Tag: Health Care Systems/Services

New classification system developed to describe five stages of shockAdapted from the SCAI Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Classification ...

Diabetes patients at higher risk of deadly liver disease, finds study of 18 million people

Many patients with potentially deadly liver cirrhosis and liver cancer are being diagnosed at late advanced stages of disease, according ...

Sexual minority cancer survivors face disparities in access to care and quality of life

Results from a study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, point to the ...

New clinical pathway for cancer patients leads to better outcomes, lower health care costs

Wilmington, DE, May 15, 2019 - A new clinical pathway for cancer patients at Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. ...

New workforce legislation highlights programs essential to care we need as we age, AGS

New York (May 17, 2019)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today offered a ringing endorsement of the Educating Medical Professionals and ...

New risk scores help physicians provide better care for high-risk pulmonary patients, study finds

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare A new laboratory-based method of estimating outcomes for patients with a severe pulmonary disorder that has no ...

New findings could lead to improved vaccinations against sexually transmitted infections

In a study published today in the Nature Communications, researchers from King's College London have shown how skin vaccination can ...

Sedation and controlled paralysis do not improve survival of ICU patients with ARDS

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2019 - Reversibly paralyzing and heavily sedating hospitalized patients with severe breathing problems ...

For-profit dialysis provider charges private insurers 4 times more than government payers

May 15, 2019

Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS Private insurers covering people receiving treatment for dialysis paid four times more than government insurance programs ...

New tool measures primary care as a whole

There are a number of measures to assess aspects of primary care, but a new measure breaks new ground by ...

May/June 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

More Than a Half-Million Parents With Opioid Use Disorder Live With Children An estimated 623,000 parents with opioid use disorder ...

Online intervention reduces mothers’ intentions to visit doctor for respiratory tract infection

Visits to the doctor for a respiratory tract infection can lead to unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, but an online intervention with ...

New theory of dissemination and implementation shifts direction of practice change

Primary care dissemination and implementation science has focused on evaluating strategies to help practices implement evidence-based care to achieve quality ...

Philadelphia’s sweetened drink sales drop 38% after beverage tax

Findings from Penn study support beverage taxes as a promising policy tool to help improve public health PHILADELPHIA - One ...

The Lancet: Preventative antibiotics after assisted childbirth almost halve maternal infection rate and reduce overall antibiotic use

Large randomised trial indicates that WHO and other national organisations should change antibiotic guidelines for assisted childbirth Giving a single ...

Flu virus’ best friend: Low humidity

New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have pinpointed a key reason why people are more likely to get sick and ...

1 in 5 civil monetary penalties due to EMTALA violations involved psychiatric emergencies

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Nearly one in five ...

Half of all patients with syncope have CT head performed with a yield of 1.2% to 3.8%

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- More than half of ...

CDC awards UNC research center $3.75 million to study chronic disease prevention

The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received ...

Quieter intensive care units may translate to better outcomes for infants in new study