Archive: 31/08/2017
Fraud behind tainted-eggs scandal began in 2016: EU
The fraud that caused the contamination of millions of eggs with the insecticide fipronil began in September 2016 and has now affected 34 countries, the EU said on Thursday.
Aug 31, 2017
Low health literacy is associated with preventable emergency department visits
Low health literacy is a risk factor for potentially preventable emergency department (ED) visits, particularly those that result in hospital admission. That is the primary finding of a study to be published in the September ...
Aug 31, 2017
Measuring the cost of quality measurement
Less than 2 decades after publication of the National Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of Medicine) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, quality measurement has become routine ...
Aug 31, 2017