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Physician Perspective: Barriers to Patient Centered Care
UConn School of Medicine’s Dr. Linda Barry attended an invitational meeting in May of national experts hosted by AcademyHealth, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Optimizing Value in Health Care program, to discuss the barriers to patient centered care in the U.S. Barry is the author of one of the three newly published online viewpoint articles by AcademyHealth that resulted from the meeting entitled: Barriers to Patient Centered Care: My Perspective as a Physician, Patient, Caregiver and Advocate. Read more.
New Medical Students Already Meet Their First Patients
UConn School of Medicine’s Clinical Longitudinal Immersion in the Community (CLIC) Program has students working alongside community-based primary care physicians during the first three—and sometimes four—years of medical school. Last week, another class of first-year students and their physician preceptors marked the start of the program’s 25th year.
World’s First Gene Therapy for Glycogen Storage Disease Produces Remarkable Results
The clinical trial originally set out to simply test the safety and dosage of the gene therapy for three patients with GSD Type Ia. The dramatic improvement in their lives was unexpected.
Brain Aneurysm Survivor Raising Awareness
September marks Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. Learn more about the condition and how one survivor is raising awareness by teaming with UConn Health to help others.
Occupational Illnesses in Connecticut Decrease
The most recent data available indicate workplace-related illnesses have gone down in Connecticut, according to UConn Health experts.
Tech to Assist With Medication Compliance
Self-recorded patient videos may unlock the key to improving medication adherence among depression patients, say UConn Health researchers.
164 New White Coats Issued at UConn Health
The Class of 2023, the largest incoming class in UConn Health’s history, is now donning new physician and dentist-to-be white coats.
164 New White Coats Issued at UConn Health
The Class of 2023, the largest incoming class in UConn Health’s history, is now donning new physician and dentist-to-be white coats.
New Preparedness Strategy for Unpredictable Medical Events
Researchers at UConn Health have developed a new framework to improve the nation's quality of health care by identifying and addressing unpredictable medical events before they emerge.
Back-to-School: Pro Tips for Parents from the Family Medicine Experts of UConn Health
Ready or not, it’s time to get back into that school-year routine. Here are some of the more common challenges that go with this time of year, along with some advice from experts in the Department of Family Medicine at UConn Health.