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Evaluating how hospitals deliver medical care standardizes practices and improves care

In recent years, American hospitals have made significant improvements on standardized, evidence-based measures of clinical performance for several medical conditions, including heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia.

20 Jul 2005

Quality of care in U.S. hospitals

Ashish Jha, assistant professor of health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, have for the first time assessed the quality of care in U.S. hospitals.

20 Jul 2005

Doctors showed the lowest compliance levels and the smallest improvement in hand washing study

Hand washing among healthcare staff working in a large urban hospital improved by an average of 32 per cent after a six-week hygiene programme, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.

20 Jul 2005

Single dose of antibiotics may be just as effective as multiple doses in preventing infections after an appendectomy

The review found that antibiotic injections do work no matter how diseased the appendix was or whether it was diseased at all. This is significant, because some surgeons contend that antibiotics should be used only when the appendix is at a more advanced stage of disease.

20 Jul 2005

Camera-guided surgery through small incisions works better than conventional surgery for colon cancer

Camera-guided surgery through small incisions works better than conventional surgery for colon cancer and related diseases, at least in the short term recovery, a new review of previous studies confirms. In the long term, researchers found no difference between the two.

19 Jul 2005

Insulin keeps fat in the liver under control

Insulin, a hormone long recognized as a generator of fat, also keeps fat in the liver under control, according to a new study in the July issue of Cell Metabolism.

19 Jul 2005

Discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

People living with HIV/AIDS face many forms of stigma and discrimination. This is the case in whichever country they may live, as has been shown in a number of previous research studies.

19 Jul 2005

ACE inhibitors should be available at no cost to the 8 million Americans over age 65 who have diabetes

Nothing in life is free, the old saying goes. But maybe some things should be, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study.

18 Jul 2005

Radiation therapy to combat early-stage prostate cancer does not affect sexual and urinary function

Men receiving radiation therapy to combat early-stage prostate cancer are still able to achieve an erection and face a low rate of incontinence one year following treatment, according to a new study published in the July 15, 2005 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

17 Jul 2005

Cedars-Sinai dumping hundreds of low income patients

The California Nurses Association has sharply criticized state officials for establishing a dangerous precedent in approving tax-supported revenue bonds for the state's largest private hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, which is dumping hundreds of its Medi-Cal patients, denying them access to available and much needed medical care.

15 Jul 2005

Police shooting of AIDS protesters by South African police

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today expressed its profound outrage over the unprovoked attack -- including what is believed to be the first-ever police shooting of AIDS protesters anywhere worldwide -- by South African police on AIDS activists conducting a peaceful protest.

15 Jul 2005

A new study shows that the number of Americans who had weight-loss surgery quadrupled between 1998 and 2002

A new study shows that the number of Americans who had weight-loss surgery quadrupled between 1998 and 2002.

13 Jul 2005

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) offers clues to SIDS, sleep apnea

Imagine raising a child who stops breathing when falling asleep - and has to be reminded to visit the bathroom after drinking a Big Gulp. That's the dilemma faced by parents of children born with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS).

11 Jul 2005

Study compares four standard measures for heart failure treatment

UCLA investigators found large gaps and marked variation in U.S. hospitals' heart failure treatment based on adherence to four standard quality measures. The study points to the need for hospitals to establish education programs and systems to improve quality of care for this patient population.

11 Jul 2005

New tool to help healthcare professionals treat children with autism

A new classification tool may allow healthcare professionals treating children with autism and autism-related disorders to more systematically sort out the combination of traits in the condition, and to better predict how children may improve over time.

6 Jul 2005

G8 must focus on healthcare to save millions of lives

Millions of people are dying in the developing world because of poor access to cheap medicines and basic healthcare, the BMA says today (Wednesday, 6 July, 2005) ahead of the G8 summit.

6 Jul 2005

Medical brain drain from poorer to richer nations must be stopped

A doctor working in Ghana says that even though the migration of health workers from poorer to richer nations is unlikely to stop, policies must be put in place to minimise the damage it causes

4 Jul 2005

British surgeon challenges Tony Blair on Africa's health needs

As world leaders at the G8 summit discussed Africa, Professor Chris Lavy, a British surgeon working in Malawi, has written an open letter, published in this week’s BMJ, to the British Prime Minister.

4 Jul 2005

Acetylsalicylic acid, the active ingredient in Aspirin can lower the risk of redeveloping colorectal cancer

Acetylsalicylic acid, the active ingredient in Aspirin®, can lower the risk of redeveloping colorectal cancer: Stage III colon cancer patients, who have undergone surgery and chemotherapy, experience less recurrence and fatalities when using Aspirin®.

4 Jul 2005

Americans oppose budget cuts to Medicaid

According to a new national survey released this week in the U.S., the majority of Americans regard the state-federal low-income health care program as very important and strongly oppose budget cuts to Medicaid.

30 Jun 2005

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Evaluating how hospitals deliver medical care standardizes practices and improves care

Quality of care in U.S. hospitals

Doctors showed the lowest compliance levels and the smallest improvement in hand washing study

Single dose of antibiotics may be just as effective as multiple doses in preventing infections after an appendectomy

Camera-guided surgery through small incisions works better than conventional surgery for colon cancer

Insulin keeps fat in the liver under control

Discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

ACE inhibitors should be available at no cost to the 8 million Americans over age 65 who have diabetes

Radiation therapy to combat early-stage prostate cancer does not affect sexual and urinary function

Cedars-Sinai dumping hundreds of low income patients

Police shooting of AIDS protesters by South African police

A new study shows that the number of Americans who had weight-loss surgery quadrupled between 1998 and 2002

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) offers clues to SIDS, sleep apnea

Study compares four standard measures for heart failure treatment

New tool to help healthcare professionals treat children with autism

G8 must focus on healthcare to save millions of lives

Medical brain drain from poorer to richer nations must be stopped

British surgeon challenges Tony Blair on Africa's health needs

Acetylsalicylic acid, the active ingredient in Aspirin can lower the risk of redeveloping colorectal cancer

Americans oppose budget cuts to Medicaid

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