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Availability of diagnostic tests drive success in hospitalist-run short-stay units
Jun 10, 2009 |
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The most important factors for a successful stay in hospital short-stay units (SSUs) are the types of diagnostic tests performed and whether or not specialty consultations are needed. When hospitalists staff these units, ...
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High-quality child care leads to academic success for low-income kids
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.
Variability in pancreatic cancer care found with newly developed quality indicators
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A set of expert consensus-based, quality-of-care indicators identified considerable variability in the quality of pancreatic cancer care among hospitals and may be used to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, according ...
Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to a new ...
Study examines quality and duration of primary care visits
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Adult primary care visits have increased in quality, duration and frequency between 1997 and 2005, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
New study shows people with mental health problems receive inadequate medical care
Jun 02, 2009 |
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New research led by the University of Leicester and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry reveals that people with mental health problems are receiving inferior care for their medical needs.
Retail medical clinics can provide care at lower cost, similar quality as other settings
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores can provide care for routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers or emergency departments, according ...
Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care
Nov 10, 2009 |
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A survey of patients had who experienced some sort of adverse event during their hospitalization found that, although caregivers discussed the event with patients less than half the time, those patients to whom the adverse ...
Most primary-care physician practices appear too small to adequately measure quality
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Most primary care physicians active in the Medicare program work in practices with too few patients to reliably measure significant differences in common measures of quality and cost performance, according to a study in the ...
Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care?
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care? According to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, insurance coverage may not only affect a patient's access to health care, but also the quality ...
Pay-for-performance may benefit doctors who care for very sick
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Physicians who treat patients with multiple health problems will fare well under pay-for-performance, which bases physician reimbursement on the quality of care provided, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) ...
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