News tagged with waiting rooms

New mothers, newborns happy with home visits

Home nursing visits are as safe and effective as office-based care for initial post-delivery well-baby check-ups, according to medical researchers.

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Gaps in services for sexual assault victims in Texas revealed

A new University of Texas at Austin statewide study reveals significant gaps in services for sexual assault victims and calls for improvements, including additional funding.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing

Use of a glowing gel that shows kids how well they wash their hands by illustrating bacteria they missed while washing and may significantly improve hand hygiene, according to a study published in the July issue of Infection Co ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Headed to ER? Some post waits by text, billboard

(AP) -- Need an X-ray or stitches? Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Subjective time' can improve your bottom line

Time flies when you're having fun, but minutes can feel like hours in a dentist's waiting room. Our ideas of "time" are highly subjective and can depend on a stimulus — or the lack of one — in our environment.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand

(AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0