Health
For doctors behaving badly, which state's the best? Team finds wide variation
What happens when doctors misbehave? The answer depends a lot on which state they practice in, a new study shows.
Mar 23, 2016
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Health
Debate heats up over safety of electronic health records
Department of Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday that the safety benefits of electronic health records far outweigh any potential problems, but critics say regulators are pushing health care providers to use ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Addiction
New Australian back pain trial reduces use of addictive opioid painkillers
A new trial in NSW has resulted in an up to 24 percent reduction in the number of prescriptions issued for opioids to patients with acute back pain in emergency departments.
Mar 10, 2021
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Health
Study reveals true picture of preventable deaths in hospitals
(Medical Xpress) -- There are almost 12,000 preventable deaths in hospital every year due to problems with care but this is less than a third of the number previously thought, according to new research.
Jul 16, 2012
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Health
Yelp reviewers take a dimmer view of nursing homes than the feds
The stars are not aligned when it comes to online reviews of nursing homes.
Dec 4, 2017
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Health
Many primary care doctors are reluctant to talk about medical errors, study finds
While most primary care physicians would provide some information about a medical error, only a minority would fully disclose important information about potentially harmful medical errors to patients, a new survey shows.
Nov 28, 2016
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Health
Diagnostic errors more common, costly and harmful than treatment mistakes
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors—not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses—accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research describes challenges of ER care for mental health and substance use disorder patients
Across the country, one in eight visits to the emergency department (ED) involves psychiatric or substance use concerns—and the frequency of such visits continues to rise.
Jan 19, 2023
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Health
Insufficient home care the biggest challenge to overcome after release from hospital
Patients and caregivers from diverse backgrounds across Ontario consistently prioritized insufficient publicly-funded home care services as the gap in the health system that most needed to be addressed to improve their experience ...
Jan 6, 2020
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Health
Employment of more nurse assistants is associated with more deaths and lower quality care
Hospitals that employ more nurse assistants relative to the number of professionally qualified nurses have higher mortality rates, lower patient satisfaction, and poorer quality and safety of care, according to a new European ...
Nov 16, 2016
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