CMS announces fewer, prioritized, less burdensome measures
...revised its strategy and announced the decision to adopt a smaller core starter set of PVRP measures. CMS has identified 16 starter set measures out of the original 36 seven of which are applicable to internists. Six of the seven measures were endorsed by the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA). ACP...Tight glucose control cuts heart disease by half in type 1 diabetes
...ally treated patients, who were then encouraged to adopt intensive control and shown how to do it. The DCCT findings prompted a major shift in the way doctors manage their patients with type 1 diabetes. As researchers continued to follow participants, they saw that intensive treatment reduced the develo...Global meeting identifies cost-effective approaches to cervical cancer prevention
...opefully we'll also inspire attending countries to adopt these screening methods. On a scientific-level, we're talking about reducing the incidence of invasive cervical cancer in a cost-effective way. But on a human-level, we're talking about saving mothers, grandmothers, wives, sisters and friends," comme...Thanksgiving gluttony misaligned with 'intuitive eating' approach examined in new study
...g term." To be an intuitive eater, a person has to adopt two attitudes and two behaviors. The first attitude is body acceptance. "It's an extremely difficult attitude adjustment for many people to make, but they have to come to a conscious decision that personal worth is not a function of body size," said...Growing health effects of global warming outlined on regional scale
...issions, such as the U.S. and European nations, to adopt a leadership role in reducing the health threats of global warming. It also highlights the need for large, fast-growing economies, such as China and India, to develop sustainable energy policies. "The political resolve of policy-makers will play a b...Experts call for re-focussing of COPD management to reduce hospital admissions and mortality
...tors. The Time to Live Report calls for doctors to adopt guidelines and re-prioritise their approach in COPD management. Over 90% of doctors interviewed as part of the Time to Live Report agreed that reducing exacerbations ("lung attacks") in COPD is vital to improve patients' quality of life and 70% thin...Institute of Medicine news: Report on mental illnesses and drug addictions
..., accrediting organizations, and purchasers should adopt any national standards identified by the council, which would operate as a partnership between the public and private sectors. Likewise, government programs, employers, and purchasers should allocate funds in ways that better support the delivery of ...Physician behavior an underlying cause for health care cost
...30 percent less - if all U.S. regions could safely adopt the more conservative practice patterns of lower-cost regions," said study co-author Dr. Elliott Fisher, professor of medicine at DMS and also a member of the VA Outcomes Group. The authors acknowledge that it is unlikely that physician behavior is t...Situation-specific policies can reduce antibiotic resistance in hospital and community care
...ns. "But hospitals should resist the temptation to adopt restrictive interventions without evaluating their long-term effects, particularly on clinical outcomes," says lead author Peter Davey who works at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee. "Interestingly, we found that interventions are less li...UGA receives $3.5 million CDC grant to create center in health marketing and health communication
...at motivate these individuals to overcome them and adopt better long term health behaviors." For the second study, speech communication associate professor Jennifer Monahan and colleagues at the University of Alabama will examine adolescents' attitudes toward smoking. "Messages people give to adolescents...CT scan can spare some head and neck cancer patients surgery
...stitute study. We need to have multiple institutes adopt this and see if results are similar over the long term," Mukherji said. Liauw said, "I think it would be great if doctors could look at this data and feel comfortable with just doing a CT scan after radiation in order to know if a neck dissection is ...Liverpool psychology helps bring peace to European football
...rtugal's national gendarmerie (GNR), which did not adopt the same tactics as the PSP. Consequently, concludes the report, the GNR were unable to set limits of behaviour early on, or to differentiate between troublemakers and bystanders when forced to intervene. More fans were drawn in, and trouble escalat...UCI-led research team recommends new tobacco control policies for lawmakers
...educators now have an unprecedented opportunity to adopt bold new measures for preventing adolescent smokin...isks of adolescent smoking, and urge the public to adopt polices that prevent the sharing of tobacco products with minors....CHEST 2005 hosts world experts in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care medicine
...Rochester, MN, will discuss the need for the US to adopt a learning organization concept for health-care delivery. Dr. Cortese will propose a vision for a health-care learning organization and describe its three key components. Hurricane Katrina In this late-breaking session, discussion will center on h...Why are the best malaria drugs not being used in Africa?
...laria across Africa has prompted many countries to adopt artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) as policy. These drug combinations are highly effective, and appear to be safe and well tolerated. Yet a study from Zambia, one of the first adopters of ACTs, shows that only 22% of children eligible for ACTs...Perceptions of peer opinion influences attitudes about obesity
..., is based on the experience that people generally adopt the attitudes of valued "in-groups," such as peers. The first of three studies included undergraduate students whose attitudes were recorded before and after the study. It had three parts-including telling students in one group that other students h...Academic medical centers face multiple challenges for conducting medical research
...ers and their industry partners must be willing to adopt more uniform, more robust, and more transparent standards governing their relationships if the mutual benefits of those relationships are to be sustained." Sustaining Research Funding In recent years, the growth of federal funding for medical resea...At Johns Hopkins: Emphasis on improved care and faster access to services shortens hospital stays
...e within Hopkins and to see if other hospitals can adopt our efforts to form the basis of a national program." Weisfeldt noted that "spending four or five days in the hospital is not uncommon for many patients and for a variety of illnesses and conditions, but we need to question whether or not it is reall...Key strategy to limit managed care drug costs failing, survey shows
...their drug prescribing practices will lead them to adopt new practices to control drug costs, the authors explain. These practices include hiring pharmacists for expert advice, using "physician profiling" to compare doctors' prescribing patterns, and adhering to professional protocols that specify what eac...Penn named a 'Breast Cancer Center of Excellence' by Department of Defense
...cancer involves the progression of cancer cells to adopt increasingly aggressive properties, such as resistance to chemotherapy and the ability to invade tissues and metastasize. What's more, by the time that breast cancers have been diagnosed, tumor cells may have already traveled to distant sites in the ...