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Written by the consultants who run the clinics they describe, and edited by nobody in marketing.
The appointment people skip is the one that keeps them out of hospital
Dr Ama Frimpong on the review clinic: why a fifteen-minute follow-up nobody feels ill enough to attend prevents more admissions than anything else the hospital does, and what we have changed to make people turn up to it.
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Nursing
Steps to improve hospital safety and patient satisfaction
Most of what goes wrong in a hospital goes wrong at a handover. Here is what we changed about ours, and what it cost.
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Outpatients
What to expect during your next hospital visit
From the desk to the consulting room to the pharmacy — the route, the paperwork and the two things worth bringing.
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Internal medicine
Blood pressure, and why the reading at home matters more
A single clinic reading is the least useful measurement in medicine. Dr Frimpong on what to do instead.
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Radiology
When a scan helps, and when it only worries you
More imaging is not better medicine. Dr Antwi on the four questions worth asking before you agree to one.
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Maternity
A birth plan is a conversation, not a form
Dr Tetteh on why the maternity team asks about your household before it asks about your preferences.
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Endocrinology
Living with diabetes in a Ghanaian kitchen
Advice written around kenkey, waakye and fufu rather than around a European food pyramid.
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