Health
NIH funds study of malpractice risk, cardiac testing incentives
(HealthDay)—The National Institutes of Health has granted $2 million to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing.
Sep 29, 2014
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Health
Devices slice time, distance for patients via 'telemedicine'
Concerned about a growth on his face, Mt. Lebanon, Pa., resident, Robert Johnston could have made an appointment with the dermatologist already treating him for other reasons.
Aug 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Intervention cuts catheter-related pediatric UTIs
(HealthDay)—Enactment of a quality improvement prevention bundle at a tertiary care children's hospital significantly reduced the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), according to research published ...
Aug 11, 2014
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Cardiology
Survival increases with clinical team debriefing after in-hospital cardiac arrest
A new study found that staff members who joined structured team debriefings after emergency care for children suffering in-hospital cardiac arrests improved their CPR performance and substantially increased the rates of patients ...
Aug 4, 2014
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Cardiology
Cardiac patients underserved globally due to lack of rehab programs
Rehabilitation programs must become an integral part of cardiac care to significantly reduce the burden of living with heart disease, one of the most common chronic diseases and causes of death globally, according to York ...
Jul 15, 2014
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Cardiology
Improving bystander resuscitation following cardiac arrest could save 100,000 lives across Europe each year
A session at this year's Euroanaesthesia meeting will discuss how improving the skills of members of the public, including schoolchildren, in resuscitation following cardiac arrest could save up to 100,000 lives per year. ...
Jun 1, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Collaborative care model manages depression, anxiety in patients with heart disease
A telephone-based collaborative care model helped manage depression and anxiety, and improved health-related quality of life in patients with heart disease.
Apr 21, 2014
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Cardiology
Researcher invents 'mini heart' to help return venous blood (w/ Video)
George Washington University (GW) researcher Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., has invented a new organ to help return blood flow from veins lacking functional valves. A rhythmically contracting cuff made of cardiac muscle cells surrounds ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Cardiology
Study finds substantial decrease in use of cardiac imaging procedure
There has been a sharp decline since 2006 in the use of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI; an imaging procedure used to determine areas of the heart with decreased blood flow), a decrease that cannot be explained ...
Mar 25, 2014
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Health
Don't believe all you read, health reviews can be misleading too
A BBC report has uncovered that nearly half of the reviews for a single NHS trust on NHS Choices were submitted from the trust's own computers. The reviews had been provided by Patient Opinion, which gathers online comments ...
Mar 24, 2014
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