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Visit Lucy on the MIT Medical homepageSince the last issue of health@mit, Lucy's kept busy answering reader questions on the MIT Medical website. The move has allowed her to answer more questions, more often, in a more timely manner. A new question and answer is posted every few weeks, and subscribers to the health@mit newsletter alert are automatically notified when a new one goes online. To read the current Lucy question or browse the Lucy archive, click on the Lucy icon on the MIT Medical homepage. And even though Lucy doesn't live here anymore, you can still use the link to the online form within each issue of health@mit to submit a question online and, if you wish, anonymously. Not too late for a flu shot!MIT Medical reminds you to consider getting immunized against the flu this winter. Our vaccination clinics are over for the season, but you can still get a flu shot from your clinician.
The vaccination is a covered benefit for all students, MIT Health Plan members, and members of the MIT community covered by Medicare. All others will be charged a $35 fee for the vaccine, payable at the time of the vaccination. Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted in Cambridge. Patients in Lexington will be billed. MIT Medical looks at patient-provider communicationMIT Medical has received a $15,000 grant from the Boston-based Kenneth B. Schwartz Foundation to take a closer look at the ways patients and providers communicate. "Communication between a patient and his or her clinician is key to receiving high-quality medical care," explains Ruth Fishbein, MIT Medical's director of performance improvement and risk management and project director. "We're excited about having this opportunity to enhance this very important component of the care we provide." The grant will be used to develop a self-sustaining patient-provider communications program at MIT Medical. The 12-month project, which began on August 1 in the Internal Medicine Service, includes patient surveys, staff training, and the development of patient education materials. By next August, the project team hopes to begin training other clinical staff. Other members of the project team include MIT Medical director William Kettyle, M.D., principal investigator, and clinical director for campus life Maryanne Kirkbride, project co-director. Mandy Smith, an analyst with MIT's Office of Institutional Research will conduct the project evaluation with assistance from Elissa Weitzman, Sc.D., at Children's Hospital Boston. |
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