Health
What about the sick who don't have COVID-19?
How long would it take for you to get in to see your primary care physician? Do you even have one?
Mar 31, 2020
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News tagged with hospital physicians
Medical research
Risk of recurrent fractures lowered by new care routines
Older people's risk of recurrent fractures decreases by 18 percent if the care they receive is more structured and preventive, through fracture liaison services. This is shown by a study from the University of Gothenburg.
Feb 27, 2020
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Medical research
'Virtual hospital' cuts EMS calls, ER visits and hospital admissions for high-use patients
A joint University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services project to provide virtual hospital services at home for patients with complex medical issues is showing promising early results, according to its senior medical director.
Feb 11, 2020
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Health
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
More isn't always better. That's what researchers say when it comes to transparency in the U.S. healthcare system. This research, forthcoming in the INFORMS journal Operations Research, finds that in the short-term, patients ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Health
Study examines prevalence of screening for social needs
A new study from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published this week in JAMA Network Open, finds that most U.S. physician practices and hospitals report screening patients for at least one ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Medical economics
When physicians integrate with hospitals, costs go up, study says
When physicians integrate with hospitals, the cost of health care rises even though there's no evidence patients get better treatment, according to a new paper by experts at Rice University and Blue Cross and Blue Shield ...
Sep 5, 2019
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Medications
Opioid prescribing rates higher in US compared with other countries
Physicians in the United States may prescribe opioids more frequently to patients during hospitalization and at discharge when compared to their physician peers in other countries, according to a recently published study ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Health
Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked
Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like.
Jul 1, 2019
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Surgery
Generalist nurse practitioners and physician assistants may prescribe disproportionate share of opioids
In an effort to identify which health care providers may be overprescribing opioids and potentially fueling the opioid epidemic, Johns Hopkins researchers looked at the different type of providers at the front lines of caring ...
May 6, 2019
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Health
How common are advanced care planning conversations with hospitalized, older patients?
As the U.S. population ages, hospitals and health systems around the country have been grappling with how to integrate advance care planning (ACP) into routine practice. In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
Apr 1, 2019
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