's part eased the patient's apprehension. It took a sonogram to convince him he wasn't at death's door.

    Lipman had another patient who was referred to him after her primary-care physician told her she had Graves' disease (an overactive thyroid). She arrived for her appointment armed with computer printouts of useful, accurate information and fully prepared to discuss the pros and cons of treatment options for her problem.

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    Drug maker cited for not reporting side effects - Health - Health care - msnbc.com

    U.S. health regulators have warned Sanofi-Aventis SA's U.S. unit for failing to submit reports of possible serious side effects in a timely manner.

    In a January 28 letter made public on Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration said an early response from the drugmaker and its "promised corrective actions are inadequate to address the deficiencies."

    "We remain concerned that your .... adverse drug experience reporting system has not been fully validated, and may have resulted in inaccurate assessment and untimely submission of 15-day alerts," FDA said.

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