Patient Centered Approach: EMU's Simulation Activity at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Shows the Power of Integrated Care
January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018
YPSILANTI, Michigan, Jan. 24 -- Eastern Michigan University issued the following news release:
"Can I get a whiskey?"
The patient was neither cooperative nor very responsive.
He was a homeless man, an alcoholic who lived in a local park and had suffered frostbite, forcing the amputation of his foot, an outcome he had trouble understanding.
A team of three professionals--a dietitian, a nurse and a physician assistant--attempted to comm . . .
"Can I get a whiskey?"
The patient was neither cooperative nor very responsive.
He was a homeless man, an alcoholic who lived in a local park and had suffered frostbite, forcing the amputation of his foot, an outcome he had trouble understanding.
A team of three professionals--a dietitian, a nurse and a physician assistant--attempted to comm . . .