Science news articles about 'telephone support'

... and pedestrians who had attended the same emergency department after an accident. They found that patients in the telephone support group were 35% less likely to complain of pain and discomfort than ...

... contacts during hospitalization, hospital contact plus a month or less of post-discharge telephone support, and hospital contact followed by more than a month of post-discharge support – revealed ...

... and care support over the phone. Their findings were much more complex than they had anticipated. “The telephonic support, when given to the lower risk group for either disease, resulted in a ...

People who were injured in road accidents had fewer problems and a much higher quality of life if they received a simple follow-up call from a nurse three weeks after being discharged from hospital, ...

... intervention and control group. "The intervention group attended weekly meetings or received telephone support and were provided with free nicotine replacement therapy, while the control group just ...

... a variety of initiatives such as new reimbursement models, after-hours care and telephone support, interdisciplinary teams and more. In a related commentary http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1091.pdf, Dr. ...

... care is not available). Results from this randomised trial – performed in Australia – suggest that telephone support can significantly reduce mortality and hospitalisation rate in a rural and remote ...