Patient Education

CHICAGO — In medicine, a patient’s lived experience can often be dismissed, but a physician’s lived experience and storytelling could provide needed context and make health care education more accessible, according to a speaker.

Healio spoke with David Andrew Sallman, MD, about the importance of increasing awareness of myelodysplastic syndrome

Inhaler technique deteriorates within 12 months of clinical instruction among patients with asthma and COPD, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

PARK CITY, Utah — Support is available for physicians and families dealing with food allergy, Paul Scribner, MSW, vice president of education and support programs at Food Allergy Research & Education, or FARE, told Healio.

PARK CITY, Utah — Educating caregivers and physicians alike about the early introduction of potential allergens into infant diets is key to preventing allergies among these children later in life, John M. James, MD, told Healio.

PARK CITY, Utah — The Allergy & Asthma Network has partnered with the Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, or APA-AAI, to support patient and provider education.

The percentage of parents and other caregivers who know they should introduce peanuts into their infants’ diets to prevent allergy is improving, but disparities between populations exist, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Google searches about sunscreen use for patients with skin of color have quadrupled since 2006, giving dermatologists a prime opportunity to increase sunscreen education in this population, according to a study.

Healio spoke with Philip J. Mease, MD, about efforts needed to increase awareness of psoriatic arthritis among both patients and clinicians.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Benjamin Alouf, MD, MBA, FAAP, chief medical officer at Limbix Health, talks about the need to educate physicians about digital therapeutics.