Monumental measurement of mortality
...s in rural and urban areas across India. To better document the causes of death within the SRS framework, the study has trained 800 full-time government staff to use a simple and validated method called verbal autopsy. Family or close associates of the deceased discuss the details of his or her death in stru...New figures confirm PBS spending barely growing
... Government's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook document confirmed today. The forecast for PBS spending growth in 2005-06 in last year's Budget was 7.4 percent, but this has been radically altered by Treasury today to below 2.2 percent. The new figures verified by Treasury should put to rest any suggestion...Sweeping recommendations to support pay-for-performance system
...ng Physician Payments to Quality Care, the 34-page document promotes continuously improving quality care across the health care delivery system. "ACP's framework aims to ensure that measures are evidence-based, consistent across health plans, developed by the medical profession and validated through a consen...Updated infection-control guidelines focus on patients, personnel in the cardiovascular cath lab
...iovascular Angiography and Interventions, update a document published in 1992. "With all of the implantable devices and advanced procedures, it is becoming difficult to distinguish the cardiovascular catheterization laboratory from the surgical suite," said Dr. Charles E. Chambers, lead author of the new guid...Daycare illness guidelines exist, but largely unknown
...re available as a part of a larger (over 400 page) document detailing health and safety performance standards for child care programs entitled "Caring for our Children", and are available on the internet at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/index.html ....Patients' reports of domestic violence not recorded by a nearly a third of surveyed physicians
...reveals that 90% of the clinicians surveyed do not document domestic violence adequately. Their reports do not...at nearly one third (26/90) of the reports did not document the patient's report of domestic violence. Clinicians are asked to offer patients who report domesti...Aspirin-a-day advice unheeded by those who need it, Stanford study finds
...in usage is difficult because doctors don't always document the over-the-counter medications their patients take. However, based on previous studies that found low rates of aspirin use, the researchers said they don't believe such under-reporting would account for the huge gap between the clinical recommendat...Research finds cigarette manufacturers target youth market with candy flavored cigarette brands
...cceptability of a toxic product." A 1993 internal document stated, "Growing interest in new flavor sensations (i.e. soft drinks, snack foods) among younger adult consumers may indicate new opportunities for enhanced-flavor tobacco products that could leverage [a brand's] current strength among younger adult ...Medical debt undermines housing security for working families, new national study shows
...the study. "In a surprisingly clear way these data document how often medical debt hinders access to housing and home ownership among working families," noted Brandeis research professor Jeffrey Prottas, who developed and analyzed the survey. The researchers surveyed nearly 1,700 individuals and families at ...Regional disparities in transplantation rates
...ty in rates of transplantation across Canada. This document provides detailed guidance on eligibility across broad criteria such as age (is there an upper limit of age when transplant is not recommended?) and a widening compass of diseases such as diabetes, vascular disease, HIV infection, various genetic dis...Measurement and standards issues in telemedicine
...ment System (USMS) sponsored by NIST to assess and document the nation's priority measurement and measurement-related standards needs for technological innovation, U.S. industrial competitiveness, safety and security, and quality of life. Registration information is available at www.nist.gov/public_affairs/c...Mayo Clinic: Sinusitis is common yet often overlooked cause of chronic cough
...ou can always repeat the CT scan of the sinuses to document whether or not the treatment is effective in controlling the sinuses." Researchers do not know why chronic coughers who have sinusitis developed the sinus inflammation....Implementing European Space Policy: Key ESA/EC agreement on Earth Observation data signed today
...ch Centre (JRC), signed on behalf of the EC. "This document defines the respective tasks and responsibilities ...pilot projects for GMES information services. The document signed today at ESRIN puts into effect many of the actions envisaged in the 'Framework Agreement bet...Satellite survey of Elbe flood helps Swiss Re insure for disaster
... above provided by Earth Observation satellites to document flood events and better assess future flood danger. As part of an ESA Earth Observation Market Development project commencing in 2002, this catastrophic event was used as the basis of an sample exploratory service targeting the insurance sector, wi...Lipids play important role in nervous system development
...sparent for the first few days of life, to further document the role of these regulated lipids and their transfer protein. When they injected an agent that blocks expression of a related lipid transport protein, the next they could see the impact on axon growth and neuron survival, says Dr. David J. Kozlowski...Older patients with acute coronary syndromes not getting recommended treatment
...alysis used data collected as part of an effort to document the real-world treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina and heart attacks. Information on 56,963 patients treated at 443 hospitals across the U.S. was collected for the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initia...Smoking risk factors among aboriginal youth
...his study Ravi Retnakaran and colleagues carefully document cardiovascular risk factors among Aboriginal youths 10 to 19 years old. In particular they looked at risk factors among those who smoked and those who did not. Smoking was common, particularly among the Aboriginal adolescents (82% smoked). Compared ...Hospitals that follow guidelines save lives
... the authors report that when a standard discharge document was used as recommended, the risk of a patient dying within one year was cut almost in half (1-year mortality, odds ratio 0.53; 95% CI 0.36 to 0.76; p = 0.0006). "The differences are very real. The absolute reduction in one-year death rates was 5 per...Poor health literacy associated with poorer physical and mental health
...cription bottles and be able to read and interpret document information such as appointment slips. Michael S. Wolf, Ph.D., M.P.H. of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, and colleagues used data from a survey of 2,923 Medicare enrollees in Cleveland, Houston, Tampa, and Fort Laud...Groundbreaking consensus: pediatric cardiology training recommendations
...ritten by top experts in pediatric cardiology, the document lists training requirements in the following areas, each with its own task force: general pediatric cardiology (including inpatient care and consultations); echocardiography and noninvasive imaging; electrophysiology; cardiac catheterization and inte...