Medical professionalism

Medical professionalism is the ability to meet the relationship-centered expectations required to practice medicine competently. Examples -patient-physician relationship                        : being careful and thorough when performing physical                                                                    examination -community-physician relationship                 : participating in initiatives to improve health care                                                                             safety -health care system-physician relationship      : interacting respectfully with other health care                                                                                  [...]

HIV/AIDS THE PARADOX OF THE MIND

  HIV/AIDS THE PARADOX OF THE MIND   A lot has been said and done to save the human race from the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Media campaigns targeting behavior change, have so far not managed to take way commercial sex workers or so called prostitutes from the streets of cities across the globe.    Neither have [...]

ARRA HITECH

Despite a strong commitment to delivering quality health care, persistent problems involving medical errors and ineffective treatment continue to plague the industry. Many of these problems are the consequence of poor information technology (IT) capabilities, and most importantly, the lack of cognitive IT support. Clinicians spend a great deal of time sifting through large amounts [...]