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Study: Nursing home care quality not associated with risk of hospital readmission or death

Nursing home care quality does not impact the likelihood of patients being readmitted to the hospital or dying within 30 days of discharge from hospital to nursing home, according to a new analysis of Medicare data and nursing home performance measures by Penn Medicine researchers.

16 Oct 2014

Study shows pain severity among post-surgical patients has decreased by 24%

A new study shows that pain severity among post-surgical patients has decreased by 24 percent since 2003. The study, presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2014 annual meeting, shows vast improvements in the field of pain management for surgical patients.

16 Oct 2014

Researchers discover new signaling pathway to fight excess body weight

The number of overweight persons is greatly increasing worldwide - and as a result is the risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke, diabetes or Alzheimer's disease.

16 Oct 2014

New book offers advice on how to meet contraceptive needs of women with chronic medical problems

Women with chronic medical conditions can be at higher risk for complications during pregnancy and therefore require specialized preconception and contraceptive care and counseling. However, many medical providers are hesitant to prescribe contraception to these women due to concerns about the safety of various contraceptives with co-existing medical disorders.

16 Oct 2014

PAP therapy reduces 30-day hospital readmission rates in cardiac patients with sleep apnea

A study of hospitalized cardiac patients is the first to show that effective treatment with positive airway pressure therapy reduces 30-day hospital readmission rates and emergency department visits in patients with both heart disease and sleep apnea.

16 Oct 2014

MGH, MIT partner to accelerate development of diagnostic tools and therapies

A novel partnership between Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology is addressing three major challenges in clinical medicine – improving the diagnosis of disease, developing new approaches to prevent and treat infectious and autoimmune diseases, and developing more accurate methods of diagnosing and treating major neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. While individual collaborations between MGH and MIT investigators are nothing new, this formalized strategic partnership is designed to accelerate the development of diagnostic tools and therapies.

16 Oct 2014

UCSF study: Smoking takes $18.1 billion toll in California

Smoking took an $18.1 billion toll in California – $487 for each resident – and was responsible for more than one in seven deaths in the state, more than from AIDS, influenza, diabetes or many other causes, according to the first comprehensive analysis in more than a decade on the financial and health impacts of tobacco.

16 Oct 2014

Use of electronic health care services to improve cardiovascular health in China

The use of electronic health care services (versus more traditional methods) to reduce the high incidence of heart disease in China will be debated by leading cardiologists from around the world in Beijing, from 16 to 19 October 2014.

16 Oct 2014

Symposium to address ethical issues facing social workers

Helping social workers face the ethical challenges of social media is up for discussion this Friday (17 October) at Social Work in Health in the 21st Century: Innovating, Influencing, Integrating.

16 Oct 2014

Johns Hopkins Hospital recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Johns Hopkins Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization.

16 Oct 2014

Johns Hopkins Hospital completes Nelson/Harvey Building renovations

Nelson/Harvey Building renovations at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore are complete after a nearly 24-month construction project to completely modernize the two buildings originally built in 1977. The makeover adds 136 new private patient rooms, which will be used primarily for Department of Medicine, pulmonology, gastroenterology and cardiac medicine patients.

16 Oct 2014

Coordinated care by physician anesthesiologists can benefit knee replacement patients

Knee replacement patients go home sooner, are highly satisfied and incur less cost when a physician anesthesiologist coordinates care, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2014 annual meeting.

16 Oct 2014

Research initiative focuses on microbial characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) and methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) continue to be among the most common pathogens that overwhelm the immune system, causing serious skin, soft tissue and life-threatening blood-borne infections.

16 Oct 2014

Children from lower-income families more likely to have complications following tonsillectomy

Removing a child's tonsils is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, with approximately 500,000 children undergoing the procedure each year. New research finds that children from lower-income families are more likely to have complications following the surgery.

16 Oct 2014

State highlights: Ariz. agrees to settlement on health care for prisoners

Prop. 46 would make it mandatory for doctors to consult the database. California would become one of nine states requiring doctors to check before prescribing painkillers to first-time patients. After passing similar laws, Tennessee and New York saw a significant reduction in the number of narcotics prescriptions written. Studies have verified the correlation, but acknowledge that drug abusers may be turning to street drugs, like heroin. Many doctors in California like the database. Some have called it 'indispensable.' But they don't like being told how to practice medicine (Dembosky, 10/14).

16 Oct 2014

Nurse-led initiatives reduce length of stay, improve patient outcomes in Philadelphia hospitals

Recent nurse-led initiatives addressing some of critical care's most pressing challenges resulted in shorter average lengths of stay and other positive patient and fiscal outcomes in seven Philadelphia-area hospitals.

16 Oct 2014

Second Dallas health worker has Ebola; CDC announces 'more robust' response

Seventy-six health-care workers who helped treat Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan are now being monitored for potential Ebola exposure. Forty-eight others are being watched because they had contact with Duncan.

16 Oct 2014

Addressing the evolution of diversity in medical education

A perspective piece in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine from a student at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine addresses the evolution of diversity in medical education.

16 Oct 2014

High court allows Texas abortion clinics to stay open

The Supreme Court's order, staying a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, will allow more than a dozen clinics to resume operations at least temporarily, until a legal challenge has been settled.

16 Oct 2014

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has been recognized as a "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization.

16 Oct 2014

Hospital News and Research

Study: Nursing home care quality not associated with risk of hospital readmission or death

Study shows pain severity among post-surgical patients has decreased by 24%

Researchers discover new signaling pathway to fight excess body weight

New book offers advice on how to meet contraceptive needs of women with chronic medical problems

PAP therapy reduces 30-day hospital readmission rates in cardiac patients with sleep apnea

MGH, MIT partner to accelerate development of diagnostic tools and therapies

UCSF study: Smoking takes $18.1 billion toll in California

Use of electronic health care services to improve cardiovascular health in China

Symposium to address ethical issues facing social workers

Johns Hopkins Hospital recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Johns Hopkins Hospital completes Nelson/Harvey Building renovations

Coordinated care by physician anesthesiologists can benefit knee replacement patients

Research initiative focuses on microbial characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus

Children from lower-income families more likely to have complications following tonsillectomy

State highlights: Ariz. agrees to settlement on health care for prisoners

Nurse-led initiatives reduce length of stay, improve patient outcomes in Philadelphia hospitals

Second Dallas health worker has Ebola; CDC announces 'more robust' response

Addressing the evolution of diversity in medical education

High court allows Texas abortion clinics to stay open

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

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