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During the Oscar Academy Awards, Dr. Presant gave the annual best health-themed movie HOME Award to The Big Sick for its portrayal of the importance of the health team (family, friends, doctors, nurses). This award was given on the red carpet as shown in the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB0Wvv4KAwI
Watch the video and the movie and understand better how important your health team is to your wellness.
New data indicates that medical errors by your doctor or hospital are more numerous than previously thought. But you can take steps now to avoid these errors and protect your life. See my latest column in the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/medical-errors-are-the-th_b_11117808.html
2014 will make big changes in how we get our healthcare. These changes are not only in our insurance, but also in our doctors, our hospitals, and our medications. How will you succeed health-wise in 2014?
To help give you some tips, check out my recent blog on the Huffington Post http://huff.to/19JxecW and you will have emote confidence in the coming year. Beware of not doing your homework now. You could be looking at gaps in…
Choosing the right insurance cn be daunting. so many choices are out there! And the exchanges seem to make the process more complicated, at least for the next 3 months.
So I have posted a blog as a contributor to the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1bTQjtB. Read the post and get the help you need to choose wisely! 2014 will be a good year for health, but you are more in control and have more expected…
It is logical that having a good physician with whom you have a close relationship can improve your sense of confidence in your medical care. But does it result in improved outcomes?
In an important scientific article, K. Trevino and co-authors studied the relationship between young adults with advanced cancer and their physicians. In 95 young adults between the ages of 20 and 40 years old, who had advanced cancer, having a strong relationship with…
Communication between physicians and patients is crucial to delivering high quality medical care. However, it is the experience of most patients that communicating with their physicians has become more difficult.
With healthcare reform, physicians often have less time to discuss things with their patients. An informational brochure may be handed out, or physicians may simply say, “talk to my nurses for more information.”
In a recent set of articles in the Journal of the American…
Doctors have been talking about shared decision-making by patients with physicians for over a decade, at least since the Institute of Medicine reported “Crossing the Quality Chasm” in 2001. But for you to have your voice heard in making decisions about your own health care, doctors must be giving you honest and complete background information about your condition, and be discussing the pros and cons of proposed treatments.
In a recent analysis, authors concluded that less…
A friend who works as an actor in health dramas is also a patient and a caregiver for an ill parent. We discussed the relevance of TV depictions of medical care and real-life health care issues.
TV programs are presenting issues that people are dealing with every day. Although TV scripts tend to over-dramatize the emotional consequences of problems in medical care (e.g. too little time for doctors and nurses to provide adequate care, insensitivity…
Health care reform is forcing doctors to work for less income. As a result, doctors are downsizing their practices – keeping fewer nurses and support staff on payroll. With fewer people to help you, your care will likely deteriorate.
When doctors sell their practices to hospitals or networks, they are typically restructured. When they restructure, the new arrangement can put the doctor under more…