Health
Unfilled hospital openings for doctors growing, survey finds
(HealthDay)—The need for hospital physicians is growing, according to an article published Jan. 3 in Medical Economics.
Feb 21, 2014
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Health
Misidentification of medications indicates poor health outcomes
People who identify their blood pressure medications by shape, size and color instead of by name may risk poor blood pressure control and increase their risk of hospitalization, finds a recent study in the Journal of Health ...
Dec 4, 2013
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Overweight & Obesity
Solving the pediatric obesity problem in rural communities
Using telemedicine to unite clinicians and provide health education for them—and by extension, their patients —is an effective way to manage childhood obesity in remote areas. For these communities, which often have limited ...
Nov 4, 2013
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Medicare beneficiaries substantially more likely to use brand-name drugs than VA patients
Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes are two to three times more likely to use expensive brand-name drugs than a comparable group of patients treated within the VA Healthcare System, according to a nationwide study by researchers ...
Jun 10, 2013
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Health
Hospitals profit when patients develop bloodstream infections
Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units.
May 22, 2013
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Surgery
Majority of surgical residents object to regulated hours
(HealthDay)—About 65 percent of surgical residents report that they disapprove of the 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program requirements, which place restrictions on duty hours, ...
May 16, 2013
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Health
Medical innovation/quality improvement platform featured in Health Affairs
A quality improvement platform developed at Boston Children's Hospital could help health care provider groups continuously improve their medical practice, curbing costs and improving patient outcomes. Successful outcomes ...
May 6, 2013
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Health
Physicians debate whether patients need to know they're dying
In the days when American physicians dispensed oracular commands and their judgments were rarely questioned, a doctor could take it upon himself with few ethical qualms to keep from a patient the bad news of a terminal diagnosis.
Apr 28, 2013
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Pediatrics
Small physician practices that care for children unprepared to become medical homes
Primary care practices around the country are being encouraged and even paid to become "medical homes," but small practices might be at a significant disadvantage in this race to improve health care for children, according ...
Mar 7, 2013
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Health
Emergency room redux for many patients after hospitalization
Following a hospitalization, patients face many challenges as they transition home. A new study of this vulnerable period published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA found that a substantial number of patients ...
Jan 22, 2013
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