Jan 29
Electronic Health Record Template: Medication Abortion
This is an electronic health record template (from the EPIC system) for medication abortion office visits.
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Jan 24
Office Management of Early Pregnancy Loss
This clinical presentation outlines, using a case study approach, how to provide all three treatment options for managing early miscarriage in a primary care setting.
Jan 23
Insights: Best Practices for Making Your Offices Physically Accessible for Disabled Patients Seeking Abortion Care
Written by Julia Wang, MD and Jillian MacLeod, Esq. As we experience ongoing attacks on abortion access and provision, it is important to highlight the numerous barriers to equitable care that disabled patients face. These barriers include inaccessible online information about abortion services (for example, websites that lack straightforward language or are incompatible with screen…
Jan 16
Contraceptive Pearl: Best Practices for Developing Contraception Patient Education
By Silpa Srinivasulu, MPH Increasing access to accurate, easy-to-understand information about contraception can help people take action and make informed health care decisions. RHAP develops its patient education materials to ensure they are easily understood and actionable. We follow the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS)* to produce quality materials that: Provide facts about contraception,…
Dec 26
Insights: Abortion Care for Fat Patients
Written by Mansi Shah, MD What special considerations might there be for fat patients seeking abortion care? In this article, the word fat here is used in the tradition of fat scholars and activists who do so with the aim of reclaiming the word as a neutral descriptor of bodies.1 Fat folks encounter significant stigma…
Dec 22
Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Medication Management Consent
A consent form to be used when providing medical management of early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) using the evidence-based protocols.
Dec 21
What Is an Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage)?
This fact sheet answers common questions about what miscarriage is, and provides resources for those who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Dec 19
Birth Control Choices for People Assigned Male at Birth
This colorful and easy-to-read chart compares birth control choices for people assigned male at birth. The sheet explains how to use different methods, things to know, and how well each method works. Ideal for health centers, doctor’s offices, and school clinics.
Dec 19
Contraceptive Pearl: Hormonal Contraceptives and Mood
By Rachel Chisausky, DO Do hormonal contraceptives affect mood? Studies in a general population yield conflicting results, showing decreased, increased, or unchanged depression scores.¹ Limitations of current data include few randomized control trials, small sample sizes, the possible conflation of psychosocial factors associated with contraception initiation, the predominant focus on combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and…
Nov 28
Insights: Supported Decision-Making for Patients with Disabilities That Affect Capacity
Written by Jillian MacLeod This Insights provides information about supported decision-making (SDM), which can be used as a tool in obtaining informed consent from people with disabilities that affect their decision-making capacity, like intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) or cognitive disabilities. A patient’s decision to access abortion or early pregnancy loss care is a significant one. As…