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Exploring the role of racism in unmet need for mental health care among Blacks

The rate of unmet need for mental health care is significant among Blacks, reducing quality of life and causing disability. Sirry Alang, assistant professor of sociology and health, medicine and society at Lehigh University says unmet healthcare needs should be seen as a threat to society.

6 Feb 2019

Medaxiom joins American College of Cardiology Foundation

The American College of Cardiology Foundation has acquired MedAxiom, a cardiovascular membership, services and consulting firm, adding the company's recognized leadership in cardiovascular operations, performance improvement, and business acumen to ACC's world class science, education, registry, quality improvement and advocacy work.

5 Feb 2019

MedStar experts collaborate with AMA to address patient safety, clinician burnout issues

Marking the 10th anniversary of the landmark federal act that encouraged hospitals, clinics, and physician offices to adopt electronic health record systems, MedStar Health experts in patient safety and health information technology are collaborating with the American Medical Association to push for changes to address the known risks to patient safety and clinician burnout that stem from poor EHR usability.

5 Feb 2019

World Cancer Day 2019 highlights the need for urgent action to improve early cancer detection

World Cancer Day 2019 highlights the need for urgent action to increase early stage cancer detection, screening, and diagnosis to significantly improve cancer patients’ chances of survival.

4 Feb 2019

I Am and I Will: The Steps We Can All Take This World Cancer Day

News-Medical speaks to Cary Adams about the reasons why cancer is still such a huge global issue, and the meaning behind the slogan: I Am And I Will.

4 Feb 2019

American Gastroenterological Association announces 2019 recipients of annual recognition awards

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has announced the 2019 recipients of the annual recognition awards, given in honor of outstanding contributions and achievements in gastroenterology.

4 Feb 2019

Patients suffer when health care behemoths quarrel over contracts

David Lerman, a Berkeley, Calif., lawyer, changed health plans this year only to learn that his new insurer has no contract with the dominant medical provider in his community.

1 Feb 2019

New study highlights need for expanding access to surgery for children in somaliland

Children in Somaliland suffer a significant burden of health conditions -- particularly congenital deformities and wound-related conditions -- that could be bettered by surgery, but most of these needs are being unmet, according to a study by Baylor University and Duke University published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

29 Jan 2019

Community hospitals link arms with prestigious facilities to raise their profiles

After seven years of a vigorous fight, Jim Hart worried he was running out of options. Diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 60, Hart had undergone virtually every treatment — surgery, radiation and hormones — to eradicate it. But a blood test showed that his level of prostate-specific antigen, which should have been undetectable, kept rising ominously. And doctors couldn’t determine where the residual cancer was lurking.

29 Jan 2019

Study outlines research priorities for improving pediatric patient care and safety

In the first study to comprehensively evaluate research priorities for patient safety in pediatrics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers and collaborators from other children's hospitals outlined 24 research priorities for improving pediatric patient care and safety.

23 Jan 2019

Obesity can be risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma, confirms study

A new study confirms the long-suspected role of obesity as a risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, and identifies several specific obesity-related factors.

18 Jan 2019

Study finds critically low HPV vaccination rates among younger adolescents in the U.S.

Only about 16 percent of U.S. adolescents have been fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) by the time they turn 13, despite national recommendations that call for vaccination at 11 to 12 years of age.

18 Jan 2019

Study finds higher suicide rates among youth who were Medicaid enrollees

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, nearly four in ten of all youth who died by suicide in 16 states between 2009 and 2013 were Medicaid enrollees.

17 Jan 2019

Single national electronic health record will help improve care in Canadian hospitals

Canada should invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to improve the health of Canadians, argues an editorial in CMAJ.

14 Jan 2019

Multimorbidity amplifies costs of diseases, study shows

Having two or more non-communicable diseases (multimorbidity) costs the country more than the sum of those individual diseases would cost, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Tony Blakely from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and colleagues.

10 Jan 2019

HIMSS recognizes Rush for reaching Stage 7 on Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity

Rush University Medical Center is just the third health care provider in the country to achieve the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Stage 7 for the Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity.

10 Jan 2019

NorthShore and Color partner to deliver the power of genomics in routine primary care

NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color today announced a groundbreaking partnership to deliver the power of genomics to routine primary care at population scale.

9 Jan 2019

Early clinical assessments could reduce end-of-life hospitalizations for seniors

Better use of standard assessment tools could help long-term care homes identify which new residents are at risk of hospitalization or death in the first 90 days of admission.

8 Jan 2019

Kidney patients have the highest number of comorbidities, shows study

A study published in JAMA Network Open showed: nephrologists treat the most complex patients. As ERA-EDTA president Professor Carmine Zoccali explains, kidney patients are highly vulnerable and need special care, but nephrology is a neglected discipline in many European healthcare systems.

24 Dec 2018

Research into mental health first aid prompts practical guidance and resources for workplace

Concerns about how businesses use employees to support colleagues with mental health issues, highlighted by University of Nottingham research, have prompted new guidance for bosses.

18 Dec 2018

Health Systems News and Research

Exploring the role of racism in unmet need for mental health care among Blacks

Medaxiom joins American College of Cardiology Foundation

MedStar experts collaborate with AMA to address patient safety, clinician burnout issues

World Cancer Day 2019 highlights the need for urgent action to improve early cancer detection

I Am and I Will: The Steps We Can All Take This World Cancer Day

American Gastroenterological Association announces 2019 recipients of annual recognition awards

Patients suffer when health care behemoths quarrel over contracts

New study highlights need for expanding access to surgery for children in somaliland

Community hospitals link arms with prestigious facilities to raise their profiles

Study outlines research priorities for improving pediatric patient care and safety

Obesity can be risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma, confirms study

Study finds critically low HPV vaccination rates among younger adolescents in the U.S.

Study finds higher suicide rates among youth who were Medicaid enrollees

Single national electronic health record will help improve care in Canadian hospitals

Multimorbidity amplifies costs of diseases, study shows

HIMSS recognizes Rush for reaching Stage 7 on Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity

NorthShore and Color partner to deliver the power of genomics in routine primary care

Early clinical assessments could reduce end-of-life hospitalizations for seniors

Kidney patients have the highest number of comorbidities, shows study

Research into mental health first aid prompts practical guidance and resources for workplace

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