by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 31, 2010 | Definitions
Participatory Medicine is a model of medical care in which patients are active in the management of their health. For a comprehensive article on Participatory Medicine in the AmedNews (January 2010) click here.
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 31, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations
I like to get complaints from patients. The best situation is when I have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the patient when they are in the office. No, I’m not a glutton for punishment. What I like about complaints is that I get to hear directly from...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 31, 2010 | Definitions
SBAR stands for Situation, Background, Assessment and Recomendation and is pronounced “S – BAR.” SBAR is a standard format initially utilized by nurses to bring a physician up to speed on a problem. At some point in time, it was realized that...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 31, 2010 | Definitions
SOAP stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan. It is a standard format for documenting a patient encounter and can be used both for face-to-face encounters as well as triage phone calls. Subjective = what the patient reports as the problem, symptoms,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 31, 2010 | Definitions
Two acronyms that confused me early on in my career were “H & P” and “HNP” because they sound exactly the same and few people enunciate clearly enough to distinguish the difference. The context will tell you the difference, but for anyone...
