News tagged with reporting system

Report: Electronic health records still need work

(AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

State Department reports progress on bioweapons control

Progress has been made in protecting against the threat of biological weapons, the State Department said Friday at the end of global talks which agreed to boost moves to thwart their spread.

Biology / Other

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows medical marijuana laws reduce traffic deaths

A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a nearly nine percent drop in traffic deaths and a five percent reduction in beer sales.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (35) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New system finds prostate cancer spread earlier than conventional imaging

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a way to image the spread of a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer earlier than conventional imaging in use today, which may allow oncologists ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Russia to resume buying Spanish, Danish vegetables

(AP) -- Russia has lifted a ban on vegetable imports from Spain and Denmark that was put in place amid an E. coli outbreak in Europe, the country's consumer rights watchdog said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Buzz kills: No amount of alcohol safe to drive

In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A study led by David Phillips and published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Crimes borne of domestic abuse face long prison terms

Survivors of domestic violence who are convicted of crimes when protecting themselves from abuse often face long prison sentences, according to a new report on the barriers to justice faced by women survivor-defendants in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing physician medication mix-ups by reporting them

The most frequent contributors to medication errors and adverse drug events in busy primary care practice offices are communication problems and lack of knowledge, according to a study of a prototype web-based medication ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New insights into holiday driving dangers with UA electronic crash data

The Holiday Season is upon us, and many of us will be driving at times and in areas that are new or different from what we normally do.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly half of states need to improve outbreak reporting, says CSPI

The national cost of foodborne illness has been estimated at the astronomical sum of $152 billion annually, but the information on who is getting sick and what is causing those illnesses is part of a state-by-state surveillance ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

France's national program to reduce HAIs reports important successes; uses mandatory reporting

Researchers evaluating France's national infection control program for healthcare facilities found significant decreases in the rates of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) since 2004. The drop in HAIs, including MRSA ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Structured reporting software creates less complete and accurate radiology reports than free text

As many software companies work to create programs that will give uniform structure to the way radiological test results are reported, a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that such ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Underage drinking laws reduce fatal accidents, saving 732 lives per year

State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any alcohol in their system save 732 lives a year in the United States, according to a study released today ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Accidental wireless: Wireless-based sensor system could SAVE lives

Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive in time to save them. Writing in the International Jo ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0