To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...ision of the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, to streamline the scheduling of nurses' visits to patients' homes. In one proprietary study, he tracked the number of tests that each physician in a hospital ran to diagnose and treat the same disease. "Hospital administrators were shocked to see our...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
...e using Bioshield authorities that enable NIAID to streamline the hiring of qualified scientists to carry out the national medical countermeasure research and development program. For more information on Project Bioshield, visit http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Public/projectbioshield.htm ....Popular procedures evaluated for diagnostic accuracy and treatment effectiveness
...e effectiveness of some procedures in an effort to streamline the treatment of the most widespread gastrointestinal diseases. The overall goal is to maximize the potential of the best procedures for early detection and treatment." A Prospective Trial Comparing Wireless Capsule Endoscopy and Barium Contrast Se...Researchers find way to streamline new non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment
...hern California and colleagues have found a way to streamline a new form of treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The radiologists presented findings from a trial at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, held May 13-17. Called radioimmunotherapy, the emergi...Costs of coronary artery bypass graft surgery
...cal system. However, U.S. hospitals also appear to streamline services better to reduce LOS, a strategy Canadian hospitals might emulate to further reduce treatment costs."...Robotic technique shows promise in weight-loss surgery, Stanford study finds
...er the robotic system could safely and effectively streamline the process, the authors compared the results of 10 robotic surgeries with 10 conventional laparoscopic procedures. They found that the robotic system makes the surgery qualitatively easier. For example, the surgeon can sit comfortably at the robot's...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
... ANYL 442 , Thursday, Sept. 1, 8:30 a.m.) Sensors streamline detection of botulism and other neurotoxins Chemists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have found a way to quickly detect the presence of the bacteria that produce botulism, one of the worlds most lethal substances. The detection syste...Academic medical centers face multiple challenges for conducting medical research
... to identify more efficient business models and to streamline agency requirements for federally sponsored research, giving rise to some hope that the federal government will at least partially restore the balance of responsibility that formerly characterized the historic federal-academic partnership in the coun...Streamlining treatment of heart attack patients
... at Yale School of Medicine show how hospitals can streamline procedures to reduce the time they take to treat heart attack patients. The NIH-sponsored study, published in the September Journal of the American College of Cardiology, reports methods for delivery of rapid care based on the experiences of top prog...Nov/Dec 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...rds and telephone call triage protocols could help streamline the physician's role and increase the efficiency of information management and decision support. Time Spent in Face-to-Face Patient Care and Work Outside the Examination Room By Andrew Gottschalk, et al OTHER STUDIES IN THIS ISSUE: COPROVISIO...AACR supports new FDA clinical research guidelines
... and Drug Administration, whose primary goal is to streamline the earliest phases of clinical research for new medical treatments. As described, the new guidelines are in keeping with FDA's Critical Path Initiative designed to accelerate the approval of innovative diagnostics, drugs and other therapeutics to pr...UQ research will move medicines to market more quickly
... Smith said the "toolkit" would help modernise and streamline the development pathway of new pharmaceuticals, ad...he said. "The centre aims to develop new tools to streamline the preclinical trials process, which will be made available to biotechnology companies via TetraQ. ...HIV Testing Day: Missed opportunities at the doctor's office
... Prevention (CDC) to release its new guidelines to streamline the testing process in clinical settings, making universal, routine HIV testing a standard part of regular check-ups; doctors' office visits; hospital, community clinic, and emergency room care; and other health care settings. Routine HIV testing has...Stroke risk should determine anti-clotting treatment
...from the stroke primary prevention guidelines will streamline patient care and make recommendations clearer for physicians," he said. In the United States and Europe, hospital admissions for AF have increased by 66 percent during the last 20 years. It is also expensive, with total costs approaching 13.5 bill...Penn leads $98 million translational medicine collaboration
...ical research." One example of how the grant will streamline research is by development of a sophisticated approach to improving the effective use of medications for pediatric patients. Computerized programs can combine data from laboratory studies, results and findings from related drugs, and using highly sop...Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'
...n the hospital, surgical training programs need to streamline their training methods now more than ever. This research work represents a strong effort toward this." Hager's other collaborators include Sanjeev Khudanpur, a Johns Hopkins assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Izhak Shafr...How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages
...he optimal setting." Grill's new model promises to streamline the process. ...New oxidation methods streamline synthesis of important compounds
...y and yield. White has also used her catalyst to streamline the synthesis of a peptidase inhibitor drug candidate, a nucleotide-sugar L-galactose, and is currently working on the antibiotic erythromycin A. ...