Communication
Q&A: Medical emoji may broaden health care communication
In a recent editorial, researchers encouraged the normalization of medical emoji across the health care community, with the intent of providing accessible and effective means of communication to patients in the digital age.
Communication via EMR can improve notification about discontinued medications
Communicating via electronic medical records to notify pharmacies of discontinued medications may reduce potential safety events and costs, a speaker reported.
Empathize, listen for diabetes distress when caring for people with complications
Diabetes care and education specialists should be understanding when people with diabetes develop complications, listen carefully to them and be alert for symptoms of diabetes distress, according to a speaker.
‘Suboptimal’ communication during interhospital transfer leads to medical errors
The quality of information about patients who were transferred from one hospital to another was often “suboptimal” and affected patient care, according to researchers.
Q&A: Functional neurological disorder is real, but not caused by ‘toxic vaccine effects’
Effective communication about the potential link between functional neurological disorder and COVID-19 vaccines “is critically important” to help inform the public and dimmish fears, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA Neurology.
Preparing for a malpractice suit can help minimize its impact on clinicians
Preparing for the reality — and strong likelihood — of a medical malpractice lawsuit can help clinicians survive the experience, according to a speaker at the CSRO Fellows Conference.
Better parent-physician communication needed for children with heart disease
There are gaps between physicians and parents in knowledge of disease status and prognosis in children with advanced heart disease, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Communication tools, re-delegation of tasks may reduce practice flow issues
When identifying and solving flow issues within an orthopedic practice, administrators should assess all aspects of the practice, from communication systems to physicians, according to a presenter at the American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives Annual Conference.
Ocular Surgery News boosts, relaunches Healio/OSN Editorial Board Section
Healio.com/OSN is the online home of Ocular Surgery News. In addition to housing the online version of OSN, Healio/OSN creates daily news, meeting news coverage, executive summaries of journal articles, perspectives, videos, blogs and podcasts. With the increasing importance of Healio as the online presence of Ocular Surgery News and the continuous growth that is taking place online, we decided it was a good time to boost the Healio/OSN editorial board presence in the ophthalmic community.