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MEDISPACE GOOD SPACE AWARD
No matter how good your model of care is, it often falls down in the design of your facility. Even in a new patient-centred model of care, the practice’s physical design and proximity to other providers can work against it. The facility is often the piece of the puzzle that can’t be controlled; it’s the most difficult part. Our goal is integrated care in the community and to facilitate well-designed buildings to make that happen. We recognise that practices sometimes have to take baby steps in their journey towards this; we want to reward them for taking steps in the right direction and doing the right thing
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
