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New method for tracking nurses in real time could help improve health care delivery process

Previous studies about nurse workflow have used time-motion study methods, which involve manually observing nurses in person or on video and then clocking how much time they spend on each task.

6 Dec 2017

Stopping opioid addiction at one key source: The hospital

It may not be rocket science, but a group of surgeons at the University of Michigan's Michigan Medicine have devised a strategy to curb the nation's opioid epidemic — starting at their own hospital.

6 Dec 2017

Your plumber offers a money-back guarantee. Should your doctor?

Linda Radach has had six hip replacement operations since 2006, three on each side. Osteoarthritis was the reason she needed surgery in the first place, but replacing her hips in some ways only worsened her troubles.

6 Dec 2017

Does patient care suffer with substitute doctors?

When a regular doctor is not at hospital due to illness or vacation, for example, patients are not treated by the doctor’s colleague or other hospital physician, but by a locum from outside of the hospital. Researchers from Harvard Medical School have now asked whether these temps provide the same level of care as the doctors they are filling in for.

6 Dec 2017

Newborn screening for SMA favored by most people, study finds

Research from the University of Warwick indicates that most people are in favor of newborn screening for the potentially deadly condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

6 Dec 2017

Hospitals find asthma hot spots more profitable to neglect than fix

Keyonta Parnell has had asthma most of his young life, but it wasn't until his family moved to the 140-year-old house here on Lemmon Street two years ago that he became one of the health care system's frequent customers.

6 Dec 2017

Attack on asthma: Scrubbing homes of allergens may tame disease and its costs

After years of studying the causes of asthma, a pediatrician-turned-public health sleuth thinks there's a way to substantially reduce its impact.

6 Dec 2017

Smaller hospitals have higher risk of inefficiency, study finds

Size matters when it comes to a hospital’s operational efficiency and smaller hospitals have a higher risk of inefficiency, a study has found.

6 Dec 2017

Scientists create low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies

Cornell University engineers and nutritionists have created a swift solution for a challenging global health problem: a low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies at the point of care.

5 Dec 2017

Binge eating can act as barrier to achieving weight-loss success

Someone who binge eats consumes an objectively large amount of food while feeling a loss of control over eating. When episodes occur weekly for several months, the action moves into the realm of binge-eating disorder.

5 Dec 2017

National health collaborative efforts can help reduce infection rates in nursing homes

Each year, 150,000 U.S. nursing home residents will receive a urinary catheter--half of whom will develop a catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

5 Dec 2017

Statisticians estimate modern contraceptive prevalence in world’s poorest nations

Statisticians Leontine Alkema, Niamh Cahill and Chuchu Wei at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others, today released new estimates and projections of modern contraceptive prevalence and other family planning outcomes for the 69 poorest countries of the world.

5 Dec 2017

Healthcare News

New method for tracking nurses in real time could help improve health care delivery process

Stopping opioid addiction at one key source: The hospital

Your plumber offers a money-back guarantee. Should your doctor?

Does patient care suffer with substitute doctors?

Newborn screening for SMA favored by most people, study finds

Hospitals find asthma hot spots more profitable to neglect than fix

Attack on asthma: Scrubbing homes of allergens may tame disease and its costs

Smaller hospitals have higher risk of inefficiency, study finds

Scientists create low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies

Binge eating can act as barrier to achieving weight-loss success

National health collaborative efforts can help reduce infection rates in nursing homes

Statisticians estimate modern contraceptive prevalence in world’s poorest nations

Study provides insight into which patients miss multiple GP appointments

Scientists find link between physical contact and gut bacteria in red-bellied lemurs

Transgender youth feel uncomfortable to discuss health-care needs with their doctors

Dangling a carrot for patients to take healthy steps: Does it work?

Research: Fuel poor households on lowest incomes also at risk from CO poisoning

1 in 10 medical products found to be substandard or falsified in low- and middle-income countries

WHO: Madagascar’s pneumonic plague outbreak shows steady decline, but response must be sustained

Artificial intelligence and modern musical lullabies can help people sleep better

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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