by Ilene MacDonald |FierceHealth Jul 14, 2017 2:03pm The United States spends more on healthcare than other wealthy nations, yet ranks dead last on equity, access, efficiency, care delivery and healthcare costs. Despite progress made in providing coverage to previously uninsured [...]
Philip Betbeze, July 13, 2017 Philip Betbeze is the senior leadership editor at HealthLeaders Media. Convincing clinicians that getting to zero infections is possible, says one CQO. It requires a culture change, adherence to evidence-based practice, and leadership. Danielle Scheurer, MD, [...]
By Sandra G. Boodman / Kaiser Health News, July 12, 2017 The controversial practice has been standard in many teaching hospitals for decades, its safety and ethics largely unquestioned and its existence unknown to those most affected: people undergoing surgery. But over [...]
No cases of incident drug-induced osteonecrosis by Kristen Monaco, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today July 11, 2017 Action Points • Following moderate to high oral prednisolone use among older patients, alendronate (Fosamax) may be protective against fracture risk. • Note that there were no [...]
Benefits of coffee now apparent in non-white and European populations by Larry Husten, CardioBrief July 10, 2017 Two large new observational studies appearing Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine strengthened the association between higher coffee consumption and longer life. In the [...]
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR JULY 5, 2017 NYTIMES-Well Section Proton pump inhibitors, or P.P.I.s, the widely used heartburn medicines, may increase the risk of early death, a new study reports. P.P.I.s, sold over the counter under such brand names as Nexium and [...]
By Susannah Cahalan July 1, 2017 | 1:23pm NYPost They called him a dead man. Last month New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued a death certificate for 68-year-old Yechezkel Nakar after he suffered a stroke that rendered him unconscious and unresponsive. Trouble is [...]
John Commins, is a senior editor at HealthLeaders Media. July 5, 2017 Researchers say the findings point to an increased burden on the healthcare system, including more demand for new treatments for recurrent CDI. The most promising of these new treatments [...]
Younger age associated with increased risk; but biological mechanism unclear by Alexandria Bachert MPH, Staff Writer, MedPage Today July 03, 2017 Shingles attacks may increase a person's risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, according to a large population-based cohort in South [...]
by Paige Minemyer |FierceHealth Jun 30, 2017 10:30am A meeting with a nurse practitioner prior to discharge could improve communication between hospital staff and primary care providers, easing the transition after hospitalization and improving patient outcomes. Katie Wingate, a nurse practitioner [...]