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Friday Reflection 31: 30 Years and Counting

Sensible Medicine

As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. Occasionally, these visits are more difficult and frustrating than sad.

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Friday Reflection 31: Senses, Memories, and Medicine

Sensible Medicine

LT was an 80-year-old woman admitted to our inpatient medical team with gram-negative bacteremia. Medical training introduced me to a whole menu of smells -- both diagnostic tools and reminders of times in my career. [i] It was in room 23 that she first raised the possibility of hospice. ” Share

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Friday Reflection 30: Thirty Years and Counting

Sensible Medicine

As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. Occasionally, these visits are more difficult and frustrating than sad.

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Friday Reflection 31: Senses, Memories, and Medicine

Sensible Medicine

LT was an 80-year-old woman admitted to our inpatient medical team with gram-negative bacteremia. Medical training introduced me to a whole menu of smells -- both diagnostic tools and reminders of times in my career. [i] It was in room 23 that she first raised the possibility of hospice. ” Share

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Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

By the time she died, this management had included intravenous fluids, pain medications, antiemetics, and seizure medications. Knowing what I know now, and having the diagnostic tools that now exist, could I have saved her? He was adamant about not wanting screening tests or any medications not necessary to relieve symptoms.

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Medical Assistant vs. CNA: What’s the Difference?

Prism Career Institute

Two common positions are medical assistants and certified nurse assistants (CNAs), which are both essential healthcare professionals who interact with patients. At Prism Career Institute, aspiring healthcare professionals can access healthcare training programs , including a medical assistant program, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Health Happens at Home: Lessons from the Parks Connected Health Summit

Health Populi

Typically, home healthcare has covered (definitionally and in terms of reimbursement) services addressing activities of daily living, durable medical equipment, and hospice. The drawing shows that increasingly complex medical care can happen at home through the use of sensors and services.