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Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes?

5 Jun 2023

New assessment of health captures the multi-dimensional nature of everyday health experience

Researchers reveal how a new assessment of health called ‘human functioning’ could bridge health and well-being, with far reaching benefits to individuals and society as a whole.

5 Jun 2023

Stopping treatment at two years does not seem to compromise overall survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

Over the past decade, the approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors has revolutionized treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer, helping many live longer lives and improving overall survival for the disease.

4 Jun 2023

Study finds substantial differences in cancer drug funding decisions across high-income countries

Despite the use of similar assessment criteria when deciding whether new cancer drugs should receive funding, there are substantial differences in drug funding decisions, across comparable high-income countries.

2 Jun 2023

Strengthening emergency, critical and operative care services in low and middle-income countries

Global efforts to improve emergency, critical and operative care for universal health coverage and protection from health emergencies were announced at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

31 May 2023

Innovative framework for integrating the assessment of functioning into health and social systems

The term 'well-being' entered popular vocabulary during the Covid-19 pandemic soon after 'lockdown' and 'quarantine'.

31 May 2023

Most American Indian/Alaska Native women of childbearing age have suboptimal heart health, AHA reports

Heart health risks emerge early in life in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women and are increased by social factors -; like high levels of experiencing violence and traumatic life events -; and disproportionately high rates of Type 2 diabetes, smoking and obesity, according to a new scientific statement published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal.

31 May 2023

Many people living in the ‘diabetes belt’ are plagued with medical debt

Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving plant near her home in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and the world around her seemed to go dim.

30 May 2023

Health experts and multinationals join together to announce the formation of Movement Health Foundation

On the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly, Harvard University's Professor of Global Health Systems, Rifat Atun, the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (CIFS), Microsoft, Roche, and Siemens Healthineers came together to announce the formation of the Movement Health Foundation.

27 May 2023

Poll: More older adults log on to patient portals, but disparities exist

Far more older adults these days log on to secure websites or apps to connect with their health information or have a virtual health care appointment, compared with five years ago, a new poll shows.

25 May 2023

UNC Health to join a program with Epic as early adopter of Generative AI

UNC Health will participate as early adopters of Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools through a program with Epic. It will be one of the initial few healthcare systems nationwide to do so.

25 May 2023

Recommendations to ensure the accuracy and replicability of research about EHR workload

Amid an uptick in publications looking to quantify the electronic health record (EHR) workload faced by clinicians, researchers propose three recommendations to ensure the accuracy and replicability of research in this space.

24 May 2023

Global analysis paints a picture of growing low back pain cases

Analysis of over 30 years of data has shown the number of cases of low back pain is growing, with modeling suggesting by 2050, 843 million people will be affected by the condition largely due to population increases and aging of populations.

23 May 2023

LSHTM researcher receives £1.8 million to help reduce the impact of alcohol-related harms in India

Dr Abhijit Nadkarni from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been awarded a prestigious Global Research Professorship from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

22 May 2023

Monovalent COVID-19 booster vaccinations administered in early pregnancy not linked with miscarriage

HealthPartners Institute researchers have published new data in JAMA Network Open that shows monovalent COVID-19 booster vaccinations administered in early pregnancy (before 20 weeks' gestation) were not associated with miscarriage.

19 May 2023

Post-COVID condition varies by variant and vaccination status

Research investigates the post-COVID-19 condition, analyzing its profiles based on viral variants and vaccination status. Understanding these profiles can aid in personalized patient care.

17 May 2023

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

A machine learning-based model that enables medical institutions to predict the mortality risk for individual cardiac surgery patients has been developed by a Mount Sinai research team, providing a significant performance advantage over current population-derived models.

17 May 2023

Nemours Children's Health selected to conduct first gene therapy clinical trial for Morquio A syndrome

As part of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Accelerating Medicines Partnership Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium, Nemours Children's Health has been chosen to conduct a first-of-its-kind gene therapy clinical trial for Morquio A syndrome.

16 May 2023

Does obstructive sleep apnea increase the risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2?

Research paper examines the potential link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), the long-term effects of COVID-19. It investigates whether OSA increases the risk of more severe PASC outcomes.

15 May 2023

The crisis is officially ending, but covid confusion lives on

The formal end May 11 of the national public health emergency for covid-19 will usher in lots of changes in the way Americans get vaccines, treatment, and testing for the coronavirus.

11 May 2023

Health Systems News and Research

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

New assessment of health captures the multi-dimensional nature of everyday health experience

Stopping treatment at two years does not seem to compromise overall survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

Study finds substantial differences in cancer drug funding decisions across high-income countries

Strengthening emergency, critical and operative care services in low and middle-income countries

Innovative framework for integrating the assessment of functioning into health and social systems

Most American Indian/Alaska Native women of childbearing age have suboptimal heart health, AHA reports

Many people living in the ‘diabetes belt’ are plagued with medical debt

Health experts and multinationals join together to announce the formation of Movement Health Foundation

Poll: More older adults log on to patient portals, but disparities exist

UNC Health to join a program with Epic as early adopter of Generative AI

Recommendations to ensure the accuracy and replicability of research about EHR workload

Global analysis paints a picture of growing low back pain cases

LSHTM researcher receives £1.8 million to help reduce the impact of alcohol-related harms in India

Monovalent COVID-19 booster vaccinations administered in early pregnancy not linked with miscarriage

Post-COVID condition varies by variant and vaccination status

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

Nemours Children's Health selected to conduct first gene therapy clinical trial for Morquio A syndrome

Does obstructive sleep apnea increase the risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2?

The crisis is officially ending, but covid confusion lives on

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