Study shows a quarter of patients discharged from hospitals return to ERs within 30 days
A study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University School of Medicine has found that nearly one quarter of patients may return to the emergency department ...
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Apr 16, 2013 |
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Better support needed for dads as well as mums after difficult births
Severe and life-threatening complications in pregnancy can have a big impact on fathers as well as mothers. That's one of the key findings of work by Oxford University researchers who spoke to couples who ...
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Apr 16, 2013 |
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Will urgent care facility benefit more from additional GP or nurse?
More and more hospitals and general practitioners in the Netherlands are collaborating in urgent care facilities: a single point of contact (instead of two) for acute patient care outside office hours. Depending on the patient's ...
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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All hospital emergency rooms should be prepared for children
(HealthDay)—All hospital emergency departments (EDs), including community hospital EDs, should have the appropriate medications, equipment, policies, and staff to provide effective emergency care for children, ...
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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Post-ER care for chest pain reduces risk of heart attack, death
Seeing a doctor within a month of an emergency room visit for chest pain significantly reduced the risk of heart attack or death among high risk patients, according to research published the American Heart Association journal ...
Cardiology
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Discharge diagnosis from emergency department may not accurately identify nonemergency visits
Among patients with emergency department (ED) visits with the same presenting complaint as those with visits ultimately given a primary care-treatable diagnosis based on the ED discharge diagnosis, a substantial proportion ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Telestroke program increases access to stroke care by 40 percent
Telestroke programs substantially improve access to life-saving stroke care, extending coverage to less populated areas in an effort to reduce disparities in stroke care access. A new study by researchers from the Perelman ...
Cardiology
Mar 15, 2013 |
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Magnet ingestion by young children serious and growing problem
Physicians and parents must be aware of the growing danger of magnet ingestion by children because magnets can adhere to each other and cause life-threatening problems such as bowel perforations, a new case study illustrates ...
Pediatrics
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Federal figures miss most work-related amputations
A new report from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Community Health raises significant concerns about the federal government's system for tracking work-related injuries.
Health
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Cost of diabetes care in US keeps climbing
(HealthDay)—The total cost of diabetes in the United States jumped from $174 billion in 2007 to $245 billion in 2012, a new report shows.
Diabetes
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Emergency departments not doing enough to educate parents about car seat safety
Each year, more than 130,000 children younger than 13 are treated in U.S. emergency departments after motor-vehicle crash-related injuries.
Pediatrics
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Pain training for primary care providers
Patients who experience chronic pain may experience improvement in symptoms if their primary care providers are specifically trained in multiple aspects of pain, including emotional consequences.
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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How much will I be charged? Study examines patient bills for top 10 visits to the emergency room
It's a basic, reasonable question: How much will this cost me? For patients in the emergency room, the answer all too often is a mystery.
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Feb 27, 2013 |
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Protecting health care workers
(Medical Xpress)—Health care workers who consistently wear special fitted face masks while on duty are much less likely to get clinical respiratory and bacterial infections, according to new research led ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 21, 2013 |
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The ethics of access: Comparing two federal health care reform efforts
Two major health reform laws, enacted 25 years apart, both try to meet an ethical standard to provide broad access to basic health care. Neither quite gets there—but it's not too late for modern health care reform to bring ...
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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