News tagged with ambulatory care

Incidence of non-fatal pediatric firearm injuries in the US higher than previously estimated

From 1999 to 2007, there were 185,950 emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S. for firearm injuries in children aged 0 to 19 years. A new abstract presented Monday, Oct. 17, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ...

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created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New testing program improves scores, knowledge retention for third-year internal medicine residents

An analysis by University of Cincinnati (UC) faculty members shows that a multiple-choice testing program coupled with a novel year-long clinical experience helps internal medicine residents improve their scores on the Internal ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased co-payments for doctor visits boost health-care costs for seniors

For years many health experts believed that increasing insurance co-payments for routine doctor visits helped control costs. Patients faced with the higher price tag, they theorized, would simply cut back unnecessary visits, ...

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created Jan 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gap exists between vision for EMRs to improve care coordination and clinicians' experiences

A gap exists between policy makers' expectations that current commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) can improve coordination of patient care and clinicians' real-world experiences with EMRs, according to a study by ...

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created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Infant weight gain linked to childhood obesity

(PhysOrg.com) -- As childhood obesity continues its thirty-year advance from occasional curiosity to cultural epidemic, health care providers are struggling to find out why--and the reasons are many. Increasingly ...

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0