ACP supports new bill to promote adoption of health information technology
...and adoption of national standards, and to provide initial financial support and ongoing reimbursement incent... (EHR) system averaged $44,000 per physician. This initial cost, combined with the ongoing average annual cost of $8,500 per physician to maintain the system, ...DOE commits $27.5M for uranium contaminant transport field studies
...transport models." Researchers look forward to initial analysis of microbial protein expression during field-scale bioremediation. These data will make it possible to learn what nutrient factors are most important for achieving maximum rates of uranium reduction and removal from groundwater. Robert B...International study finds ways to maximize effective responses after terrorism incidents
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...art of preventing disability. They conclude, "This initial characterization of AAWL will aid in informing research and the development and evaluation of interventions to decrease work limitation experienced by individuals with arthritis." Arthritis-attributable work limitation affects nearly 7 million U.S....Adoption of health information technology will lead to higher standard of quality care
...promoting HIT adoption and providing the necessary initial and ongoing funding mechanisms to assist physician...y funding for solo and small practices to make the initial HIT investment to purchase the necessary hardware and software. The majority of bills that have bee...MRI detects most missed opposite breast cancers in women
...dentify these opposite breast cancers right at the initial diagnosis boosting the chances for swift and successful treatment. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that for women already diagnosed with cancer in one breast, MRI scans detected more than 90 percent of cancers i...Treatment of in-hospital cardiac patients is focus of Jefferson University presentations
...or stopping the beta blocker. Those patients whose initial inpatient beta blocker dose was reduced or stopped had a significantly increased LOS suggesting that it may be detrimental to decrease outpatient beta blocker dosage upon hospitalization for ADHF. Members of the team who conducted this study at Th...A remedy for what ails medicine
... Mexico are demonstration sites for the study. The initial phase of the project, now completed, involved in-depth interviews with male and female medical faculty at the five schools. A national faculty survey will be conducted in partnership with the AAMC. "Our strategy is to engage senior leaders in acade...Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
... to confirm the benefits of clevidipine, but these initial results against three very commonly used therapies demonstrate a new potentially valuable alternative, which is very encouraging," said Solomon Aronson, M.D., of Duke University Medical Center and lead author of the study. "With a better understandi...MRI contrast agent can detect heart attack in the making
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... cancer patients to a plastic surgeon prior to the initial surgery when the woman is choosing her treatment course, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The finding may help explain the consistently low number of women who pursue breast reconst...Light-based probe 'sees' early cancers in first tests on human tissue
...titute and the National Science Foundation. "Our initial study is very promising," Wax said of the findings. "We looked at tissue removed from just a handful of patients and were able to get 100 percent sensitivity. We could detect pre-cancer in the esophagus and distinguish it from normal tissue like you ...Pairing medical therapy with coronary intervention fails to reduce heart disease deaths
...uld be superior to OMT alone. Indeed, that was our initial hypothesis," said Dr. Boden, lead investigator of the study, which was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs. "But results of the COURAGE trial demonstrate that two treatments are not always better than one. These findings, along with data ...Cornell researcher helping develop quick, cheap HIV/AIDS test
...and environmental engineering, has been awarded an initial $386,000 (subject to annual renewal for four years) from the consortium to determine a way to simply assess the critical HIV/AIDS immune system factors -- CD4 T-cell count, or CD4+ T-lymphocytes count -- in the blood. "When patients are infected with...Forsyth scientists wiping out tooth decay through school-based cavities prevention program
...es and 13% had acute infections or abscesses. "Our initial studies have shown that you can effectively prevent, what is today, the most common childhood disease tooth decay," said Richard Niederman, DMD, Director, Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry at The Forsyth Institute. "Just two weeks ago we saw a ter...Jones to receive IADR Award in Geriatric Oral Research
...riatric dentistry, Dr. Jones conducted some of the initial longitudinal geriatric oral epidemiological research in a dependent and cognitively impaired population. She has attracted a variety of grant research awards from several sources, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, to which she has devoted...Study details catastrophic impact of nuclear attack on US cities
... collapsing buildings. Most of those surviving the initial blast in downtown areas would be exposed to a fatal dose of radiation. While the main effects from a 20-kiloton explosion would be from the blast and the radiation it releases, a 550-kiloton explosion would create additional and substantial casual...Educational video increases knowledge but not behavior
...t vividly portrays how they moved emotionally from initial devastation and despair to acceptance and adjustment. The use of low vision devices by these people was emphasized to illustrate and underscore the adjustments and adaptations that have enabled them to maintain independence. The video, which even...Study of leukemia survivors gives hints for better care
...mors that develop after successful treatment of an initial cancer. A report on this work appears in the March 21 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" ("JAMA"). The finding is important because the cure rate of children treated for ALL has increased dramatically since the 1960s, appr...Biosand filter reduces diarrheal disease in Dominican Republic villages
... were monitored for another six months. The team's initial analysis showed the filter reduced diarrheal disease among household members by an estimated 30 percent to 40 percent, including in highly vulnerable young children less than 5 years old. At the end of the study, filters were given to all participati...