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By Lorraine L. Janeczko
I have watched more offices over the past few years close their phones and front desk during the lunch hour. If you close your office for an hour at lunchtime, what message are you sending your patients? You are declaring that serving your patients takes a back seat to serving yourself and your employees. Closing your phone lines at lunchtime means that you are creating missed opportunities for a vital 20% - 25% of your business day.
Neil Baum, MDNeil Baum, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA, and author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, and Economically, Jones Bartlett Publishers. He is also author of Social Media For The Healthcare Profession, Greenbranch Publishing, 2011. He blogs at http://neilbaum.wordpress.com/
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A study examined the role of time of onset of niacin-related facial adverse events in patient-reported perception of symptom severity.
In its new position statement, the American Geriatrics Society has addressed strategies for resource allocation and age-related considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often have a high symptom burden, and symptoms may often be underreported. In a recent editorial, researchers evaluated data on the effectiveness of patient-reported symptom assessments in managing CKD symptoms.
The authors of a recent study investigated whether efforts geared towards the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus during infancy could impact the presence of asthma at age 6 years.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has called for an end to daylight savings time in a new position statement, citing potential public health and safety benefits.
As frontline health care professionals, registered nurses play a critical role in the provision of patient care and support, as well as administrative duties such as recordkeeping and directing nursing care systems.
Luanne DeChristopher, MSc, on High Fructose Corn Syrup and Coronary Heart Disease in Black Americans
In this podcast, Luanne DeChristopher, MSc, discusses the association between high fructose corn syrup, excess-free-fructose, and the coronary heart disease mortality disparity between Black and White individuals.
Miklos P. Salgo, PhD, MD discusses lessons learned during the 1918 influenza pandemic, which, despite involving a different virus with worldwide spread occurring without the help of international jet travel, are still relevant to coronavirus in 2020.
By Genevra PittmanNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born at 25 weeksgestation or earlier have a "substantial likelihood" of having avery low IQ or other neurodevelopmental problems in childhood,researchers said today.In a review of nine past studies, they found that 24% to 43%of extremely premature infants went on to have moderate orsevere impairment, depending on early they were born.
<p>Most kids in the U.S. who take medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are not getting behavioral counseling therapy as well, according to a new study.</p>
<p>Every day, 15,000 babies enter and leave the world with no record of their ever having existed, while 1 in 3 newborns—more than 45 million—do not have a birth certificate by their first birthday, undermining the fight against infant mortality.</p>