Narrative Medicine, coined by Columbia University’s Dr. Rita Charon, aims to address the feelings and experiences that occur when caring for persons with illness.
Telemedicine (aka telehealth) is the practice of medicine using electronic communication and information technology between a healthcare provider in one location and a patient in another location, essentially a remote or virtual encounter.
An advance directive is fundamental to self-autonomy, an opportunity to assert control over our own lives, with the expectation that our end-of-life preferences will be honored and be inviolable.
As healthcare practices continue to face the challenges imposed by high operational costs and overwhelmed staff, the demand for virtual administrative assistants has increased.