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New study reveals evaluation results of national anti-smoking campaign in USA

A comprehensive evaluation of the first ever federally-funded national smoking cessation campaign in the USA has revealed that the campaign may have helped at least 100 000 people in the USA to give up smoking, according to new results published in The Lancet.

10 Sep 2013

GS1 Australia, NEHTA introduce GS1 Recallnet Healthcare to improve patient safety

GS1 Australia with the support of the National E-Health Transition Authority is pleased to announce the official launch of GS1 Recallnet Healthcare – an electronic product recall notification management system for therapeutic goods.

10 Sep 2013

Beverage coaster campaign reminds pregnant women on dangerous effects of alcohol

Before taking a sip of alcohol at nearly a dozen local bars and restaurants, San Diegans will be reminded of the dangers of mixing alcohol and pregnancy thanks to a beverage coaster campaign led by the new Southern California chapter of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (SoCal NOFAS), in partnership with University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

10 Sep 2013

New prescribing protocol could reduce potential misuse of antibiotics

Researchers have developed a new strategy for prescribing antibiotics that could reduce patient harm and help combat the rise in antibiotic resistance.

10 Sep 2013

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

An electronic decision support tool helped to reduce deaths from pneumonia in four hospital emergency departments in a new study.

10 Sep 2013

Study: Nearly one in five older adults end up in emergency department after surgery

Nearly one in five older adults who have common operations will end up in the emergency department within a month of their hospital stay, a new study finds - a surprisingly high number found in the first national look at the issue.

10 Sep 2013

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

In one of the first studies of its kind, a joint UCLA/RAND Corporation study addressed the prevalence and cost of critical care therapies provided in intensive care units that were perceived by physicians as "futile."

10 Sep 2013

GIQuIC expands endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium announces the expansion of its endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy and related quality measures. GIQuIC, a quality benchmarking registry co-sponsored by the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, provides reliable and relevant measures of endoscopic quality that give physicians meaningful information they can use to improve patient care.

10 Sep 2013

UCLA receives multimillion-dollar gift to provide patients with innovative home health program

A multimillion-dollar gift has allowed the UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases to provide patients with an innovative home health program; supported new, minimally invasive treatment procedures; and funded state-of-the-art gastroenterology research.

10 Sep 2013

Survival rules for young drivers to prevent accidental death and injuries

Anyone familiar with the devastating statistics knows that inexperience plus a driver's license can be a dangerous combination. For teen drivers, lives can be forever changed in an instant.

10 Sep 2013

DO-HEALTH study aims to provide evidence for strategies that prevent chronic disease in seniors

Europe's largest healthy ageing study - DO-HEALTH - which aims to provide evidence for the safety of three simple preventive interventions: vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids and a simple home exercise programme, has recruited 532 of its target 2,000 seniors.

10 Sep 2013

Springer publishes Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine

The Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, with more than 1.200 entries, is the first encyclopedia devoted to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. An international advisory board consisting of the leadership and past leadership of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the International Society of Behavioral Medicine guarantees the high quality of the contributions and ensures that the field will be covered from a global perspective.

10 Sep 2013

Experts develop website to help navigate new challenges posed by breast density notification laws

A team of California-based breast imagers and breast cancer risk specialists have developed a website to help navigate the new challenges posed by breast density notification laws, according to a special report published online in the journal Radiology.

10 Sep 2013

State highlights: Democratic Gov. hopefuls spar over hospitals in N.Y.

A selection of health policy stories from New York, Indiana, South Carolina, California and Kansas.

10 Sep 2013

Study: Regular mammogram screening should be encouraged in younger women

A new analysis has found that most deaths from breast cancer occur in younger women who do not receive regular mammograms. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that regular screening before age 50 should be encouraged.

10 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Navigators become 'major friction point;' conservative opponents of health law take tactics from civil rights conflict

In the fierce debate over what would become the Affordable Care Act, the signature policy achievement of President Obama's first term, there was relatively little to-do over the question of the bill's so-called navigators. ... But in the years since the ACA became law, navigators have become a major friction point in the push to unravel Obamacare in state legislatures across the country. Insurance brokers and agents have led the charge, insisting that navigators will impede their ability to do business (9/6).

10 Sep 2013

For veterans, malpractice payouts reach 12-year high

Christopher Ellison went to a veterans medical center in Philadelphia to get eight teeth extracted in 2007. What should have been a routine dentist visit left him permanently incapacitated.

10 Sep 2013

What does the health law's future hold for workers, uninsured people, employers and others?

News outlets examine a variety of issues related to the health law's implementation, ranging from how it might impact workers in the year ahead, to those who will not gain any benefit from the law as well as the importance of location and other news about how the overhaul will affect the health care marketplace.

10 Sep 2013

House GOP to advance bill to fund gov't until mid-December

The Republican leadership is also contemplating how to handle pressure from conservatives demanding they cut off all funding for the health law. Those members plan a rally Tuesday to build momentum.

10 Sep 2013

Study finds that large differences in lung function worldwide could impact health

A global study led by McMaster University researchers has found large differences in lung function between healthy people from different socioeconomic and geographical regions of the world which could impact their health.

10 Sep 2013

Healthcare News

New study reveals evaluation results of national anti-smoking campaign in USA

GS1 Australia, NEHTA introduce GS1 Recallnet Healthcare to improve patient safety

Beverage coaster campaign reminds pregnant women on dangerous effects of alcohol

New prescribing protocol could reduce potential misuse of antibiotics

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

Study: Nearly one in five older adults end up in emergency department after surgery

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

GIQuIC expands endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy

UCLA receives multimillion-dollar gift to provide patients with innovative home health program

Survival rules for young drivers to prevent accidental death and injuries

DO-HEALTH study aims to provide evidence for strategies that prevent chronic disease in seniors

Springer publishes Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine

Experts develop website to help navigate new challenges posed by breast density notification laws

State highlights: Democratic Gov. hopefuls spar over hospitals in N.Y.

Study: Regular mammogram screening should be encouraged in younger women

Viewpoints: Navigators become 'major friction point;' conservative opponents of health law take tactics from civil rights conflict

For veterans, malpractice payouts reach 12-year high

What does the health law's future hold for workers, uninsured people, employers and others?

House GOP to advance bill to fund gov't until mid-December

Study finds that large differences in lung function worldwide could impact health

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