Nutrition counseling has an important place in the dental care setting given the clear relationship between dietary factors and dental caries and the association between obesity, diabetes and periodontitis. Nutritional counseling can be defined as a cooperative mode of interaction between the patient and health care provider aimed to assist patients in adopting healthy dietary behaviors associa...

This paper proposes a framework for online service applications based on Service Science which identifies and enables a better understanding of the different issues faced by online service designers, engineers, and delivery personnel. The application of the Service Science framework is made possible by carefully distinguishing online service applications not only from traditional personal softw...

BACKGROUND Cancer is a complex disease requiring multidisciplinary approach in establishing prompt diagnosis and treatment. Treatment timely manner crucial for the outcomes. Hence, this study aimed to provide information on treatment delay including patient provider delays its associated factors.
 METHODS patients were recruited conveniently outpatient clinic of Department Radiation Oncolo...

ARTICLE FOCUS: The editors seek articles on a wide range of topics under the broad general umbrella of “patient-centered care.” These could include research reports, descriptions of innovative programs or initiatives, review articles, or commentaries on topics such as treatment adherence, patient empowerment, advocacy, or patient-provider collaboration—in short, anything that strengthens patien...

Patient anxiety related to prostate cancer surgery may lead to reduced patient satisfaction. Repeated reinforcement of pre-operative education to reduce anxiety greatly impacts provider time. Improved knowledge retention of what to expect postoperatively may reduce patient anxiety. This quality improvement project demonstrated that a take-home educational video supports patient knowledge retent...

Telepsychiatry may involve working with clinicians, patients and systems of care that are both geographically and culturally distinct. In this context, culturally appropriate care is an important component of telepsychiatry. The outline for cultural formulation from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) provides general principles for addressing these issues. Two co...