How the right communication strategy can reduce the impact of a patient’s health crisis

How the right communication strategy can reduce the impact of a patient’s health crisis

As health care providers know, the provider-patient interaction sometimes can be very challenging. Getting individuals to alter their behaviors or attitudes is never easy, especially when it involves asking people to change something that has been habitual for years. This task becomes even more difficult when it’s due to a health crisis. When dealing with … Read more

Large clinical trial identifies best strategy to prevent life-threatening health care-associated ICU infections

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and the University of California, Irvine has found that a nasal antibiotic ointment, mupirocin, which is currently used daily for intensive care unit (ICU) patients in only one-third of U.S. hospitals, … Read more