Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...es calledstents in heart arteries may go bust when hospitals realize they are losingtheir profit margins, a res...ter cardiologist Dr.Eric Peterson warned. "Sadly, hospitals now need to look at how everydollar is spent, and 'stenting' may become a luxury they can't afford."...It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...niel Mark, who oversaw the analysis. "Northeastern hospitals have always been held up as the most cost-efficient, but early studies concentrated on the use of invasive cardiac procedures during the initial hospitalization. The picture changes when you look at what actually happens to a patient over the span of...Hospital Noise Disrupts Sleep For Patients, In The Critical Care Setting
...ake during the night." The authors suggest that hospitals modify the sounds produced in thecritical care set...of the journal Sleep. Althoughnoise pollution in hospitals has been recognized for years, there has been noconcerted effort to correct it, Millman said. In fa...Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
...d to antibiotics are increasing alarmingly fast in hospitals and health care facilities across the nation, Univ...ent centers, rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and patients discharged directly to their homes. The new guidelines address each area separately. ...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...ipexole dihydrochloride's effects onpatients at 20 hospitals around the nation, led by researchers at the University of Rochester, is published in theJuly 9 Journal of the American Medical Association . "Pramipexole dihydrochloride is the first of the nextgeneration of an established class of anti-Parkin...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
...and cut down on repeat examinations. In time, hospitals could have totally filmless radiology departments, Dr. Shaber noted. “This should improve output and increase productivity, and this is one of the issues that radiologists will have to face in the future, as well as efficiency,”...Survey Finds Increasing Popularity Of Acute Stroke Teams In U.S. Hospitals
... stroke patients usuallycome to community or rural hospitals first, one of our goals is to get the wordout that..., should helpadministrators of community and rural hospitals decide to establish ASTs. "Officials at many smaller hospitals feel that these teams are sta...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...ral hospitals," Alberts says. "Many ofthose rural hospitals do not consider stroke a high-level emergency. We need toget them to acknowledge stroke as an emergency, so that they will form stroketeams and give stroke a higher visibility."...Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
Certain hospitals regularly use tactics, some friendly and some thre...ee non-profit hospitalsin a single urban area. The hospitals asked that their names not be disclosed.The researchers' conclusions are based on bills, letters, ob...Radio Frequencies Used To Kill Inoperable Liver Tumors At Penn's Cancer Center
...ancer Center... and available at only a few select hospitals across the nation. This technology enhances a surgeon's ability to access and successfully treat liver tumors -- which are commonly deemed "inoperable" due to their anatomical position inside the organ itself. "Many patients exhibit tumors ......ttack patients. However, Chou notes, "Many hospitals in the United States, especially inrural areas, do...ump in combination withclot-busting drugs at these hospitals has the potential to save thousandsof lives each year." The pump treatment, called intra-aor...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
DURHAM, N.C. -- Agencies that rank doctors and hospitals need to makesure they are comparing apples to appl...nmentCouncil's 1996 report on how well doctors and hospitals in the state fared intaking care of heart attack patients. They found while the method used was, ing...UCSF Hospitalists May Be Key To Shorter, Less Costly Hospital Stays
At a time when managed care is forcing hospitals to cut costs, a new UC SanFrancisco study has found that increasing the involvement of faculty doctors whospecialize in hospital care may be a key to shorter, less costly hospital staysthat don't compromise quality or teaching. The study, published ...How Reliable Are League Tables?
...f live birth rates) League tables of schools and hospitals are increasingly common and much attention is paid to the precise position of an institution in the table. In this week's BMJ, Marshall and Spiegelhalter describe a new statistical technique that can be used to quantify the uncertainty about rankin...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...quality care at a time whenmanaged care is forcing hospitals to cut costs. "We believe that hospitalistsnot on... Though hospitalists currently work in a number of hospitals throughout thecountry, including the UCSF Medical Center, part of UCSF Stanford Health Care,which ha...Experts To Discuss Findings From New Lewin Group Study In Conference Call Briefing
...ading provider of diabetes services to physicians, hospitals andhealth care payers. DTCA operates hospital-based diabetes treatment centers andimplements programs which assist health care payers in improving the quality ofcare for individuals with diabetes enrolled in their plans, while reducing thepayer's to......ading provider of diabetes services to physicians, hospitals andhealth care payers. DTCA operates hospital-based diabetes treatment centers andimplements programs which assist health care payers in improving the quality ofcare for individuals with diabetes enrolled in their plans, while reducing thepayer's to...Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...problem, with amillion patients presenting to U.S. hospitals each year with unstable angina,and similar numbers in Western European hospitals," Harrington said. "Ourfindings represent another step along the way toward preventing death and heartattack in patients who are at risk." While men appeared to ......g inSan Francisco. "However, it is the progressive hospitals that benefit." He notes that the poor, the underinsured, the old and the young aregoing to hospitals that are not profit-based, perhaps not as progressive orup-to-date, but are more willing to provide ...... results likelywould be similar at most large U.S. hospitals and neonatal practices. Theyreviewed what happened to all babies born between 23 and 26 weeks gestationduring a single year --November 1994 to October 1995. Pregnancies normally lastabout 270 days or 38.5 weeks. Researchers also asked the att...