Multidisciplinary, proactive care is needed

Reducing overdiagnosis in primary care is needed

Nurse Job Satisfaction: Is a Revised Conceptual Framework Needed?

Background and Objectives: Job satisfaction is a critical factor in attracting and retaining nurses. Although many studies have dealt with nurses’ job satisfaction, rapid transformation of the community and health systems can alter the factors influencing this issue, hence calling for continuous monitoring of job satisfaction as perceived by nurses. Built on this necessity, the present study wa...

On Proactive Delivery of Needed Information to Teammates

Psychological studies about human teamwork have shown that members of an effective team can often anticipate needs of other teammates and take appropriate actions accordingly. CAST is a teamwork model that enables agents in a team to anticipate information needs of teammates, whether they are software agents or human agents. Based on such needs, agents can choose to assist teammates through pro...

AAPM and health care reform: your voice is needed.

The debate these days is not so much about whether health care is going to be reformed, but how.Undoubtedly, therewill be reform; the discussion now is the format in which it will materialize. With the focus onhealth care reformat the national level taking center stage, thismoment in time offers pain care practitioners the ideal opportunity to continue our push for pain care reform. There are m...

Advancing multidisciplinary team care.

Up to 10 million females and 1 million males suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in the United States, and many more struggle with binge eating disorder. These conditions frequently occur with other mental health and substance abuse problems. Individuals suffering from an eating disorder (ED) often seek care from their family physician, and it has been suggested that primary care pr...