Posts Tagged ‘Patient-Centered Care’
How a Pediatric Vaccination Van Has Upended the Idea of Care
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, a mobile pediatric unit makes modern-day house calls and opens the door to a new way to provide care.
Read More4 Transformative Takeaways on Equitable Healthcare From TEDx
Healthcare experts share forward-thinking views on the medical community’s role in providing effective, authentic, and sustainable care.
Read MoreRelaxed Federal Policies Enable Street Outreach for Substance Use
Telemedicine and lower-barrier access to buprenorphine hold potential to make gains against the opioid epidemic after the COVID-19 crisis subsides.
Read MoreAnxiety Treatment for Young People: Is Digital the Future?
A first-of-its kind study tests online vs. in-person anxiety treatments in children and teens, with an eye toward expanding access.
Read MoreNICU Moms Want to Breastfeed — So Why Don’t They?
Mother’s milk brings a range of health benefits, including improved brain development and a reduced risk of serious illness and infection. Providing milk can pose a challenge for any new mom, but the challenge is even greater for the mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants — those born weighing 3.3 pounds or less, and usually before 30 weeks of gestation. These tiny and vulnerable babies can spend weeks or months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), creating serious barriers to mothers’ pumping and feeding of their own milk.
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