Health
What about the sick who don't have COVID-19?
How long would it take for you to get in to see your primary care physician? Do you even have one?
Mar 31, 2020
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News tagged with community hospitals
Psychology & Psychiatry
Do ER caregivers' on-the-job emotions affect patient care?
Doctors and nurses in emergency departments at four academic centers and four community hospitals in the Northeast reported a wide range of emotions triggered by patients, hospital resources and societal factors, according ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Medical economics
Experts warn pandemic risks accentuating rural-urban health inequities
The current pandemic risks further accentuating the rural—urban health inequities that exist in New Zealand, University of Otago rural health specialists warn.
Mar 25, 2020
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Health
Hospitality, not medical care, drives patient satisfaction
Patients' ratings of hospitals and willingness to recommend them have almost no correlation to the quality of medical care provided or to patient survival rates, according to new Cornell University research.
Feb 18, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Black and Latina mothers face higher rates of severe maternal morbidity
(HealthDay)—Within the same New York City hospital, black and Latina women are at higher risk for severe maternal morbidity than white women, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Jan 13, 2020
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Cardiology
Simple test predicts older heart attack patients' independence, function
A study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that hospitals can administer a simple walking test to evaluate the likelihood of functional decline in older adults following a heart attack. Researchers say the nationwide ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Cardiology
New algorithm expands neurologists' ability to assess for clot-removing procedure
An algorithm developed by faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) can help physicians outside of major stroke treatment centers assess whether a patient suffering from ischemic stroke ...
Sep 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
PostRx antimicrobial stewardship feasible in community hospitals
(HealthDay)—Postprescription audit and review (PPR) is a feasible and effective strategy for antimicrobial stewardship in community hospitals, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 26, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnancy outcomes greatly improved in lupus patients
Historically, pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was considered so risky that physicians counseled women to avoid becoming pregnant and recommended that women carrying a child terminate their pregnancy. ...
Jul 9, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Induced labor not more expensive to health care system than spontaneous labor
Expectant parents wait 40 weeks for the arrival of their new baby, but what if labor was induced one week earlier? Conventional wisdom holds that inducing labor at 39 weeks would be cost-prohibitive to a health care system. ...
May 3, 2019
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