Community hospitals can safely perform elective angioplasty
New evidence shows that with appropriate preparation, angioplasty can be safely and effectively performed at community hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery units, according to research presented today at the American ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery can perform non-emergency angioplasty safely and effectively
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who have non-emergency angioplasty to open blocked heart vessels have no greater risk of death or complications when they have the procedure at hospitals without cardiac surgery backup. That is ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Study examines outcomes among patients treated in universal health care system
Among hospitals in Ontario, Canada, those with higher levels of spending, which included higher intensity nursing and greater use of specialists and procedures, had an associated lower rate of deaths, hospital readmissions, ...
Health
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Prevalence of screening for Lynch syndrome varies
(HealthDay) -- Screening for Lynch syndrome, the most common form of inherited colorectal cancer, after a colorectal cancer diagnosis is common at comprehensive cancer centers but not community hospitals, ...
Cancer
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Computer order entry systems reduce preventable adverse drug events
Despite a national mandate to implement electronic health records and computer order entry systems (CPOE) by 2014, only approximately 30 percent of hospitals nationwide have done so and around 40 percent of hospitals in the ...
Other
Feb 07, 2012 |
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For stroke prevention, large medical centers may have the edge
Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of unruptured brain aneurysms, outcomes have remained stagnant over the last 10 years. This can be explained by the dramatic proliferation of minimally invasive endoscopic coiling ...
Cardiology
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Vt. struggles to rebuild mental health system
(AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.
Health
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Neurologically impaired children dependent on children's hospitals
Because of care advances, more infants and children with previously lethal health problems are surviving. Many, however, are left with lifelong neurologic impairment. A Children's Hospital Boston study of more than 25 million ...
Health
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Experts suggest all hospitalized patients have blood glucose levels tested
Hyperglycemia, or having high glucose levels in the blood, is a common, serious and costly health care problem in hospitalized patients. Today, The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) providing ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Hypothermia underutilized in cardiac arrest cases treated in US hospitals
Therapeutic hypothermia has been proven to reduce mortality and improve neurologic outcomes after a heart attack, yet it was rarely used in a sample of more than 26,000 patients, according to a study published in Therapeutic ...
Cardiology
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Patients fare just as well if their nonemergency angioplasty is performed at hospitals
Hospitals that do not have cardiac surgery capability can perform nonemergency angioplasty and stent implantation as safely as hospitals that do offer cardiac surgery. That is the finding of the nation's first large, randomized ...
Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Telestroke the next best thing
The use of long-distance video and data hookups to link remote community hospitals with stroke neurologists in large centres provides the same level of care as having everyone in the same room, according to a new study presented ...
Cardiology
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Referral to talking therapies may cut use of health services and sick leave
Referring patients with mental health problems to talking therapies seems to cut their use of healthcare services and the amount of sick leave they take, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and ...
Health
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Time is of the essence when it comes to stroke treatment
Time is of the essence when it comes to stroke treatment. But a new image guided technique could help shift the criterion from one that is determined by how long after the start of symptoms a patient receives medical care, ...
Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Hospital readmission rates not accurate measure of care quality
Avoidable readmissions after discharge from hospital are fairly uncommon and are not an accurate measure of quality of care, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Health
Aug 22, 2011 |
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