The project, a New
Zealand first titled
Accuracy and Equity in Prostate
Cancer Diagnosis, will be led by the Clinical Lead at
Mātai, Dr Daniel Cornfeld, and is aimed at vastly improving
this country’s current diagnostic pathway in prostate
cancer for patients in the public health system,
particularly for those who live in under-served and remote
communities.
Dr Cornfeld, previously Chief of
Abdominal MRI at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Associate
Professor of Radiology at the Yale University School of
Medicine, works adjunctly as Chief Radiologist at Hauora
Tairāwhiti, Gisborne’s public hospital, and says the
project will chart the efficacy in New Zealand of a model of
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New statement highlights the role of primary care professional in caring for people with stroke
The new scientific statement, Primary Care of Adult Patients After Stroke, acknowledges the importance of primary care in the system of care for patients with stroke, summarizing the available literature and providing a roadmap for holistic, goal-directed and patient-centered care.
The statement is published today in
Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
Primary care professionals provide essential comprehensive and consistent care to patients after a stroke. Most people will seek guidance from their primary care team to reduce their high risk for recurrent stroke, prevent complications and optimize overall well-being. It outlines the need for comprehensive post-stroke management that includes engaging caregivers and family members to support the patient.