The underlying idea is that individuals can access different knowledge areas in their brain, whose joint evaluation yields better estimates than their separate consideration. This article presents a mathematical
Another aspect that can be helpful with patient motivation—and this can go back to what I was just saying about motivational interviewing—but redirecting patients’ goals can be really helpful when it comes to medication. Many of them have been on these medications since the ‘90s and have...
education about treatment options. How do we best include our patients and their families in those kinds of discussions? Beth M. Faiman, PhD, CNP: I mentioned before, as much as I try to have [those], Katie brought up the excellent point, that not everybody has access to all of the...
You get to know so much more about [the patients] than just talking over the phone. You can be talking on the phone and they sound like they have it all together. You get to their home and it’s chaos. There are medications in every room. You get a good picture of what their lif...
These biosimilars, in our perspective, are expanding the potential as to how far the healthcare dollar could go with these patients. And trying to help them understand that these medications are safe and effective, and that these medications will give them the same results as what they would ...
Furthermore, patients often get treatment for asthma exacerbations at urgent care centers and EDs, which then refer patients back to their primary care doctors instead of to an allergist. “They just don’t have that direct connection,” Bayuk said. “That’s a big obsta...
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(ranging from $2.20 per minute to $7.25 per minute), it becomes cost-efficient in the long run because clinicians will have a better understanding of the patients' symptoms, conditions, and life styles. Patients will also have a better understanding of their condition and their medications, ...
Food allergy education resources have been refined for generalists;Citation26 however, work is required to boost the dissemination and use of these resources to better prepare primary care physicians to meet the needs of their food allergic patients. Acquaintance with available resources is the initial...
inmonitoring of these side effects. The aim of this study was tocompare the effects of olanzapine and risperidone on weight gainand Body Mass Index in the treatment of schizophrenia in Serbianpopulation.Methods: This prospective study lasted 24 weeks. The studyincluded 100 patients who fulfilled ...