Teacher-training for hospital residents improves medical students' education, UCI study shows
...e constantly evolving, with thecurrent major trend mandating the setting of clearer learningexpectations for resident competency and providing objective evidence oftheir accomplishment," said Dr. John R. Boker, director of research inmedical education in the UCI College of Medicine and study co-author."Teachin...Female & black legislators more likely than others to prioritize children's health
...s ranging from expansion of Medicaid and SCHIP, to mandating coverage for a minimum hospital stay after birth, to requiring health insurers to cover certain vaccines. Lead poisoning screening, help for pregnant smokers, and bans on distribution of information on abortion and contraception at school health cent...Increasing co-payments may reduce use of essential and non-essential medications
... costs, including raising beneficiary co-payments, mandating use of generics, requiring mail-order services, and expanding use of formularies, all of which have large effects on total drug spending. For example, doubling co-payments reduced total drug spending by 19 percent to 33 percent in one multiyear stud...Two new sets of guidelines intended to improve patient safety
...ation Council for Continuing Medical Education are mandating an outcomes approach and applying education science to medical education. Documented needs assessments followed by multi-modality instruction with documented competency are now required. This approach is expected to lead to better physicians and co...Bridge Medical white paper examines evidence of barcoding success in medical error prevention
...y gear up to take advantage of a proposed FDA rule mandating barcodes on the packages of humandrugs and biologic products," notes Cohen....The effect of laws mandating bicycle helmet use
Five Canadian provinces have introduced laws mandating the use of bicycle helmets in a direct attempt to lower the incidence of bicycle-related deaths, 75% of which are due to head injury. John LeBlanc and colleagues used trained observers to identify the rates of helmet use in Halifax before, during and......fety, for young and old alike. We are committed to mandating child restraint systems in aircraft to provide equal protection for adults and children." There are alternatives to carrying children on laps and many airlines already insist that children are restrained during a flight in an appropriate safety seat.......aryland with the passing of a clinical trials bill mandating healthinsurance carriers to cover patient care costs associated with approved clinicalresearch for cancer and other life-threatening conditions. An earlier test of the new treatment in Germany on 26 colon cancerpatients who had never before r...