by Matt Kuhrt | FierceHealth May 24, 2017 11:59am Patients at major teaching hospitals experience better 30-day mortality rates for common conditions than those at non-teaching hospitals, according to a new study. The research, published in JAMA, surveyed Medicare data of [...]
Figuring out who should get physical therapy can be tricky by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today May 24, 2017 WASHINGTON -- Striving for early mobilization of intensive care unit (ICU) patients is generally safe, but it is difficult to tell [...]
By Douglas Throckmorton, MD, deputy director for Regulatory Programs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA Each year, Americans fill several billion prescriptions, including those for strong pain medications, but some of them go unused or expire before being consumed. The [...]
As important as what and how much by MedPage Today Staff May 19, 2017 Successful weight loss may depend as much on when you eat as it does on what you eat and how much, as reported by CNN. After watching [...]
Risks of excessive weight gain, tooth decay too great by Alexandria Bachert Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 22, 2017 Fruit juice offers no nutritional benefits over whole fruit for infants and children and has no essential role in the healthy, balanced [...]
Presence of synovitis may not predict steroid therapy success by Judy George Contributing Writer, MedPage Today May 21, 2017 Osteoarthritis (OA) patients who had severe knee damage were less likely than patients with mild structural damage to respond to intra-articular steroid [...]
Pluses and minuses of New York state's sepsis care mandate • by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer May 21, 2017 • This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: WASHINGTON -- Earlier administration of antibiotics, but not intravenous fluids, was associated with lower [...]
The lapse was discovered as by an OIG study designed to address concerns over whether hospitals are “gaming” a system in which it falls to the hospitals to report patient-infection rates. This article first appeared May 09, 2017 on Kaiser Health [...]
by Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealth May 18, 2017 9:03am Infection control experts are rethinking a long-held strategy to prevent deadly superbug infections after an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a California hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. The strategy, developed [...]
Annual conference will be 'a hoot and a half' says AAPA president by Shannon Firth Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today May 12, 2017 LAS VEGAS -- Recertification battles, the future of practice authority, and stamping out the opioid crisis will be core [...]