(HealthDay)—An internal medicine teaching service can reduce resource use in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in a community teaching hospital, according to a study published ...
Jan 9, 2017
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(HealthDay)—U.S. hospitals have cut in half the number of potentially deadly bloodstream infections linked to so-called central-line catheters since 2008. But, too many critically ill patients are still exposed to dangerous ...
Nov 21, 2016
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The risk of death after hip fracture is higher for patients in small- and medium-sized hospitals than in teaching hospitals in Canada, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Oct 17, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians, but switching has had no impact on primary composite quality metrics, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in the ...
Sep 20, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Attending physician workload is associated with lower teaching effectiveness, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Jan 11, 2016
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Hospitals that were penalized more frequently in the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program offered advanced services, were major teaching institutions and had better performance on other publicly reported process-of-care ...
Jul 28, 2015
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More than 180 million people in the world have hepatitis C, compared with the 34 million with HIV/AIDS and the roughly 30,000 who have had Ebola. Yet very little is heard about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the way of awareness ...
Feb 4, 2015
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If you're an older person having a major operation these days, it is very likely that your hospital is receiving a "report card" on their performance. These reports are designed to prompt hospitals to improve in areas where ...
Feb 3, 2015
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New research from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust found that only half of patients seen at neurology-led memory clinics at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital suffered with dementia.
Jan 8, 2015
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Patients with strokes caused by blood clots -known as acute ischemic strokes- who were admitted in July had similar outcomes compared to patients admitted any other month, according to a new study. The findings challenge ...
Dec 23, 2014
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