Medicare HMOs fail to control costs of colon surgery in elderly patients
Tampa, FL (Dec. 20, 2004) -- The costs of caring for elderly Florida patients hospitalized for colon surgery are not reduced by Medicare HMOs, report University of South Florida researchers in the December issue of the Archives of Surgery . Despite significantly shorter hospital stays, Medicare HM...New guidelines conclude all aerosol therapy devices equally effective
.... "Physicians, respiratory therapists, and nurses caring for patients with respiratory diseases should be familiar with issues related to performance and correct use of aerosol delivery devices in order to instruct their patients on proper usage." "Evidence-based guidelines are based on a comprehensive r...No magic pill for treating dementia symptoms
...in a nursing home. About 30 percent of the cost of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease is attributed to managing these symptoms, Sink said. Sink and colleagues, Karen F. Holden, M.D., and Kristine Yaffe, M.D., both from the University of California at San Francisco, reviewed 29 research studies pub...Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
...lly asked if they had ever made any mistakes while caring for a patient and how difficult they found it to mete out criticism to colleagues. In all, 1318 responses were received from doctors in general medicine, primary care, laboratory medicine, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, public health, and oc...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...ly benefit from a comprehensive team of physicians caring for their needs. We are continuing our recruitment of top cardiologists to join the program." Leading surgical advances New and pioneering surgical advances previously not available among Chicago hospitals are now offered and routinely performe...Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care
...dy examined the prescribing behavior of physicians caring for patients with stable angina. Older physicians were significantly less likely to prescribe aspirin, which is a widely accepted standard treatment....New trials for counseling caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's begin
...eplication of the original, is designed for people caring for a parent with Alzheimer's disease, and will be...ond new study will focus on helping people who are caring for a parent in the middle stage of the disease, when behavioral problems are most common, often the...University of Manchester awarded 826k for brain science and mental health research
... research, to help find the most effective ways of caring for patients. These grants will help patients by speeding up the translation of research from laboratory to the clinic."...New guideline tackles leading cause of mother and child death
...ome for them and their baby. It is aimed at those caring for pregnant women in the community and is a practical extension of NICE's antenatal guideline. An accompanying editorial applauds the simplicity and practicality of the new guideline. "We cannot be complacent in the face of the recurrent deficiencie...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...be vaccinated. Unfortunately, health care workers caring for sick people often spread patients' infections. To prevent unnecessary deaths and disease, an annual flu vaccination should be mandatory for all health care workers who have contact with patients. Strengthen education. Health care workers and th......risk.We must remember that we accepted the duty of caring for patients when we entered medicine, and we must continue to practice with professional attitudes and behaviors no matter what the pressures we face. I believe strongly that we can address our share of the crisis in health care today by returning ...