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New performance measures refine tools for improving care of heart attack patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new set of clinical performance measures will help doctors and hospitals give the best possible care to heart attack patients by providing up-to-date tools for gauging how closely they're sticking to guideline recommendations ...





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Hospitals that mostly treat Medicaid patients have made smaller quality performance gains

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hospitals that predominantly treat poor and underserved patients (often referred to as safety-net hospitals) have made smaller improvements in quality performance measures in recent years compared to hospitals that do not ...


Women on company boards face stockmarket prejudice

Women on company boards face stockmarket prejudice

Other Sciences / Economics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies with female board members fare worse on the stock market, despite performing as well on all other measures as those with all-male boards. This is the finding of a new study by the ...


Rheumatoid arthritis: Worse in women?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Women appear to suffer more from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than men. This is revealed in research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy.


Older adults less affected by sleep deprivation than younger adults during cognitive performance

Medicine & Health / Health

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

According to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, older adults are able to retain better cognitive functioning during sleep deprivation ...


Study: Popular supplement quercetin does not enhance athletic performance

Medicine & Health / Research

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

The antioxidant quercetin is increasingly being marketed as a supplement that boosts athletic performance, but a new University of Georgia study finds that it is no better than a placebo.


Researchers compare different systems of measuring treatment intensity in hypertension care

Medicine & Health / Health

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

It is known that more intensive management of hypertension can improve blood pressure control and thus improve cardiovascular outcomes. However, there are several different systems of measuring the intensity of management ...


Certain skills are predictors of reading ability in young children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study in the journal Learning Disabilities Research & Practice reveals that differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish in various measures by pre-first ...


Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Better sleep is associated with improved academic success

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Getting more high-quality sleep is associated with better academic performance. according to new research. The positive relationship is especially relevant to performance in math.


New tool provides better, faster onboard PHEV performance evaluation

New tool provides better, faster onboard PHEV performance evaluation

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Analysis and evaluation of plug-in hybrid vehicle performance is faster and better, thanks to a new tool developed by Argonne engineers. Called the Argonne Real-Time Data Acquisition (ARDAQ) system, it provides ...



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