News tagged with healthcare delivery


Twin epidemics: HIV and Hepatitis C in the urban Northeast

A new Yale study looks at the scope and consequences of a burgeoning health problem in the cities of the U.S. Northeast: concurrent infection with both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). The study appears online ...

HIV & AIDS created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASU experts say raising the age of eligibility and other reforms will put Medicare on solid footing

Raising the age of eligibility and reforming some Medicare practices can go a long way to making it sustainable, according to three Arizona State University healthcare policy experts.

Health created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher pinpoints prescription for successful Primary Care Networks

A newly-released study on early adoptees of the Primary Care Network initiative proposes that their success lies with three key elements: strong leadership, a redefined, inclusive workspace and allowance for creative discord.

Health created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mathematics: The key to better and cheaper healthcare

Efforts to achieve higher efficiency in healthcare delivery are often assumed to be forced by budget cuts that are in the end harmful to patients. However, quality improvements and cost savings can in fact ...

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASU experts say US needs to shift healthcare emphasis to pay for value

Regardless of what you think about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obama Care, healthcare in the U.S. needs a major overhaul. That overhaul began with ACA, and now additional changes are going to be needed in order ...

Health created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer risk estimates increased with repeated prior CT and nuclear imaging

Researchers reviewing the records of approximately 250,000 women enrolled in an integrated healthcare delivery system found that increased CT utilization between 2000 and 2010 could result in an increase in the risk of breast ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover plant derivative

Researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that tanshinones, which come from the plant Danshen and are highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine, protect against the life-threatening condition ...

Medications created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Use of more costly diabetes medications varies widely

(HealthDay)—Even within an integrated Veterans Affairs (VA) system with a uniform national formulary and established criteria for drug use, there is substantial variation in the use of thiazolidinediones ...

Diabetes created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First large scale trial of whole-genome cancer testing for clinical decision-making reported

For the first time, researchers have conducted a large trial in which they tested the entire genome of individual breast cancers to help personalize treatment. They released their findings at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Private healthcare no more efficient, accountable or effective than public sector in LMICs

A systematic review conducted by Sanjay Basu of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues re-evaluated the evidence relating to comparative performance of public versus private sector healthcare delivery ...

Health created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beds in pediatric intensive care unit could be used more efficiently with improved flow

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a precious resource. With limited number of beds and resource-intensive services, it is a key component of patient flow. A new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine reveal ...

Other created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ACGME announces plan to transform graduate medical education

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) today announced major changes in how the nation's medical residency programs will be accredited in the years ahead, putting in place an outcomes-based evaluation ...

Other created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even limited telemedicine could improve developing health

A lack of infrastructure in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, often ensures that healthcare provision is absent. Research published in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management by a t ...

Health created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New software improves healthcare delivery in Africa

Researchers from the Georgia Tech College of Computing, working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have developed a digital data tracking system to assist low-resource ...

Health created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leveraging novel ideas to improve health care

Integrating some of the best new practices of industry into the strengths of the academic research process, the Regenstrief Institute is launching an initiative to encourage and propel innovation. The Institute has over 40 ...

Health created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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