Patient Care
May 21, 2012
Palliative Care Intervention by Nurse Practitioner Improves Life for Cancer Patients
Most cancer patients also do not have advance directives addressed and are not aware of the benefits of hospice services. In order to address this issue, researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida decided to test whether a nurse practitioner-driven consultation that used quality-of-life assessment tools and advance directives tools resulted in improvement in the cancer […]
Tags: Dr. Gerardo Colon-Otero, quality of life, Senior Journal
May 1, 2012
New Collaboration Helps Mayo Clinic Reach out to More People beyond Clinic Walls
Mayo Clinic and Benefitfocus, the country’s largest benefits technology company, announced a new collaboration today at One Place, the company’s biggest event for human resources, health care and technology leaders. “Touching more people in a meaningful way will require Mayo to build relationships and interact with people beyond the walls of Mayo’s hospitals and clinics,” […]
Tags: Benefitfocus, Dr. John Noseworthy, One Place, Wall Street Journal
April 29, 2012
Misdiagnosis: Millions of Patients Are Being Treated For the Wrong Conditions
We read and hear a lot of headlines about health-care reform and related costs and hurdles. What we hear a lot less of, though, is misdiagnosis and why correcting the situation should be made a priority. Despite our “latest and greatest” technologies, 15 percent of all medical cases in developed countries are misdiagnosed, according to […]
Tags: Journal of Clinical Oncology, misdiagnosis, The American Journal of Medicine
April 29, 2012
Cardiologist’s Stand for Better Device Safety Spans 40 Years
Dr. Robert Hauser’s recent dust-up with St. Jude Medical is nothing new. He’s been taking on device makers for years…Dr. Paul Friedman, a heart rhythm specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, has collaborated with Hauser on several studies. “He has a passion for improving patient care and providing information to guide caregivers,” Friedman said. […]
April 11, 2012
How iPads Improve the Patient Experience
Since the first-generation iPad hit the market in 2010, physicians have embraced the gadget and its apps, many of which enhance or expedite clinical care. But until recently, the patient experience has not been directly influenced by Apple’s hit device, other than by way of the patient being impressed with their physician’s technological prowess…iPads as […]
March 18, 2012
Bar Coding Sponges Safeguards Against Surgery Mishaps
These types of mistakes don’t happen often. But if your surgery is the one in 6,000 where it does, you’d probably wish some additional measures had been taken to avoid having a surgical sponge left inside you when it was over. “One in 6,000 is rare, but it’s one too many,” said Steve Campbell, chief […]
Tags: surgical sponge