In many institutions, when a patient is scheduled for surgery, the patient is contacted before the procedure and given instructions as to how to prepare for the surgery. This may be done by staff from ...

The term for a patient who lists their questions was likely coined in the late 19th century in the clinic of Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière. Known as la maladie du petit papier, or the illness ...

Google Health has teamed up with the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to pilot an online tool that helps patients build a visit plan for their upcoming healthcare visit. The ...

Open bottle of prescription PrEP Pills for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to help protect people from HIV. Intervention links at-risk patients from sexually transmitted infection screening to HIV PrEP ...

A new Canadian guideline on HIV prevention emphasizes the patient’s role in decisions related to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) prescriptions. It also highlighted ...

Mauston, Wisconsin-based Mile Bluff Medical Center clinicians faced numerous challenges due to the overwhelming amount of data they encountered daily. This data, found in various formats, including ...

William Short, MD, MPH, AAHIVS: So for PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, I think what we’re really looking at is anyone that considers himself to be at risk for HIV acquisition. You know the CDC ...

Long-acting CAB+RPV is preferred by patients for ART due to reduced dosing frequency and stigma, with 89% switching after viral suppression. Studies like PILLAR and EBONI confirm the effectiveness and ...