News tagged with quality indicators
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 ...
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How healthy are America's coasts?
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The National Coastal Condition Report III (NCCRIII) is the third in a series of environmental ...
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.
Disparities in prostate cancer treatment suggest ways to improve care
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Quality of care varies greatly for the treatment of men with early-stage prostate cancer by region of the country and category of health care facility, suggesting the potential for improved patient outcomes with more standard ...
Mayo Clinic chest surgeons propose measures for indicating quality of lung surgery
Sep 09, 2008 |
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Even though 30,000 patients in the United States undergo lung surgery each year, no standard criteria exist to measure the quality of their care. In the current issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic surgeo ...
Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental disaster?
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.
Children with healthier diets do better in school
Mar 20, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets.
Fuzzy logic water quality
Apr 17, 2008 |
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A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Jo ...
Americans living longer, enjoying greater health and prosperity, but important disparities remain
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Average life expectancy continues to increase, and today’s older Americans enjoy better health and financial security than any previous generation. However, rates of gain are inconsistent between the genders and across age ...
Money motivates doctors to reduce ethnic differences in heart disease treatments
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Financial incentives for doctors can improve the management of coronary heart disease (CHD) and reduce ethnic differences in quality of and access to care, according to Dr. Christopher Millett, Consultant in Public Health ...
Microwave Meter Measures Moisture and Density of In-Shell Peanuts
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A microwave meter that instantaneously measures both moisture and density of in-shell peanuts has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, making it easier and faster ...
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