http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the same artificial intelligence (AI) underlying NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope is now streamlining patient care at Strong Memorial Hospital, helping radiologists and technologists juggle the hundreds of requests for CT scans, ultrasounds, and other imaging procedures that they receive daily. This AI technology - a software program called On-Cue - works like an air-traffic controller to shuffle procedure schedules for Strong Memorial`s emergency department, inpatient units and outpatient clinics, with the twin goals of shortening wait times and helping staff use equipment more efficiently. http://www.physorg.com/news179084056.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:34:58 EST news179084056 (PhysOrg.com) -- UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period. http://www.physorg.com/news177781151.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:50:01 EST news177781151 Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. University of Missouri health experts say the increase has made issues of immigrant and refugee violence and the need for effective intervention strategies more apparent. http://www.physorg.com/news177086638.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:03 EST news177086638 One in four emergency department patients in 2006 waited longer to be evaluated by a clinician than recommended at triage, an increase from one in five in 1997, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news177017612.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:02 EST news177017612 Japanese researchers have developed a computer program which may be able tell from an emergency call if you are about to die. Research published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine shows that a computer algorithm is able to predict the patient's risk of dying at the time of the emergency call. http://www.physorg.com/news175328694.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:40:02 EST news175328694 Rapid viral diagnosis tests for respiratory diseases in children who arrive in emergency departments have the potential to reduce pressures on health systems by enabling doctors to reach a quicker diagnosis, according to Cochrane Researchers. However, they say larger trials are needed to confirm this finding. http://www.physorg.com/news174142026.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:10:03 EST news174142026 According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high rates of novel H1N1 (swine) flu expected this winter, the time to address these deficiencies is immediate. http://www.physorg.com/news172757842.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:30:03 EST news172757842 Sixty percent of the causes of unintended incidents in the emergency department that could have compromised patient safety are related to human failures, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news172434463.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:28:08 EST news172434463 Rocky Miller has just made a career change that's likely to turn a few heads. After years of selling motorcycles, the 60-year-old Plano, Texas, resident has launched a business, Slip Doctors, that will treat floors with a chemical that he says will make them more resistant to slips, slides and falls. http://www.physorg.com/news171654657.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:30:01 EST news171654657 (AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn. http://www.physorg.com/news171611082.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:45:27 EST news171611082 Trauma patients who sustain multiple fractures are often in serious condition when they arrive at the emergency department. A review article published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) explains that trauma patients who have several orthopaedic injuries and are considered to be in unstable condition should only have a few hours of surgery when first arriving at the hospital. This principle is known as 'damage control'. http://www.physorg.com/news171031402.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:43:48 EST news171031402 An initiative is underway to improve emergency medical care for Illinois' youngest patients. Loyola University Health System (LUHS), in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Public Health and other area hospitals, has established a process to support facilities in managing critically ill and injured children across Illinois. This process is outlined in the latest issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news169479934.html Medicine & Health Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:00:02 EST news169479934 A team approach to preventive healthcare delivery for older adults developed by researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute improves health and quality of life, decreased emergency department visits and lowered hospital admission rates. By the second year the new model saved money for the sickest (those with three to four chronic diseases), and in the third year, a year after the home-based intervention ended, it saved even more. http://www.physorg.com/news169209472.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:38:18 EST news169209472 Physical education (PE) in schools is one of the main tools used to increase physical activity and to prevent childhood obesity, and PE-related injuries are on the rise. Although increasing physical activity may reduce obesity, it may also increase the risk of injury. While recognizing that PE classes and physical activity are important components in combating obesity, parents and school administrators should remain vigilant for injuries. http://www.physorg.com/news168495925.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:01 EST news168495925 The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient`s length of stay and hospital charges, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. The SOC workup, which is timely and expensive, consists of a series of cardiac enzyme tests, ECGs and nuclear stress testing. http://www.physorg.com/news166357274.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:22:10 EST news166357274 June 04, 2009 - Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department (ED), according to a new study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. The authors say that this dramatic difference in rates of serious complications underscores the need for action on the part of hospital administrators, policymakers and emergency physicians to find solutions to what has been termed "a national public health problem." More than six million patients per year come to U.S. emergency departments with chest pain. http://www.physorg.com/news163335676.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:01:36 EST news163335676 Every $1 invested in mobile healthcare for the medically disenfranchised saves $36 in combined emergency department costs avoided and value of life years saved. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medicine suggest that 'health vans' decrease both the incidence and economic burden of preventable diseases, for a net profit to the healthcare system. http://www.physorg.com/news163104173.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:43:12 EST news163104173 Despite reports indicating that placement of retail clinics are determined by physician shortages and higher uninsured populations, these clinics appear to be located in more advantaged neighborhoods, according to a report in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news162487528.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 EST news162487528 Asthma patients who spend as little as 30 minutes with a health care professional to develop a personalized self-management plan show improved adherence to medications and better disease control, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news160847902.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 17:05:07 EST news160847902 Inappropriate use of camphor-containing products may be a common and underappreciated cause of seizures in young children, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The study, published in this month's issue of Pediatrics, calls for efforts to educate communities about the hazards of camphor and to crack down on illegally marketed camphor products. http://www.physorg.com/news160830532.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 12:09:30 EST news160830532 Although most parents do not consider furniture and televisions to be dangerous, children are often injured when these items tip over. A recent study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that from 1990-2007 an average of nearly 15,000 children younger than 18 years of age visited emergency departments annually for injuries received from furniture tip-overs. http://www.physorg.com/news160636445.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 06:15:42 EST news160636445 Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them during emergency department visits because of misinformation about how the medicine works, according to a study by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. http://www.physorg.com/news155480396.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:00:31 EST news155480396 Sick or injured African-American patients wait about an hour longer than patients of other races before being transferred to an inpatient hospital bed following emergency room visits, according to a new national study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. The authors say the findings underscore the urgency to find equitable, cost-effective solutions to provide better care in the nation's emergency departments, which are already strained by unprecedented crowding and more visits from the nation's uninsured population, which is expected to balloon toward 55 million people in the next decade. http://www.physorg.com/news155474066.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:15:07 EST news155474066 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you think that you are allergic to penicillin, ask yourself this: How do you know? http://www.physorg.com/news154893468.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:58:09 EST news154893468 The initial evaluation and management of injured patients from minority ethnic groups nationwide appears to be similar to that of non-Hispanic white patients, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news146164099.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:19 EST news146164099 Since the UK's move to 24-hour drinking, a large city centre hospital in Birmingham has seen an increase in drink-related attendances between the hours of 3am and 6am. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, shows no significant decrease in alcohol-related attendances after 24-hour drinking was introduced but a significant shift in the time of attendances. http://www.physorg.com/news144651443.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:57:23 EST news144651443 Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. http://www.physorg.com/news137424481.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:28:01 EST news137424481 A recent study led by Rahul Khare, MD, emergency department physician and assistant director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing a CT scanner to evaluate low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency room. The study results which are published in the July issue of Academic Emergency Medicine show that using a 64-slice CT scanner is more cost-effective than the current standard of care for evaluating and diagnosing this patient population, which includes an overnight stay in the observation unit and cardiac stress testing. http://www.physorg.com/news135532327.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:52:07 EST news135532327 When patients are discharged from the emergency department, their recovery depends on carefully following the doctors' instructions for their post care at home. Yet a vast majority of patients don't fully understand what they are supposed to do, and most are not even aware of the chasm in their understanding. http://www.physorg.com/news135518489.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:01:29 EST news135518489