05 Apr Who is Responsible – Patient or Provider?
I always inform new patients about the personal philosophy that guides my practice as a family nurse practitioner in primary care and determines how I approach patients, families, and health. ...
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23 Mar Remote patient monitoring via smartphones- Apple and Android platforms
The promise of telemedicine has been around for years, with robotic surgeries, remote monitoring of patients and big city doctors able to care for rural patients over computer networks. But...
21 Mar An Expanded Role for Primary Care in Prevention
We can all agree that we have reached a point where the status quo in prevention is not enough. Obesity continues to negatively impact adults’ lives and the lives...
17 Mar Nursing Modernizes to Reflect Modern Times
As health care evolves, so has the nursing profession. Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN), an umbrella term to include the 4 roles of advanced practice nurses, have been expanding at...
14 Mar Hope Street Group Teachers Ask President Obama for Bold Changes in Teacher Evaluation
Monday, March 14th, 2011 Teachers from Hope Street Group hand-delivered a set of recommendations to the President today that include making student achievement gains a major component of teacher evaluation systems. ...
02 Mar A New Way to Combat Chronicity
A prohibition was lifted on human dissection in 3rd century Greece, under one condition, that the anatomists not involve themselves with the corpse’s soul. Body and soul at the time...