Researchers show beneficial role of risk calculator in fighting progression of glaucoma
...o-developer of the calculator. "The glaucoma risk calculator is a tool which allows doctors to better assess pa... in patients with ocular hypertension." The risk calculator model will be reported at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting October 17 in Chicago...Online calculator and chemotherapy order systems reduce medication errors in children
...ially dangerous medical errors. An online infusion calculator and a computerized drug ordering system, developed...nges. "Our findings reveal that using a Web-based calculator makes it less likely to order and give a child the wrong dose or commit other errors, such as omitti...New way to assess risk of heart disease in ethnic groups
A new web-based calculator will better assess the risk of heart disease in Br...today in the BMJ journal Heart, said: "The ETHRISK calculator adjusts for ethnic groups and is based on a re-calibration of the Framingham risk equations. It prov...Tracking computer-based error reports improves patient safety, Hopkins study finds
...essdetails.cfm?newsid=340 ) An online infusion calculator that reduces medication errors in children undergoing IV infusions (for more information, see http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/pages/news/pressdetails.cfm?newsid=340 ) An online total parenteral nutrition (TPN) calculator, designed to prevent nutr...Study finds major variation in Medicare Rx drug costs
..., made the findings using Medicare's own Web-based calculator for prescription drug plan costs. They analyzed ev...nt that Medicare beneficiaries use the online cost calculator or get other assistance as they choose their plans," he adds, "because choosing a plan based on a fa......ht, and 30 and above is considered obese. (See BMI calculator at ) The researchers found that workers with a BMI greater than 40 had 11.65 claims per 100 workers, compared with 5.8 claims per 100 in workers within the recommended range. In terms of average lost days of work, the obese averaged 183.63 per 100...