available. Despite these high numbers, the impact of missing clinical information has not been investigated for hospital outpatients in the UK. Studies in primary care in the USA have found 13.6 % of patient consultations have missing clinical information, with this adversely affecting care in about half

Algorithm based patient care protocol to

may be amended based on the results of testing. Following successful testing it will be incorporated into the Patient Care 30 Coordination Technical Framework. Comments are invited and may be submitted at

To improve prehospital care ambulances carry increasingly sophisticated equipment aimed at initiating patient care already at the scene of injury. The competent use of this equipment is central to prehospital care but it also competes for increasing amounts of the ambulance crew’s time

There is an increasing interest in containing the costs of healthcare without having to compromise its quality. Patient care refers to the component of healthcare that deals with patients prior to, in the initial of, and subsequent to their encounter with health professionals. Because of an aging

physicians and medical students, is pleased to provide written comments on the Federal role in promoting health information technology (HIT) to improve quality and the value of patient care. These comments are provided for the July 22, 2004 hearing held by the United States (U.S.) Health

and recommendations by a transitional care pharmacist

lated a wide range of refl ections, kudos, and critiques. Despite their diversity, many com-ments shared a focus on innovation and change, the same focus that pervades family medicine as it attempts to “transform and renew the discipline…to meet the needs of patients in a changing health care

Activating mutations in the HER2 tyrosine kinase have been identified in human breast cancers that lack HER2 gene amplification. These patients are not candidates for HER2-targeted drugs under current standards of care, but preclinical data strongly suggest that these patients will benefit from

A study examined the perceptions of pharmacy students regarding pharmacist-patient communication to determine whether the increased emphasis on the patient counseling role of pharmacists resulted in perceptual differences between students, pharmacists, and faculty. Data were gathered from 25