U-M health leaders offer an innovative framework for keeping academic medicine viable
...cation with referring physicians through toll-free phone service, fax and e-mail so they can follow the progress of their patients in real time. Cost-cutting Redesign of clinical procedures and purchasing to improve efficiency and cut costs. Spreading of fixed costs over an increased volume of inpat...Health phone lines hampered by public's poor understanding of the term 'unconscious'
...s may be a considerable drawback when using health phone lines, such as NHS Direct, out of hours call centres,and ambulance services. A study in the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine shows that one in two people did not always understand the meaning of the term "unconscious." Seven hundred patie...UI study: first-generation antihistamine has more impact than alcohol on driving performance
...e out of town March 2 - 8. He will be available by phone for interviews during that time; however, he will be available locally at certain times Feb. 28 - March 1. To receive a copy of the journal article mentioned in the release, contact the American College of Physicians -American Society of Internal Med...Insured minorities continue to face obstacles to health care, UCSF study reports
...ing appointments and contacting their providers by phone and expressed less satisfaction with their care than their non-managed care counterparts. These trends were similar when researchers compared managed care to non-managed care enrollees within racial/ethnic groups. Phillips emphasized that expan...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory wins three R&D 100 awards
... If television screens and laptop computer or cell phone displays were made out of plastic, they would weigh less, be more rugged and one day may even be flexible enough to roll up like a projector screen. However, plastics are not used for these display panels because oxygen and water vapor easily pass t...Government needs to support 'e-medicine' to improve medical care
...esults by means of fax or the Internet nor pay for phone or e-mail consultations between a doctor and patie...il can deliver images and information over regular phone lines, making them more accessible and cost-effective for rural and low-income communities. In ad...Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide brings home national Diamond Serif Award
... - invitations, posters, email, a website, on hold phone messages and media publicity. "Another strength was that the Young Investigator Award stressed to young researchers the importance of being able to communicate their research to the media and the public. "The Award was held at no cost to the hospit...Hands-on cancer biology workshop for journalists
...rmation, contact Akiko Takano at Gene Media Forum, phone 212-826-0261, or e-mail atakano@genemedia .org or atakano@syr.edu . On June 22, also in the Weill Education Center, journalists are invited to attend "Interfacing Nanoscale Technology With Biological Systems," a free workshop sponsored by the C...Doctor, counselor, cost-cutter
...n conversations, followed by two five-minute nurse phone calls. Project components include a review of 'acceptable' drinking, patient-specific alcohol effects, a worksheet on drinking cues, cards to record drinking habits, and a drinking agreement. Forty-eight months later, researchers examined the succe...Study shows no benefit to home uterine monitoring
... of early labor. The device relays information via phone line to nurses at a central mo...d daily monitoring with weekly phone contact with nurses. The study showed that neither the monitoring nor the daily ......d, rather than depending on information relayed by phone and then scribbled on a white board with a grease pencil, the Office of Naval Research has come up with an answer NavMedWatch. It is a computer network that will illuminate all the available medical resources in one visual map display. This tool wil...Robotic physical therapy improves movement long after stroke
...t can be programmed remotely by hooking it up to a phone line. Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. About 4.6 million stroke survivors are alive today. Traditional belief is that most recovery will happen within the first six months after a stroke, so physic...Novel colorectal cancer trial seeking patient volunteers at leading U.S. cancer centers
..., in Toronto, Canada at the following toll-free phone number: 1-866/455-0349. The goal of the study is to determine if the vaccine, called ALVAC-CEA/B7.1, can activate the bodys own immune system to eliminate cancer cells that may not be eliminated with traditional treatment of metastatic colorectal can...Asthma researchers present new results, new perspectives on the disease
... asthma. These reports, generated from bi-monthly phone interviews with parents, recommend changes in the childs treatment regimen if warranted. The second method, called an environmental intervention, involves identifying and removing asthma triggers such as cigarette smoke or cockroaches from the child...As heart patients flock to alternative medicine, hazards may lurk
... angina within six months before being surveyed by phone last year. It was designed by members of the U-M Cardiovascular Center and the U-M Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center, one of the first centers of its kind in the nation funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study start...Improving communications and support for doctors, patients and partners
...stages of diagnosis and treatment, 41% said that a phone conversation with a specialist during the patients hospital treatment would improve the continuity of patient care. Half the GPs surveyed requested faxed notification of admission and discharge from hospital. Recent advances in breast cancer manage...Millions of migraine sufferers could benefit from better use of medical care
...ouseholds initially contacted) were interviewed by phone in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, a demographically diverse region that mirrors the U.S. population. Consistent with previous studies, Liptons colleagues found 17.2 percent of women and 6 percent of men met International Headache Society criteri...ARICEPT significantly improves cognition, daily living over Reminyl in Alzheimers patients
...n better ability to tolerate the medication, fewer phone calls and less frequent office visits for managing problematic side effects." In this study, the most frequent treatment-emergent adverse events for ARICEPT versus Reminyl included: nausea (15.6 percent vs. 23.2 percent); vomiting (0 percent vs. 12....Study observes no association between cell phone use and auditory tumors
...gathered regarding the number of years of cellular phone use, minutes/hours used per month, year of first use, phone manufacturer, and reported average monthly bill. The risk of acoustic neuroma was unrelated to cel...