GenesisCare and the University of Oxford establish innovative 10-year cancer research partnership
Credit: GenesisCare UK, 7 February 2019: Today GenesisCare and the University of Oxford's Department of Oncology announce the launch of ...
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High-need, high-cost patients offer solutions for improving their care and reducing costs
Dr. Rainu Kaushal and colleagues analyze much needed solutions for reduction in high healthcare utilization among high-need, high-risk patients By ...
Side-effects not fully reported in more than 30 percent of healthcare reviews
The potential side-effects of health interventions were not fully reported in more than a third of published health study reviews, ...
IT startup launches software to encourage physician-family conversations about epilepsy
Digital Health Solutions' newest module focuses on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEPCredit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- Physicians can ...
Blacks with high socioeconomic status less likely to seek mental health care
The rate of unmet need for mental health care is significant among Blacks, reducing quality of life and causing disability. ...
Healthcare Transformation journal — new year, new vision, new leadership
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 5, 2019 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the ...
Pharmacy in the 21st century: Transformational change ahead
Medications improve health and saves lives, but they are not risk-free. The modern pharmacist is largely responsible for helping patients ...
Training the prescriber
An institutional effort to reduce the amount of opioids prescribed following lumbar surgeryCredit: © 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons. ...
Patient safety and health IT experts call for improvements as widespread EHR adoption reaches 10-year milestone
WASHINGTON, DC (February 4, 2019)--Marking the 10th anniversary of the landmark federal act that encouraged hospitals, clinics, and physician offices ...
Let's talk about sex … after childbirth
The feedback from doctors seemed almost appalling. One woman remembers her gynecologist stating, "Well, girl, you better, because if you ...
Researchers report positive findings with dasotraline for ADHD in children ages 6-12
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 1, 2019 --A new study in children aged 6 to ...
Infertility treatment linked with slightly higher risk of pregnancy complications
Women who have undergone infertility treatment, such as in vitro fertilization, are more likely to experience severe pregnancy complications, according ...
Protecting those on the frontline from Ebola
A new online training program developed by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina helps keep health care workers ...
For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today unveiled its latest update to one of geriatrics' ...
Progress with geriatrics legislation highlights collaboration for care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society New York (Jan. 31, 2019)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today offered a ringing endorsement ...
UBC research examines living well while dying
Study shows how terminal cancer patients choose to live life with new meaning A UBC professor has determined that people ...
Intermountain Healthcare, MDClone collaborate to transform patient data into actionable insight
Intermountain Healthcare has announced a new collaboration with Israeli healthcare IT company MDClone to increase caregivers' ability to transform data ...
Women twice as likely to suffer from severe depression after a stroke
New research today published in the European Journal of Neurology has found that women are twice as likely to suffer ...
Common test for mental health understanding is biased
RMET test is biased against less educated, less intelligent and certain ethnic and racial minoritiesCredit: Dodell-Feder et al. and University ...
How to create health care centaurs, half doctors and half managers
Organizational support, more than professionals' attitude, is the fundamental element for the success of the process of managerialization of hospital ...
