Embracing Integrated Care for Improved Patient Outcomes
Integrated care is needed now more than ever to bring together an exchange of ideas among academics, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and users and providers of services to improve patient care.
HIV in Older Adults: A Scientist’s Perspective
Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD’s research focuses on psychosocial issues affecting persons living with HIV and older sexual and gender minority adults.
Telemedicine: A Corporate Perspective
Jeffrey Khoury is the CEO of Doctor Pocket, an iOS and Android app that connects users to a network of medical specialists through an instant messaging platform.
Telemedicine: A Patient’s Perspective
Since being diagnosed with multiple conditions, Jamie Stewart has continued-care telemedicine visits with his doctor every six months to avoid a 400-mile round-trip drive to his doctor’s office.
From Technologies to Models: A Changing Medical Landscape
Advances in medical technologies are rapidly changing healthcare. Here’s how modern tools of medicine will shape the future of healthcare.
Multiple Sclerosis: A Physician’s Perspective
Ben Thrower, MD, is a clinical instructor of neurology at Emory University and participates actively in clinical research. He serves on the board of directors of the Georgia Chapter of the National MS Society and has served on the board for the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Institutes. Combining his professional interests with his love of motorcycles, he founded the nonprofit organization HAMS, Hogs Against Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Continued Discoveries About Lifesaving Vaccines
More than two centuries since the invention of the first vaccine, a great deal is still being uncovered about lifesaving sera.
Multiple Sclerosis: A Patient’s Perspective
William Stiles was a young attorney and newlywed, on top of the world with a new baby on the way. His life changed in an instant when a sudden seizure left him hospitalized, unemployed and unable to even recognize his new bride.
Zika Virus: A Patient’s Perspective
As a journalist, Nick Brown was used to travel stints in foreign countries and even contracting the occasional travel bug. But, in early 2016, Brown was shocked when an assignment in Puerto Rico led to a health-threatening infection with the Zika virus.
Making Strides in Patient Safety
Efforts to optimize patient care continue, with a push toward tackling a myriad of problems, from antimicrobial resistance to autism spectrum disorder.
