Communication is key, says Suneel Dhand by Suneel Dhand, MD July 18, 2017 There are many different theories out there about the direction that healthcare should go and what we need to be doing in the future. Passions run high, and [...]
But some patients in LOOK Ahead fared worse with intervention by Kristen Monaco, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today July 17, 2017 Action Points • Among a majority of patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive weight loss intervention reduced the risk of adverse cardiovascular [...]
Also reduces need for intubation, Cochrane reviewers find by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today July 17, 2017 Action Points • Non-invasive ventilation is an effective treatment strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation and hypercapnic respiratory failure. [...]
Can they succeed where Google and Microsoft failed? by Greg Von Portz July 17, 2017 After the high-profile failures of Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, can tech titan Apple find a way to centralize personal health data, and could it solve [...]
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 [...]