Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: accounting http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Half of all patient complaints in Australia are about three percent of doctors Half of all formal patient complaints made in Australia to health ombudsmen concern just 3% of the country's doctors, with 1% accounting for a quarter of all complaints, finds research published online in BMJ Quality & Safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-patient-complaints-australia-percent-doctors.html Health Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:02 EST news284832151 Vision loss, depression may be linked, study finds (HealthDay)—People with depression are more likely to have self-reported vision loss, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-vision-loss-depression-linked.html Ophthalmology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:33:17 EST news281899988 Researchers investigate drug resistant ovarian cancer to improve clinical treatment (Medical Xpress) -- A new study by TCD researchers investigates drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells. The findings which have been recently published in the international publication, PLoS One will increase understanding of molecular markers in drug-resistant ovarian cancer with a view to improving clinical treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-drug-resistant-ovarian-cancer-clinical.html Cancer Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:47:52 EST news263720848 Can social media solve the US healthcare crisis? The creation of a social media videoconferencing platform geared towards healthcare might pave the way for enhanced use of social media in the world of healthcare according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Electronic Finance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-social-media-healthcare-crisis.html Health Thu, 10 May 2012 13:15:20 EST news255874506 Team care of chronic diseases seems cost-effective The collaborative TEAMcare program for people with depression and either diabetes, heart disease, or both appears at least to pay for itself, according to a UW Medicine and Group Health Research Institute report in the May 7 Archives of General Psychiatry. Over two years, after accounting for the $1,224 per patient that the program cost, it may save as much as $594 per patient in outpatient costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-team-chronic-diseases-cost-effective.html Health Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:07 EST news255613977 New drug improves glucose control without increasing risk of hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients TAK-875, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes, improves glycaemic (blood sugar) control and is equally as effective as the sulphonylurea glimepiride (a common drug treatment) but has a significantly lower risk of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) and few side effects, according to the results of a phase 2 randomised trial published Online First in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-drug-glucose-hypoglycemia-diabetes-patients.html Diabetes Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:30:01 EST news249482802 US lung cancer rates fall, led by Western states (Update) The West is leading a national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California and Nevada accounting for much of the improvement, particularly among women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-lung-cancer-fall-western-states.html Cancer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:57:32 EST news235310194