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Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients

Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Yale University researchers document a disturbing lack of consistency among U.S. hospitals in how quickly they treat patients in emergency rooms. Furthermore, some hospitals ...


Hearing to air VA mistakes with hospital equipment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast ...


Exercise intensity and duration linked to improved outcomes for heart failure patients

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The level of exercise is linked with the reduction of hospitalization and death in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.


Study reveals high level of adverse drug reactions in hospitals

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study of more than 3,000 patients, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that one in seven admitted to hospital experience adverse drug reactions to medical treatment.





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New study looks at re-identification risks

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...


1 in 4 hospitalized heart failure patients with Medicare back in hospital within a month

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare are back in the hospital within a month after discharge, researchers report in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association.


Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Intervals between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment displays a health care disparity

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that intervals between lung cancer suspicion, diagnosis and treatment may be attributed to health care system discrepancies.


New mathematical model more accurately diagnoses acute heart failure in emergency rooms

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have developed the first mathematical model in cardiology and emergency medicine to more quickly and reliably diagnose acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency room patients. Research findings ...


Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford ...


St. Jude and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first ...


Extending treatment after liver transplant may benefit patients with hepatitis C recurrence

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created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a Henry Ford ...


Lupus patients perceive benefit from cardiovascular disease prevention counseling program

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created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a new study by Hospital for Special Surgery investigators presented at the American College of Rheumatology meeting on October 21 in Philadelphia, most lupus patients are not aware that their condition puts them ...


Hundreds of hospital patients line up for tests after possible infection

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some of the 1,851 patients who had tests administered by a Broward General Medical Center nurse alleged to have knowingly violated infection control protocols will know within two weeks if they have contracted hepatitis or ...



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