Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
...ment for quality improvement," said Potter, who is executive director for international accreditation at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook, Ill. While there were varying rates of compliance with sub-components of the criteria, tPA administration rates at certified ho...American Academy of Neurology program receives Grassroots Award
...is program exceptional," said Catherine M. Rydell, executive director and chief executive officer of the American Academy of Neurology. "The training they receive gives them tools to be pati...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
... At the Carter Center, which he joined in 1986 as executive director, Fellow for Health Policy, and executive director of its Global 2000 initiative -- Foege continued his efforts to improve the lives of the wo...Northwestern Memorial chosen to be featured in first-ever mini-med school TV airing on PBS
...s most renowned physicians," explains Marci Rubin, executive producer for Mini-Med School TV. "Hi-Tech Brain Repair" is hosted by Hunt Batjer, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Professor of Neurosurgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of ...Institute of Medicine advisory: Jan. 12 Briefing on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...E THE REPORT: STUART BONDURANT (chair), interim executive vice president for health sciences and executive dean, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. FLORENCE COMITE, associate clinica...Complementary and alternative therapies and conventional medical therapies
...s," said committee chair Stuart Bondurant, interim executive vice president for health sciences and executive dean, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. "Health professionals and patients...New treatment guidelines for pregnant women with asthma
... safety of asthma medications during pregnancy. An executive summary ("Quick Reference") of the guidelines is published in the January issue of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology . Poorly controlled asthma can lead to serious medical problems for pregnant women and their fetuses. The guidelines emph...Society of Hospital Medicine selects John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to publish The Hospitalist Newsletter
... internally," said Laurence Wellikson, M.D., chief executive officer of SHM. "Both Wiley and PMI have the breadth of capability and the level of professionalism that we can count on today and in the future as we continue to grow and expand." "We have every confidence that we can meet and exceed the publishing ...FDA approves Enablex for treatment of overactive bladder
...lp them manage this condition," said Nancy Muller, executive director, National Association for Continence. In total, Enablex has been studied in 98 clinical trials involving more than 10,000 people. In clinical trials, the most frequently reported adverse events associated with Enablex were dry mouth and ...Prentiss Foundation awards $5 million to University Hospitals
... says Fred C. Rothstein, M.D., president and chief executive officer, University Hospitals of Cleveland. "We are particularly grateful to the board members of the Prentiss Foundation for this leadership gift, which will inspire others to support Rainbow's very deserving programs," adds Sherri L. Bishop, Esq., ...CIGNA settlement favorable to psychologists
...naged care system," says Russ Newman, Ph.D., J.D., executive director for professional practice, American Psychological Association Practice Organization (APAPO). The suit alleges that the defendants violated federal law by conspiring to reduce and delay payments to these health professionals. CIGNA is one ...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
...formation and growth. Leigh Anderson, Ph.D., chief executive officer of PPI, will oversee this effort. Other collaborators on the project include Eric Lander, Ph.D., director of the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lander, one of the leaders of the Human Geno...Increased suicide rate is possibly linked to chemicals released from nearby asphalt plants
... Clean Water for North Carolina; Sheila Singleton, executive director of the N.C. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance; and Melissa Fiffer and Stacy Tsougas, undergraduates at Duke Universitys Nicholas School of the Environment and BREDL summer interns. The neighborhoods comprising two U.S. censu...Child health must become UNICEF's priority over next decade
...fi Annan next year. The process of selecting a new executive director for UNICEF is flawed. Lancet Editor Richa...gh not from UNICEF. Indeed, under UNICEF's present executive director, Carol Bellamy, the agency has lost its way over the most important part of its mission--to...Money issues leading cause of holiday stress for Americans
...hat they know," says Russ Newman, Ph.D., J.D., APA executive director for professional practice. "Ironically, they may take comfort from eating or drinking because it's familiar, even though it's not good for their health. But, there are other behaviors people can learn to further relieve stress and the its ef...2004 Science-in-Society Award winners announced
...Society awards are administered by Diane McGurgan, executive director of NASW. The deadline for submitting entries for the 2005 awards is July 1, 2005, for work published or broadcast in North America between June 1, 2004 and May 31, 2005. Book submissions must have a 2004 copyright date. Entry forms can be fo...Using celebrities to market drugs and diseases: whats the problem?
...tes an industry report in which a senior marketing executive says that "a partnership between a celebrity and a brand has an intangible sort of magic." The executive shares her tips on maximizing the magic: "use an A-list celebrity," find a "news-hook" to link the c...NIH convenes State-of-the-Sceince Conference on Improving End-of-Life Care
... an independent panel. The panel will then meet in executive session to weigh the evidence before them and prepare its statement assessing the state of the science. The panel will present its draft statement for public comment at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8. The press briefing will be held in the main ...4 million more health workers required to improve global health
...IV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. The Lancet article is an executive summary of a fuller report about human resources investment and global health being published by Harvard University Press. The key premise of the article and full report is that no amount of improvements in the development of new treatments and relat......stem; Fred C. Rothstein, M.D., president and chief executive officer of University Hospitals of Cleveland; and Floyd D. Loop, M.D., former CEO, and Toby Cosgrove, M.D., president and CEO, both of The Cleveland Clinic. Senators Mike DeWine (ROhio) and George Voinovich (ROhio) and U.S. Representatives Stephanie ...