News tagged with appropriateness
Doctors call for evidence-based appropriateness criteria for elective procedures
Many of the most common inpatient surgeries in the United States are performed electively. These surgeries are expected to significantly increase with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. In a new perspectives article, ...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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Increased serum metal levels after lumbar disc replacement
(HealthDay)—Serum metal levels of cobalt and chromium are elevated at all postoperative time points up to 36 months following metal-on-metal lumbar disc replacement, according to research published in the ...
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Dec 22, 2012 |
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No training means spiritual care lacking in advanced cancer
(HealthDay)—Although oncology nurses and physicians feel that spiritual care (SC) is an important, appropriate, and beneficial component of end-of-life (EOL) care for patients with advanced cancer, it is ...
Cancer
Dec 21, 2012 |
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New studies show effects of mammography guideline changes
Researchers assessing the impact of revised guidelines for screening mammography issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found evidence that the new recommendations may lead to missed cancers and a decline ...
Cancer
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Direct-to-consumer advertising found beneficial for certain meds
(HealthDay)—Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) used in the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women correlates with an increase in the number of appropriate prescriptions, ...
Cancer
Nov 16, 2012 |
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More than 9-in-10 ED patients who receive CT of the abdomen and pelvis are clinically complex
The overwhelming majority (93.8 percent) of patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis (CTAP) in the emergency department (ED) setting are classified as clinically complex, according to a study ...
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Newly engineered highly transmissible H5N1 strain ignites controversy
Scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1 (commonly known as bird flu) to be readily transmitted between humans. Two perspectives being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the ...
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Jan 26, 2012 |
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Study examines research on overuse of health care services
The overuse of health care services in the United States appears to be an understudied problem with research literature limited to a few services and rates of overuse varying widely, according to an article published in the ...
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Jan 23, 2012 |
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ACR in Choosing Wisely campaign to promote wise use of resources among physicians and patients
As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure safe, effective and appropriate medical imaging, the American College of Radiology has joined the ABIM Foundation and eight other medical specialty societies in Choosing Wisely. The ...
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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Most PCIs (such as balloon angioplasty) performed in US for acute indications appear warranted
In an examination of the appropriateness of the widespread use of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), researchers found that of more than 500,000 PCIs included in the study, nearly all for acute indications were classified ...
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Jul 05, 2011 |
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