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(HealthDay)—As part of the National Physician Payment Transparency Program and in compliance with a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the government will make information about financial relationships between doctors, teaching hospitals, and drug and device manufacturers publicly available on a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website, according to a report published by Kaiser Health News. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-health-industry-payment-publicly.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 18:20:02 EST news286734837 Academic medical centres invest considerable time, money and other resources in leadership training programs, yet there is no evidence such programs work, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-leadership-academic-medical-centers.html Other Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:27:51 EST news285848865 (HealthDay)—Since 2008 there has been an increase in the proportion of children's hospitals adopting electronic health records (EHRs), with EHRs in almost 60 percent of children's hospitals in 2011, according to research published online April 15 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-percent-peds-hospitals-electronic-health.html Health Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:30:01 EST news285422467 The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the nurses leave the windows open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-energy-efficiency-infection-hospital-wards.html Other Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:32:24 EST news285345137 Vitamin D supplements significantly reduced blood pressure in the first large controlled study of African-Americans, researchers report in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-vitamin-d-supplements-african-americans.html Cardiology Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:00:04 EST news282404955 Younger doctors are more likely than older generations to train and work in the same region as their home before entering medical school. New research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine investigating the geographical mobility of UK-trained doctors, reveals that 36% attended a medical school in their home region. 34% of hospital consultants and GP partners settled in the same region as their home before entering medical school. The geographical distribution of doctors is an important factor in the equitable distribution of health services. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-younger-doctors-closer-home.html Other Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:53:40 EST news282390813 (HealthDay)—For hospitalized patients with idiopathic scoliosis, ethnic and socioeconomic variables influence treatment and outcomes, according to a study published in the February issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ethnic-socioeconomic-factors-impact-scoliosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:18:04 EST news281423877 The "July effect"—the notion that the influx of new residents and fellows at teaching hospitals in July of each year adversely affects patient care and outcomes—was examined in a very large data set of hospitalizations for patients undergoing spine surgery. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and the University of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville, VA) found a negligible effect on periprocedural outcomes among patients treated by spine surgery. Detailed results of their thorough study are furnished in the article "The effect of July admission on inpatient outcomes following spinal surgery. Clinical article," by Jennifer S. McDonald, Ph.D., Michelle J. Clarke, M.D., Gregory A. Helm, M.D., Ph.D., and David F. Kallmes, M.D., published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-july-effect-negligible-outcomes-spine.html Surgery Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:23:55 EST news278677427 (HealthDay)—Amid signs of a growing shortage of primary care physicians in the United States, a new study shows that the majority of newly minted doctors continues to gravitate toward training positions in high-income specialties in urban hospitals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-efforts-boost-primary-doctors.html Health Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:50:02 EST news277044825 A report released this week from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that its member medical schools, teaching hospitals and healthcare systems had a combined economic impact of more than $587 billion in the United States in 2011. The firm Tripp Umbach conducted the economic measurements and analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-academic-medicine-major-economic-impact.html Other Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:34:18 EST news276341240 While thoracic surgeons are traditionally known as the experts who perform heart surgeries, a UC Davis study has found that general thoracic surgeons, especially those at academic health centers, perform the vast majority of complex noncardiac operations, including surgeries of the esophagus and lungs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-thoracic-surgeons-emerge-complex-noncardiac.html Surgery Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:30:14 EST news274030153 How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes a good mentee and what chemistry is needed to make the relationship work? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-good-mentee.html Health Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:45:05 EST news273494696 Uninsured patients who undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor could be twice as likely to die in the hospital as those who have the same operation but are privately insured, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. In teaching hospitals, where most neurosurgical procedures take place, those with government-subsidized insurance in the form of Medicaid were found in the same study to have rates of survival closer to those who are privately insured. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-uninsured-brain-cancer-patients-die.html Surgery Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:00:18 EST news272541170 Limits on duty hours for residents in training haven't increased the safety of one common brain operation, concludes a study in the November issue of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-limiting-neurosurgery-residents-hours-hasnt.html Neuroscience Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:12:14 EST news272553125 For patients undergoing neurosurgery at teaching hospitals, there's no "July phenomenon" of increased death and complication rates when new residents start their training, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-july-phenomenon-neurosurgery-patients.