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AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, LSU Health New Orleans create new fellowship program

AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, a Medicaid managed care health plan serving Louisiana, and the LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, today announced the creation of a new fellowship program that each year will allow up to seven LSU Health New Orleans medical students who are also enrolled in the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree program to spend four to eight weeks in the policy offices of Washington, D.C. organizations.

4 Mar 2016

Working long hours may increase long-term cardiovascular disease risk

Working long hours—particularly 46 hours per week or more—may increase the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events such as heart attack, reports a study in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

4 Mar 2016

Consultation between geriatrician and trauma surgeons improves care of elderly accident victims

An immediate consultation between trauma surgeons and a geriatrician improves multidisciplinary care of elderly accident victims and the sensitivity of the family to the patient's ongoing health care needs.

4 Mar 2016

Orthopaedic care for patients in remote areas can be managed successfully, study finds

Orthopaedic care for patients living in remote areas may be managed through phone or email, allowing patients to receive treatment without travelling to a larger, urban hospital for care, according to a study presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

4 Mar 2016

HSS study examines cost-effectiveness of knee replacement surgery in high- and low-volume hospitals

If all patients scheduled for knee replacement were directed to high-volume hospitals for the surgery, it could save the U.S. healthcare system between $2.5 and $4 billion annually by the year 2030, according to a study at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

4 Mar 2016

Lifestyle change decreases cholesterol levels, reduces cardiovascular disease risk

Cholesterol levels - the most common risk factor for heart attacks - have decreased in northern Sweden over the last 20 years. Since medical drugs only account for a third of the decrease, the reduced risk of cardiovascular disease is greatly thanks to a change in lifestyle.

3 Mar 2016

Health Catalyst, Partners HealthCare named recipients of Microsoft Health Innovation Awards

Health Catalyst and Partners HealthCare today announced they have been named recipients of Microsoft Corp.'s 2016 Health Innovation Awards. The organizations won the "Reinventing Productivity and Business Processes" category, which evaluates solutions that transform care delivery or population health by connecting clinicians and staff to new processes and insights.

3 Mar 2016

New study demonstrates role of hospital nurses in ensuring safe outcomes for surgical patients

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) shows that patients, who undergo elective hip and knee surgery in hospitals with inadequate nurse staffing and poor nurse work environments, are more likely to require re-hospitalization.

3 Mar 2016

New MyGene2 web tool may help find genes influencing Mendelian disorders

A new web tool, MyGene2, will enable patients and their families to join clinicians and scientists in the search for genes underlying rare disorders. The sharing of health information also will improve knowledge about how gene variants influence symptoms and other clinical features of Mendelian disorders.

3 Mar 2016

State laws increase vaccination rates among health care workers

State laws mandating influenza immunization for people who work in health care increase their vaccination rates, according to new research led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

3 Mar 2016

Researchers discover unexpected mechanism linked to aldosterone-induced heart damage

When the heart begins to fail, the body does everything in its power to fix the situation. But sometimes, those compensatory mechanisms ultimately do more harm than good. Such is the case with the adrenal hormone aldosterone, which stimulates the heart to pump harder, causing greater damage to the heart muscle.

3 Mar 2016

Preoperative hip and knee injections may increase risk for infection

Injections received in the months prior to total knee (TKR) or total hip replacement (THR) surgery may increase the risk for infection and related complications, according to two studies--among the largest conducted on this topic--presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

3 Mar 2016

UCLA study finds better method to improve recovery, reduce spread of MRSA infection

UCLA researchers have found that doctors can use a specific antibiotic in addition to surgically draining an abscess to give people a better chance of recovery. The discovery turns on its head the long-held notion that surgical drainage alone is sufficient for treating abscesses.

3 Mar 2016

Women under-represented among first authors of original research in medical journals, study reveals

A study conducted by researchers within Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, published this week in The BMJ, shows that women are under-represented among first authors of original research in high impact general medical journals.

3 Mar 2016

Study reveals demographic and clinical disparities associated with substernal thyroid goiters

Older patients, minorities, and male patients are more likely to develop substernal thyroid goiters that are difficult to remove surgically, putting them at risk for treatment complications and death, say researchers in the January 6 online in the American Journal of Surgery.

3 Mar 2016

Telemedicine-based management for sleep apnea as effective as in-person care

A new study suggests that telemedicine-based management for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as effective and may be comparable to in-person care.

2 Mar 2016

Bundled payments for total joint replacements improve quality of care, outcomes in Medicare patient

Implementing bundled payments for total joint replacements resulted in year-over-year improvements in quality of care and patient outcomes while reducing overall costs, according to a new three-year study from NYU Langone Medical Center.

2 Mar 2016

Targeted Case Management has major impact on HIV-positive patients

Providing comprehensive, holistic case management to people dealing with multiple comorbid conditions, including HIV, can yield tangible health improvements and long-term cost savings, according to a new study released by Amida Care, a New York City nonprofit health plan, and ACRIA, an HIV/AIDS research organization.

2 Mar 2016

New WHO report highlights ways to prevent, mitigate hearing loss in children

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new World Health Organization (WHO) report, Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how, suggests that 60% of this can be prevented.

2 Mar 2016

Study finds wide disparities in access to surgery between rich and poor countries

The volume of surgery has increased globally over the last decade but wide disparities in access to surgery persist between rich and poor countries, according to a study published today in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

2 Mar 2016

Health Care News and Research

AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, LSU Health New Orleans create new fellowship program

Working long hours may increase long-term cardiovascular disease risk

Consultation between geriatrician and trauma surgeons improves care of elderly accident victims

Orthopaedic care for patients in remote areas can be managed successfully, study finds

HSS study examines cost-effectiveness of knee replacement surgery in high- and low-volume hospitals

Lifestyle change decreases cholesterol levels, reduces cardiovascular disease risk

Health Catalyst, Partners HealthCare named recipients of Microsoft Health Innovation Awards

New study demonstrates role of hospital nurses in ensuring safe outcomes for surgical patients

New MyGene2 web tool may help find genes influencing Mendelian disorders

State laws increase vaccination rates among health care workers

Researchers discover unexpected mechanism linked to aldosterone-induced heart damage

Preoperative hip and knee injections may increase risk for infection

UCLA study finds better method to improve recovery, reduce spread of MRSA infection

Women under-represented among first authors of original research in medical journals, study reveals

Study reveals demographic and clinical disparities associated with substernal thyroid goiters

Telemedicine-based management for sleep apnea as effective as in-person care

Bundled payments for total joint replacements improve quality of care, outcomes in Medicare patient

Targeted Case Management has major impact on HIV-positive patients

New WHO report highlights ways to prevent, mitigate hearing loss in children

Study finds wide disparities in access to surgery between rich and poor countries

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