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| SPRING 2015 |
FEATURE
SHARED CARE PLANS ENHANCE PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
AT WELLSPAN HEALTH 6
Shared care plans enable physicians at WellSpan Health to prioritize patients' values
and tailor care to accommodate their circumstances, while also helping patients set
and achieve health goals.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
SENIOR HEALTH
PREDICTIVE TEST FOR ALZHEIMER'S RAISES MEDICAL
POSSIBILITIES, ETHICAL QUESTIONS 18
A blood test could provide up to three years of presymptomatic notice that a person is
likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. That presents therapeutic opportunities — and a
host of difficult issues concerning how patients may respond to that knowledge.
A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO HELPING PATIENTS
WITH DEMENTIA LIVE AT HOME 20
North Dakota has eased the burden on families, physicians and healthcare facilities by
implementing a program that makes it possible for people with dementia to remain in
their homes longer.
THE GRAYING OF HEALTH CARE 21
Demographic trends point toward explosive growth in home health and various forms
of long-term care in coming years.
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DEPARTMENTS
PAIN EVALUATION 4
FINANCE 9
MEDICAL EDUCATION 10
INNOVATION 12
INTEGRATED CARE 14
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 16
SCREENING 22
DATA BREACH PREVENTION 24
CLINICAL TRIALS 26
GENETIC TESTING 28
TRENDS 30
