Search results for care transition
Adolescents with arthritis need more information when transitioning to adult care
Jan 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Helping adolescents with arthritis develop the skills and secure resources to assure that their health care needs are met as they transition to adulthood is an important issue in the U.S. In general, the frequency of which ...
Montreal facing shortage in long-term care
Oct 27, 2007 |
not rated yet |
0
Patients needing long-term care in Montreal are spending months in transition wards in hospitals because of a shortage of beds.
Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life
Dec 15, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, ...
Researchers study program to help older adults transition from hospital to home
Jul 28, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home.
Transitioning patients with pediatric disease to adulthood
Apr 28, 2008 |
not rated yet |
0
Growing pains can mean one thing for a typical adolescent and quite another to an older teen with cerebral palsy attempting independence in an adult world. A unique program, the Indiana University School of Medicine Center ...
Hospital at-home programs provide similar patient outcomes
Jan 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
For select patients, hospital at home treatment produces similar outcomes to inpatient care at similar or lower costs, found a study by researchers from the United Kingdom and Italy to be published in CMAJ. ...
Guided care reduces cost of health care for older persons with chronic conditions
Aug 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The nation's sickest and most expensive patients need fewer health care resources and cost insurers less when they are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team that tracks their health and offers regular support, ...
More mental health care called for in wake of Ft. Hood shootings
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 11, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
The recent shootings at the Ft. Hood, Texas army base, allegedly by an army psychiatrist, have placed much-needed focus on mental health care in the army. In an article published in the December issue of the journal CNS Sp ...
Virtual nurse helps counsel patients before their hospital release
Apr 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a nurse with a calm, patient bedside manner?
New studies managing psychiatric meds in transition to college
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 19, 2008 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Case Western Reserve University researchers will survey ...
End-of-life preferences appear to remain stable as health declines
Oct 27, 2008 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Most individuals' preferences regarding life-sustaining treatment do not appear to change over a three-year period, regardless of declines in physical and mental health, according to a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of ...
New UIC center to study end-of-life transition
Dec 14, 2007 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a federal grant to create a center to study people as they transition to the end of life.
Study finds surprisingly high rate of patients readmitted to hospital within a month
Apr 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
2
When a patient is discharged from the hospital, just about the last thing he or she wants is to be back in again within the next month. But a new national study has found that's exactly what happens to one out of five Medicare ...
Are socialists happier than capitalists?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 09, 2009 |
2.8 / 5 (24) |
19
Driven by a decline in satisfaction with work life and family life, overall well-being initially plummeted in countries directly affected by the fall of the Iron Curtain, reveals an important new study.
Penn's online survivorship care plans empower cancer survivors, caregivers
Apr 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
An online tool that provides cancer survivors and their family members with an easy-to-follow roadmap for managing their health as they finish treatment and transition to life as a survivor got high marks from users, according ...
