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Use of Information Technology is Minimal in Nursing Homes
In short-term health care settings, sophisticated information technology (IT) systems assist in the diagnosis of patients, support care management, and enhance adherence to clinical guidelines. view more (2008-04-09)
Is Primary-care Research A Lost Cause? (p 977)
This week's editorial discusses the status of primary-care research, and is critical of leaders in family medicine who have failed to identify a clear course of action for future research in this crucial area. Primary-care researchers have voiced concerns that their discipline is complex, and that as researchers they are misunderstood by academia,... view more... (2003-03-20)
Hospital care varies greatly for children with urinary tract infections
More than 45,000 infants and children in the United States are hospitalized each year for urinary tract infections, but a new study reveals significant variability across hospitals in treatment and outcomes. view more (2009-04-22)
CAUTION IS NEEDED IN COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS IN CARE MANAGEMENT
Thomas Bodenheimer, Clinical Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine argues that commercial disease management programmes may take needed money away from actual caregiving in order to enhance companies? profits. Both the American and British papers conclude that... view more... (2000-02-22)
Cancer experts address parliament
Professors Roland Wolf and Elaine Rankin from the University of Dundee will address the Scottish Parliament`s conference on cancer in Edinburgh tomorrow - Friday 19 April. Scotland against cancer - making a reality of the cancer plan - will be hosted by the parliament`s cross-party group to identify areas where inequalities exist in the provision... view more... (2002-04-18)
Managed care is a headache for primary care physicians
Managed care policies really do increase the workload and compromise the quality of the doctor-patient relationship, reports research in the Western Journal of Medicine. Sixteen internists and 10 family physicians in three different regions of California and Arizona took part in an assessment of the impact of managed care policies on their... view more... (2001-03-08)
What's health care like in America's prisons and jails?
That question is addressed in a special issue of Journal of Correctional Health Care (JCHC), opening up correctional system health care issues to outside evaluation and input. view more (2007-12-19)
Adverse effects of chemotherapy may be under-reported
Young breast cancer patients who receive chemotherapy may have a higher number of serious side effects than reported in clinical trials. view more (2006-08-16)
Patient navigators help minority, low-income cancer patients get life-saving treatments
Volunteers who guide low-income and minority cancer patients through cancer treatment, called lay patient navigators (LPN), help them to overcome major obstacles that prevent them from receiving quality care and achieving better outcomes. view more (2007-10-29)
Health Care Barriers for Undocumented Immigrants: Raising Tuberculosis Risk?
A new study raises the question, do barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants increase the public health risk of tuberculosis? The study, published in the November 15, 2008 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and now available online, suggests that undocumented immigrants with tuberculosis have symptoms longer before seeking care than... view more... (2008-10-30)
Specialty Care Costs Higher for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Than Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder (BPD) is a more costly chronic condition than diabetes, depression, asthma and coronary artery disease (CAD), based on a review of health care claim costs. view more (2009-05-22)
Older patients with major depression live longer with appropriate treatment, Penn study shows
Older patients with major depression whose primary care physicians team with depression care managers are 45% less likely to die within a 5-year time period than older adults with major depression who receive their care in primary care practices where there are no depression care managers. view more (2007-05-15)
Annual study finds top hospitals have 28 percent lower mortality rate
Patients treated at top-rated hospitals nationwide have nearly a one-third better chance of surviving, on average, than those admitted to all other hospitals, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings company. view more (2007-01-30)
Elderly care is inadequate, especially in nursing homes
The quality of medical care that elderly patients receive, particularly those in nursing homes, is inadequate, concludes researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-03-12)
Nurse-led care as good as doctor-led care, but it costs more
Nurses are as effective as doctors, but initially they cost the NHS more, finds a study looking into the care provided for chronic lung disease in Thorax. view more (2002-07-30)
Walk-in centres perform well compared with general practice
NHS walk-in centres provide adequate and safe clinical care to a range of patients compared with general practice and NHS Direct, concludes a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-06-26)
Genetic tests advertised directly to the consumer
Genetic testing services have recently begun to be advertised directly to the patient, and the results of the consumers' response can affect public health, as well as the future adoption of pharmacogenetic/genomic testing. view more (2009-07-22)
Hospitals that participate in clinical trials may provide better patient care
Hospitals that participate in clinical trials appear to provide better care for patients with heart attacks or other acute heart events and have lower death rates than hospitals that do not participate in clinical trials, according to a report in the March 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2008-03-25)
Foundation trusts threaten core NHS principles
The creation of foundation trusts by the UK government endanger one of the founding principles of the NHS - to provide equal care for equal need, argue doctors in this week's BMJ. The new Health and Social Care Bill abolishes government control of NHS trusts by turning them into foundation trusts - competing independent corporations with powers to... view more... (2003-10-22)
Staff Workload Risk Factor For Infant Death In Intensive Care (pp 95, 99)
A comprehensive study of UK neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs) in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how high staff workloads pose a threat to the outcome of infants in intensive care. view more (2002-01-11)
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