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:24:58 EST news267362687 A new virtual reality simulator—including sophisticated 3-D graphics and tactile feedback—provides neurosurgery trainees with valuable opportunities to practice essential skills and techniques for brain cancer surgery, according to a paper in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virtual-reality-simulator-surgery-brain.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:24:18 EST news267362650 (Medical Xpress)—A University of Florida physician and colleagues have "mythbusted" a notion long held in medical circles: patients at teaching hospitals fare worse in July when new medical graduates start their residency training and older residents take on more responsibilities. A large national study revealed no such "July phenomenon" or "July effect"—at least not in the field of neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-patients-hospitals-dont-fare-worse.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:46:01 EST news267342266 With the steady increase in the life expectancy of Europe's population, researchers estimate that the number of people affected by age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, will increase dramatically in the next few years. This makes improving our understanding of the disease and its early diagnosis an important priority. New research, led by Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, in partnership with Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust, and published in the Journal of the American Aging Association, shows that people with Alzheimer's disease have difficulty with one particular type of eye-tracking test. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-eye-tracking-earlier-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:14:28 EST news267178452 (Medical Xpress)—Despite the national consensus on the need to improve the value of health care while reducing unnecessary spending, teaching hospitals often struggle to design curricula to train future physicians to deliver such care to their patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-penn-medicine-physician-future-physicians.html Other Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:00:04 EST news265448126 (Medical Xpress)—​A simple eye tracking test could hold the key to earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Aging Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-eyes-key-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:52:28 EST news264930731 More children experience complications or unintended injuries, especially related to surgery, in academic hospitals compared with community hospitals, but adverse events in the former are less likely to be preventable, according to the Canadian Paediatric Adverse Events Study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-medical-complications-hospitalized-children-canadian.html Other Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:01:20 EST news263041268 Patients who undergo radical surgery for prostate cancer may expect better results, on average, if they're treated in accredited teaching hospitals with residency programs, and better still if the hospitals also have medical fellowships, according to a new study by Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-prostate-cancer-surgery-complications-hospitals.html Cancer Tue, 15 May 2012 14:58:29 EST news256312703 Scientists and doctors from the University of Sheffield are developing two novel devices that could lead to the improved prediction of premature births. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-devices-key-premature-births.html Health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:43:54 EST news248355823 Patients suffering from a devastating disease are being given fresh hope through an innovative trial being led by the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-major-trial-motor-neurone-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:21:29 EST news248016046 Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent, new research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-pre-surgery-exam-vary-widely-hospitals.html Surgery Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:42:45 EST news243686558 The phrase "obs stable" in hospital notes is ambiguous and does not reliably indicate a patient's health status, concludes a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-doctors-phrase-obs-stable-hospital.html Other Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:30:04 EST news243622041 Prostate cancer patients who undergo radical prostatectomy get better results at teaching hospitals than at non-academic medical institutions, according to the findings of an international study led by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-prostate-cancer-surgery-hospitals.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:53:34 EST news239885606 The new limits on hours that physicians-in-training can work will prove costly for U.S teaching hospitals, which will need to spend up to $1.3 billion a year, and possibly more, to effect the changes, a new UCLA study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-limits-physician-hours-costly-hospitals.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:47:12 EST news234715602 (Medical Xpress) -- UCSF researchers have conducted the first major review of research on the “July effect,” a theory that the quality of health care at teaching hospitals declines during the month of July when experienced residents graduate and newly minted doctors begin their training. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-impact-july-effect-hospitals.html Other Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:12:04 EST news229770699 Today, one in four or five women in Ontario will give birth through a cesarean or "C-section." A new study, led by researchers from St. Michael's Hospital and The Wilson Centre for Research in Education and the Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, has found that many labour and delivery health professionals lack a clear understanding of the anesthesiologist's role as a physician with specialized skills in the management of seriously unwell pregnant patients. This role misperception may affect the quality of care delivered to mothers and their babies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-poor-anesthesiologist-role-labor-affect.html Other Fri, 20 May 2011 11:19:40 EST news225109166