As doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, patient advocates and social workers, we can all agree that we want the best outcome for our patients. A case conference gives everyone on the team an opportunity to participate in the discussion about how we can help the patient. A case conference is about ...
It is important that healthcare consultants, patient advocates and doctors should learn to adopt an open and curious mindset and use a systematic process, outlined below, for addressing the most complex clinical problems. From McKinsey , we learn the principles of improving our decision making processes. This is essential for ...
Dr Vivian Rakoff was the role model of role models. While I was in medical school at the University of Toronto, I attended a lecture by Dr Rakoff who, at that time, was psychiatrist in chief at the Clarke Insitute of Psychiatry. I remember it as a turning point in ...
The case conference involved the entire clinical care team at the hospital. The doctors, nurses, social workers and dieticians were present. The doctors reported first. The nurses seemed to be excluded. The hierarchy of influence limited the discussion. Our job as advocates was to deepen the analysis of both the ...
We organized a case conference to discuss a very complex case with a team of doctors, nurses, dietitians, a bio-ethisist and our team at RCM Health Consultancy. The MRP ( most responsible physician) led the discussion. When our team led by Raymond Rupert, patient advocate, challenged an assumption about the ...
Today, we organized a case conference to discuss a complex patient with a psycho-social challenge and a metabolic disorder combined with an eating disorder. She is complex. She has been in hospital for 2 weeks. Because she is complex, a plan is required to manage her. And it is important ...
Diseases such as sickle cell disease in which the person's genes direct the production of abnormal hemoglobin can be corrected by editing the person's genes. Seems futuristic, but it isn't. The team at RCM Health Consultancy led by Raymond Rupert, a patient advocate and healthcare consultant, advocated for an 11 ...
Some tumor biomarker tests completed through molecular profiling of cancer DNA from tumours looks for gene mutations in cancer cells. The gene mutations form the basis for highly targeted personalized therapy for cancer. These tests are different from genetic tests for inherited cancer risk. The genetic tests for inherited cancer risk ...
Using the machine model of an industry, which is over 100 years old, no longer works in the COVID or post COVID world. COVID has ripped off the bandaide. The gaps in our healthcare system are evident. Inability to expand COVID testing capacity. Lack of surge capacity for vulnerable populations. ...
After 3 years of investigations and consultations for 2 big problems including Alzheimers and hydrocephalus, the three highly respected specialists finally agreed to a zoom case conference. This was organized by RCM Health Consultancy. This case conference proved to be magical for the family. Raymond Rupert of RCM Health Consultancy ...