2023, Illness, Lab Testing and Patients

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

Lab Testing

Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health

Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People with serious mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of complications and earlier death from comorbid chronic diseases, compared with patients without mental illness.

Chronic Disease Management

Chronic Disease Management Chronic Disease Illness Management

What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. In one room the physician under study interacts with a white patient-actor, and in another room interacts with a Black patient-actor. I love this song.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare

Primary Care Digest

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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