MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brochure'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538095&cid=t_170527_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2F9-tips-to-improve-patient-satisfaction%2F2010.05.05 Some interesting points were raised at a recent Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) session by Winthrop Whitcomb and Nancy Mihevc on patient satisfaction. To improve satisfaction scores: 1. Review the patient’s chart before you go in the room. It makes a big difference if the patient perceives you know what’s going on without having to bury your face in a chart. 2. Patients are often confused about who they are supposed to see after discharge. This, of course, is a safety issue as well as one that affects patient satisfaction. 3. Sit down when you are visiting a patient. Patients are happiest when they perceive you’ve spent enough time with them, and they are more likely to perceive this if you are sitting than standing with your hand on the doorknob. (more…) ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538095 Wed, 05 May 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3538095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322513&cid=t_170527_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Ffda-doesn%25e2%2580%2599t-like-brochure-on-oraverse-by-novalar%2F Dentalblogs has covered OraVerse in previous posts. The drug is intended to reverse the effects of local anesthesia quickly so that patients promptly regain feeling in areas made numb during dental procedures. On February 26th, xconomy San Diego published an article that tells us the FDA is not pleased with a marketing brochure published by Novalar. The FDA instructed Novalar, maker of OraVerse, to amend the drug brochure. Read the letter here. The FDA claims that the brochure minimizes and omits risks and overstates benefits of OraVerse. Issues such as pain at the injection site, headache, and pain following a dental procedure are not mentioned in the brochure. In addition, the brochure states that OraVerse can be administered to children as young as four years old, while it is actually c... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322513 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:40:45 +0100 3322513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348735&cid=t_170527_113_f&fid=38130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tempdev.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D803 We have created our new brochure and we wanted share it with our blog readers first. We hope you enjoy it! (Source: Implementing EMRs) Implementing EMRs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348735 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:54:42 +0100 2348735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1439524&cid=t_170527_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F13%2Fadhd-and-consumer-reports%2F Attention deficit disorder is a classic example of the medicalization of mental disorders, where virtually everyone “believes” it is some sort of biochemical or brain disorder and so medications are the appropriate (and wildly popular) treatment choice. Medications are the right and appropriate treatment choice for ADHD; not because it is a medical disease, but because the research base is pretty strong in showing that they are effective. But if you can’t trust Consumer Reports to report accurately on this disorder (and other mental disorders), I’m not sure who you can trust anymore. A colleague recently referred me to the “Best Buy Drugs” section of Consumer Reports health website. So I took a look around and started at the beginning of the alphabet. S... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439524 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:15:38 +0100 1439524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416220&cid=t_170527_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F02%2Fno-new-insights-into-women-and-depression%2F The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) got some grant money from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to produce an updated brochure on Women and Depression. The result? A publication that is largely information that’s been regurgitated time and time again (you can see many of the same topics in NIMH’s Women and Depression brochure), culled from a myriad of sources (sadly, not a single one of them attributed in the brochure, meant for consumers), reproducing little tidbits of facts long known, such as: An estimated one in eight women will experience depression in their lifetimes; twice the rate as men, regardless of race or ethnic background Middle-aged Hispanic women have the highest rate of depressive symptoms, followed by middle-aged African American women. Young Asian Ameri... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416220 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:45:42 +0100 1416220