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Dr Louise Rose and colleagues recently published their review titled "Interventions to enable communication for adult patients requiring an artificial airway with or without mechanical ventilator support". You can read the Plain Language Summary below or access the full review on the Cochrane Library. What is the issue?Patients needing a machine...
November 10 2021
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Dr Janet Jull and colleagues recently completed their review titled "Decision coaching for people making healthcare decisions". Read the Plain Language Summary below, or view the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundThere is a need to better involve people who are making healthcare decisions about treatments (e.g. surgery) or...
November 10 2021
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Dr Rebecca Ryan, Joint Coordinating Editor for Cochrane Consumers and Communication recently led a rapid review for the World Health Organization about measures to communicate about physical distancing during COVID-19. Abstract:Physical distancing measures have been implemented worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19, but how best...
March 17 2021
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Elske Ammenwerth and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundTo support patient‐centred care, healthcare organisations increasingly offer patients access to data stored in the institutional electronic health record (EHR).ObjectivesPrimary...
March 3 2021
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Conor Gilligan and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundCommunication is a common element in all medical consultations, affecting a range of outcomes for doctors and patients. The increasing demand for medical students to be trained to...
February 10 2021
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Dawn Stacey and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundDecision aids are interventions that support patients by making their decisions explicit, providing information about options and associated benefits/harms, and helping clarify...
September 1 2020
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Melissa J Palmer and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundThe global burden of poor maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) accounts for more than a quarter of healthy years of life lost worldwide. Targeted client communication (...
August 25 2020
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Melissa J Palmer and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundThe burden of poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) worldwide is substantial, disproportionately affecting those living in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Targeted client...
August 25 2020
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): remote care through telehealth.
May 12 2020
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Amanda J Cress and colleagues recently published their review. Read the plain language statement below or see the full review on the Cochrane Library.BackgroundOlder people taking multiple medications represent a large and growing proportion of the population. Managing multiple medications can be challenging, and this is especially the...
May 12 2020