Many patients at risk of cardiovascular disease not receiving statin treatment
...at in 2002, statins were prescribed in just 50% of consultations for people at high risk of coronary heart disease and 44% of those at moderate risk. In addition, in less than half the visits patients received counseling about how they might change their lifestyle. The authors analyzed data from the National Amb...Antibiotic treatment not necessary for majority of children with conjunctivitis
...compelling. The cost of 1 million general practice consultations and antibiotic prescriptions every year is substantial. However, parental concern and the current exclusion policy of many schools and nurseries for children with conjunctivitis could make implementation of a change in prescription policy difficult. ...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...ly the most common reason for requests for ethical consultations today," she added. "I hope this study will encourage more investigation into the conflicts and dilemmas of healthcare from both the perspective of healthcare professionals and also from the perspective of patients and their families." In their paper,...Fear of lawsuits affects emergency physicians' heart care decisions
...e way physicians may respond to this is by seeking consultations and admitting patients they are uncertain about," Katz added. Katz said the UI findings are consistent with a recent investigation on defensive medicine by David Studdert, Sc.D., professor of law and health policy and management at the Harvard School...July/August 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... and researchers regarding the appropriate rate of consultations in primary care may not be shared by patients who make frequent office visits. These patients want their family physician to acknowledge their symptoms and provide reassurance. Moreover, their expectations of their physician visits were complex and...Making primary health care work: New research
...general practice through MBS billing of the longer consultations these patients needed. This program has shown measurable health benefits for patients, including significantly improving quality of life and reduced prevalence of depressive disorders in its patient population. In Melbourne, mental health treatment ...Predicting the future of primary care in England
...offering a wider range of services and video phone consultations relieving some of the problems of access. The NHS is still, ostensibly, free at the point of use but patients have to pay for non-essential services including hotel charges in hospital. By 2015, health care will be safe, clinically effective, and pat...Prescriptions for headache almost twice as likely in middle aged women as men of same age
...ick leave. The findings are based on nine years of consultations and referrals up to the year 2000 at 253 general p...ractices across the UK. In all, there were 570,795 consultations for headache made by 413,221 patients during the nine years of the study. Women were three times as ...Endocrinologist-directed intervention aimed at primary care physicians improves diabetes care
...did not see. The partnership differs from typical consultations where specialists see patients directly. The researchers focused on the primary care setting because most patients with diabetes are managed by generalists in such settings. In the study, 345 primary care practitioners at Emory (internal medicine r...New guidelines help clinicians assess risk of post-surgical pulmonary complications
...rtance of the doctor-patient relationship. Medical consultations are extremely important for patients as they prepare for surgery and this provides both doctors and patients with another tool to use in their decision-making processes."...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
... care services Hospital discharge services Office consultations Inpatient consultations Emergency department services Critical care services CMS then asked the RUC, made up of physicians appointed by major specialty organizations, to make a recommendation on the appropriate work RVU for the E/M and the other se...Cognitive behavioral therapy appears more effective than sleep medication for treating insomnia
... recently demonstrated by Bastien et al, telephone consultations and CBT-based group therapy for younger patients with insomnia produced equally significant improvements as individual therapy sessions. In another study, CBT delivered via the Internet in a self-help format showed significant improvements in individ...NIAID announces leadership for newly restructured HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...cturing began in October 2001, following extensive consultations with researchers, clinicians, nurses, patient advocates and people living with or at risk for developing HIV/AIDS. The restructured networks will capitalize on earlier HIV/AIDS medical advances and better position NIAID and its clinical research coll...ACP tells Congress: Pilot test patient-centered medical home
... through systems such as open scheduling and email consultations accountability with regular reporting on the quality of care provided "The patient-centered medical home requires a completely different way of reimbursing physicians," Dr. Kirk emphasized. "Payments should reflect the value of services involv...Researchers develop risk predictor for dementia
...viduals who might benefit from intensive lifestyle consultations and drug interventions. They publish their findings online today (Thursday August 3, 2006) in The Lancet Neurology. Risk scores have already been developed to predict the risk of cardiovascular events, diabetes, and mortality. They enable preventiv...Rates of eczema and hay fever may be in decline
...tative data and information from national surveys, consultations with primary care health practitioners, prescripti...en to about 40% of their 1990 levels. Similarly, consultations with a family doctor for hay fever rose by 260%, and for eczema by 150%, between 1971 and 1991. But ...Computer-aided detection could help breast cancer screening
...e up the experts' time, enabling more face-to-face consultations and all women to be screened as often as recommended. The CAD programme searches mammograms for suspicious features or irregularities that could be caused by cancer. When the computer finds anything unusual it indicates it on a screen for the radio...Telemedicine robots help improve health
...led to the bedside of sick children for video-link consultations with Brisbane specialists, greatly reducing the need for families to travel to the city for specialist care. Local doctors take the robot to the bedside and thanks to a video-link, established via the Centre for Online Health, the sick child can s...Preparing for an influenza pandemic: A triage protocol in the face of limited resources
...ss using best evidence, expert panels, stakeholder consultations and ethical principles to develop a triage protocol for prioritizing access to critical care resources, including ventilators and antiviral medications, during a pandemic. This protocol is intended to provide guidance for making triage decisions duri...... infants needing neo-natal care find recordings of consultations with their consultants helpful, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The parents of babies requiring care in neo-natal intensive care units (NICU) often do not recall the information given to them. Researchers in Australia set out to assess t...