Everyone wants a dignified death—yet few actually experience one. Despite preferring to remain at home, most older adults spend their final days in hospitals, where they often undergo medical care that neither improves ...
Dec 17, 2018
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Standardizing feeding practices, including the timing for fortifying breast milk and formula with essential elements like zinc and protein, improves growth trends for the tiniest preterm infants, according to Children's research ...
Dec 10, 2018
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Health care has been a universal topic of discussion this political season. Candidates from both parties say they are in favor of it, although definitions of "it" vary widely. But what all agree is that it has to do with ...
Nov 6, 2018
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An observational study of patients with mild hypertension has found no evidence to support recent US guideline recommendations that encourage doctors to offer treatment to patients with low-risk mild hypertension.
Oct 30, 2018
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The influential Leapfrog Group, which grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is launching a national survey to evaluate the safety and quality of up to 5,600 surgery centers that perform millions of outpatient procedures every ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Expanding public funding for cost-effective treatments, investing in primary care, embracing technology and engaging patients are some of the ways Canada can improve the quality of health care, according to an analysis in ...
Oct 1, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Emergency department interpreters are vital to quality care, according to an article published in the October issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Sep 25, 2018
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Incentives for hospitals to improve their quality and reduce costs do work, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Sep 17, 2018
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The removal of financial incentives for doctors working in primary care is associated with a decline in performance on quality measures, according to new findings by researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Cambridge, ...
Sep 7, 2018
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An estimated 5 million deaths per year in low and middle income countries (LMICs) are the result of poor quality care, with a further 3.6 million the result of insufficient access to care, according to the first study to ...
Sep 5, 2018
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