Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
A Everyday Health article noted: “Prevention is key to staying healthy at every age, so it’s important to get the routine health care you need. It might feel as though your doctor has less time to spend with you at office visits, but that’s precisely why you want to make the most of each one.
“Going through a health care checklist during your visit can help you make sure that healthy aging is in your future.
Maximizing Your Health Care Visits. Make a list so you don’t forget to bring up any health concerns that you want to focus on. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
An NPR story noted: “Of the 5 million Americans with failing hearts, about half of them will die within five years of getting diagnosed. Given the odds, it seems that people with heart failure should start thinking about how they want to die. But doctors don’t routinely talk to those patients about end-of-life planning.”
“When researchers asked 50 doctors and 45 nurse practitioners and physician assistants how often they discuss preparing for death with their heart failure patients. A third of the providers said they lacked confidence in talking about end-of-life care. Only 12 percent said they have routine yearly discussions about the end of life.” (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Navigator
The Brookings Institution article noted: “While antibiotics are necessary and crucial for treating bacterial infections, their misuse over time has contributed to a rather alarming rate of antibiotic resistance, including the development of multidrug-resistance bacteria or ‘super bugs.’ Misuse manifests throughout all corners of public and private life; from the doctor’s office when prescribed to treat viruses; to industrial agriculture, where they are used in abundance to prevent disease in livestock.” (more…)
Nov 28, 2014 | Health Navigator
The NPR story noted: “In the emergency department at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, pharmacists who specialize in emergency medicine review each medication to make sure it’s the right one in the right dose. It’s part of the hospital’s efforts to cut down on medication errors and dangerous drug interactions, which contribute to more than 7,000 deaths across the country each year.”
“Medication errors can be caused by something as simple as bad handwriting, confusion between drugs with similar names, poor packaging design or confusion between metric or other dosing units, according to the Food and Drug Administration. But they’re often due to a combination of factors, which makes them harder to prevent.” (more…)
Nov 27, 2014 | Health Navigator
The Joint Commission release noted: “Nearly 40 million anesthetics are administered annually in the United States. To raise awareness of the risks of anesthesia or sedation and precautions that should be taken, The Joint Commission released a new Speak Up™ infographic today for patients and consumers titled ‘Speak Up: About Anesthesia and Sedation.’ The publication was developed in collaboration with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and the American Society of Anesthesiologists®.” (more…)
A Everyday Health article noted: “Prevention is key to staying healthy at every age, so it’s important to get the routine health care you need. It might feel as though your doctor has less time to spend with you at office visits, but that’s precisely why you want to make the most of each one.
