UCSF physicians publish groundbreaking book on medical mistakes
...thors, Robert M. Wachter, MD, chief of the medical service and chair of the patient safety committee at UCSF Medical Center, will discuss the topic at a public forum on the UCSF campus as part of the UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The event, which features Wachter in conversation with KQED's Michae...Adverse events among patients following discharge from hospital
...atients discharged from a general internal medical service at an academic hospital in Ottawa, Canada, Alan Forster and colleagues found that 23% of the patients had experienced an AE and that 6% had a preventable AE. The authors found that 72% of all AEs were related to medications, while a univariate analys...Home-based therapy beneficial for stroke patients
...esults suggest that a therapy-based rehabilitation service could be beneficial. Although the health gain we recorded is fairly modest, we know of no other intervention at present that can provide this increase at this stage of recovery. The exact nature and content of therapy-based rehabilitation services is...Physicians can help family members caring for dying loved ones
Physicians have five areas of opportunity to be of service to family members caring for patients at the end of life, according to a UCSF Medical Center palliative care expert. The recommendations appear in the January 28, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), in a section titl...Few hospitalized patients at low risk for pain
...atients admitted to the general medicine inpatient service at an urban academic medical center. Characterist...d that patients hospitalized in a general medicine service carry a heavy pain burden," write the authors. "A large percentage of our study patients had experi...Healthcare watchdog calls for government rethink on public role in NHS decision-making
...his week's BMJ. Dr Dominique Florin, GP and health service researcher, and Professor Jennifer Dixon, Director of Health Policy, say that although the Government aims to increase public involvement in health care policy making, there is little "clarity and consensus" about what this means, or whether the meas...Study finds genital pain more common than believed
...o participate in Internet-based research through a service called SurveySpot. The women were told the survey was on women's health issues. The focus on vulvar pain was not obvious till participants were well into the survey. Study authors found half of the women surveyed had at some point experienced pain du...Universit de Montral receives US$11.7 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
...Saharan Africa, population and health research and service programs are hindered by the scarcity of well-trained health professionals. The grant announced today will support the development of a new masters in public health program (DESS) emphasizing reproductive and child health and policy issues at the Uni...A penny a month could bolster kids' immunization practices
...ies are made available, "this essential preventive service will continue to rely on the good intentions and financial resources of the facilities providing the service," he adds. The researchers calculated improvement costs using data from 15 clinics in San Diego County that primarily serve patients at risk ......staff, including nurses, patient care technicians, service coordinators and service associates. The center is one of the busiest in the Midwest treating more than 400 patients in the h...Are Gulf war veterans getting better?
...1,721 UK Gulf war veterans and 50,775 non-deployed service personnel in the 11 years since the end of the war. Incidence of and deaths from cancer in Gulf war veterans was almost identical to that seen in veterans who were not deployed, even after smoking and alcohol consumption, which are known to influence...'Duct Busters' team travels to perform newborn heart surgery at regional hospitals
...tal Duct Busters team began offering the traveling service to referring hospitals for patients with PDA. In ...orking together to make this a safe and successful service for the community," adds Mr. Gould. In addition to Mr. Gould and Dr. Nicolson, other co-authors ...NHGRI launches Social and Behavioral Research Branch
...a health communications unit; a genetic counseling service unit; a health promotion research section that includes a unit for disseminating counseling research methods; a community genetics research unit; and an ethics and social policy unit that includes research ethics. In addition, there will be several c...NYU Child Study Center raises nearly $3.2 million at annual child advocacy award dinner
...er, the Child Study Center unveiled its new public service announcement (PSA) campaign including television spots narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi is a strong advocate for child mental health issues and was honored by the Center at last year's Child Advocacy Award Dinner. The PSA campaign includes telev...New report reveals long standing problems in NHS research strategy
...e report involved interviews with 35 senior health service researchers, NHS managers, policy makers, and research commissioners in the UK. It shows that, despite many attempts to streamline NHS research funding, funders, researchers, and the users of research are uncertain about how best to work together. It...Study reviews discussion of medical errors at hospital conferences
... according to Robert Wachter, MD, chief of medical service at UCSF Medical Center and chair of UCSF's Patient Safety Committee. "This study is an important step. The only way we are going to make progress in our epidemic of medical errors is by facing up to the reality of errors, and the very human tendency ...News for moms-to-be with preeclampsia: Hospital choice helps avoid a cesarean delivery
...ensive care, transport service, outreach education service and perinatal research....NYU Child Study Center to honor Larry Summers, President of Harvard and Ann Tenenbaum and Tom Lee
...dition, the Child Study Center will debut a public service announcement campaign including television spots narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi is a strong advocate an advocate for child mental health issues and was honored by the Center at the Fifth Annual Child Advocacy Award Dinner in 2002. The PSA camp...Wanted: people to test orgasmatron
... Paula Hall, a sex therapist with the counselling service Relate in the UK, says that most cases of sexual dysfunction are caused by psychological factors. "Lack of self-awareness and not experimenting enough are the most common reasons," she says. "In situations where all else has failed, some people migh...... itself by lowering overall health-care and social service costs for its users. In the study, olanzapine was ...ntipsychotic drug. Rosenheck was named director of service use and economic assessment for the study. Results are expected in 2006. Schizophrenia, a biologica...