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ENHANCE. a breast cancer rehab program

A patient of mine gave me the good oil on this; I am sure Epworth won’t mind if I promote this. It is covered under private insurance and is specific to breast cancer (sorry anyone else, breast paves the way for others to follow!). A physical and psychological assessment is performed and subsequently patients can participate in an exercise program and counselling if needed. It is a great way to follow up the challenges of early breast cancer treatment and hopefully will be a vanguard for other centres to follow.  See ENHANCE

 

Meal Train

dear all

Meal Train..this looks a great new website that creates a meal roster for someone ill, that family and friends can contribute to.

   Step 1

Identify a friend who could use a little support and enter their name, email address, and where to drop off meals.

   Step 2

Enter the dates meals would be helpful.

   Step 3

Enter your friend’s food likes, dislikes, allergies, and the best time to drop off a meal.

   Invite Others

Invite friends, family, congregation members via email, facebook, twitter, newsletters, and more.

Spring thought of the day ..apps

dear all, it occurred to me how useful the smartphone would be  as  a patient management tool. That statement  may be a no-brainer but  i think it is well known how under utilised our IT systems are. Having a quick trawl through the Apple App Store (I am sure there is an Android equivalent for pretty much well everything!), there are some  free apps that can track medication lists/doses and provide reminders when scripts are due. Apps such as Evernote are great;  recordings of consultations can be kept (I hate my voice on tape but never  mind) and results can be photographed and stored. This apps can be connected to similar computer-based applications that are password protected.

Finally, the good old calendar with alarms can be used for appointments. I must say I love the Week Cal app as it nicely shows the whole week which the Apple Cal isn’t so brilliant at.

Over time , the various patient or consumer resources will become app friendly. I note with interest that there is a BreaCan Navigator app.

Happy Spring. Shane