Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Table of contents

Volume 1, Issue 3 (July 2008)

Volume 1, Issue 2 (April 2008)

Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 2008)

Volume 1 Number 3 (July 2008)

• Health literacy: Reading between the lines
  Rachel Wells, Head of Health Literacy/Consultant in Public Health, Department of Health (UK)
• How to develop a cancer information strategy
  Pat Stanfill Edens, Principal, Global Oncology
• Using evidence-based practice to better manage medicines: Examples of research guiding pharmacy practice and policy
  Catherine Duggan, Associate Director, School of Pharmacy, University of London
• Case study: Consumer and provider perceptions of offered anticipatory guidance during prenatal care
  Linda A. Detman, Research Associate, Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Associate Professor, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of South Florida, Jane Ellery, Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University, Kirsten Wallace, Associate in Research and Delores Jeffers, Faculty Program Director, Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
• Implementing an informed decision-making programme for urology patients
  Janette Garden, Specialist Urology Nurse, Heatherwood Hospital
• Initial acceptance of treatment with antihypertensive medication: The importance of communication, trust and beliefs
  Kathleen M. Mazor, Psychometrician, Meyers Primary Care Institute,  Melissa A. Fischer, General Internist, Department of Medicince and Susan Billings-Gagliardi, Professor of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Meeting diversity in patient information: Practical issues and challenges for interpreters
  Jan Cambridge, Interpreter, Public Service Interpreting Consultancy

Volume 1 Number 2 (April 2008)

• Patient-centered communication: The development of a patient counselling programme in a cardiac surgery division
  Yulia Nigel, Ward Nurse, Ateret Malachy, Clinical Study Coordinator, Yulia Boykis, Leading Nurse, Intensive Care Ward & Gallit Kaufman, Head Nurse, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Sheba Medical Center
• Case managers: How can they effectively promote patient-physician engagement?
  Mary Beth Newman, Program Manager for Care Management, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• Working in partnership with patients: Why do it and what benefits can be realised?
  Danielle Swain, Quality Improvement Manager, Picker Institute
• SimCom-T: An instrument to assess communication in healthcare teams
  Jose F. Pliego, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Anthony Errichetti, Chief of Virtual Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and Hania Wehbe-Janek, Clinical Simulation Program Manager, Scott & White Memorial Hospital
• Advancing health literacy: Building health communication from the patient side
  Winston Lawrence, Senior Professional Development Associate, Literacy Assistance Center, New York
• Ascertainment and management of patients at increased risk of cancer
  Imran Rafi, General Practitioner and Senior Lecturer, St George’s, University of London and Shirley Hodgson, Professor of Cancer Genetics, St George’s Hospital, London
• The WELCOA Writing Project: A corporate-campus partnership in health and wellness communication
  Peter Ellery, Project Coordinator, WELCOA Writing Project, Jane Ellery, Wellness Management Program Director and David Gobble, Director, Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University
• Patient involvement in clinical audit in a primary care trust
  Emma Challans, Consultant, DNV UK

Volume 1 Number 1 (January 2008)

• The paradigm shift in healthcare: Overcoming challenges in giving patients access to their electronic records
  Amir Hannan, General Practitioner, Thornley House Medical Centre, Hyde
• Alcohol screening and brief intervention by community pharmacists: Benefits and communication methods
  Ranjita Dhital, Pharmacist, King’s College London
• How Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida use Personal Health Reports to inform and educate its members
  Laura F. Palmer, Sales Director, StayWell Custom Communications and Carey W. Hepler, Director of Innovation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
• Using videotaped objective structured clinical examination as a tool for reflection on communication skills
  Thanakorn Jirasevijinda, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Weill Medical College and Daniel Richards, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
• Educating a new profession: Developing the communication and information management skills of health information specialists
  Ruth Carlyle, Cancer Information Strategy Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support
• Engaging patients to understand and improve their experience of attending hospital
  Hilary Thomas, Group Medical Director, Care UK
• Understanding and defining roles in the pharmacist-patient relationship
  Carmin J. Gade, Director of Global Communications, Cardinal Health
• NHS Direct: What challenges has it faced and how have they been overcome?
  Mike Sadler, Chief Operating Officer, NHS Direct and Simone Lester, Managing Director, Clinical Consulting
• Educating older adults to avoid harmful self-medication
  Zoe Strickler, Carolyn Lin, Christian Rauh & Patricia Neafsey, Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut