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Speaker: Wagner cone prothesis can provide high patient satisfaction
KOLOA, Hawaii — The Wagner cone prothesis in total hip arthroplasty for patients with difficult anatomy can provide high patient satisfaction and excellent functional outcomes and component survivorship, according to a speaker here.
VIDEO: Uptick in robotic-assisted uncemented knee replacements may improve patient care
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Robert L. Barrack, MD, discusses the increased use of uncemented knee replacements performed with robotic-assistance.
Patient care technicians are key in dialysis but are often not fairly recognized
While patient care technicians play a key role in dialysis, there may be a disconnect between their efforts and the recognition they receive, according to researchers.
Patient Education and Support
Empathic AI responses to patient inquires could be the answer to ‘overburdened’ clinicians
Chatbots use of more positive and subjective language produced more empathetic responses to patient questions submitted through EHR prompts compared with those of primary care physicians, according to results of a randomized study.
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Importance of Patient Education
Dialysis Patient Citizens announces kidney training course for community health workers
Dialysis Patient Citizens has announced a novel kidney disease training curriculum for community health workers, according to a press release.
Northwestern Medicine researchers perform kidney transplant on awake patient
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have performed the first kidney transplant in the U.S. in which the patient was awake during procedure, according to a press release from the hospital.
Preemptive kidney transplant in older adults linked to better patient, graft survival
PHILADELPHIA — Preemptive kidney transplant in older adults with a high kidney donor profile index pre-transplant may be linked to better patient and graft survival, data show.