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Physicians with low ratings in offline surveys less likely to be rated online

Patients posting their opinions about doctors on online ratings websites are much less likely to discuss physicians with low perceived quality and are more prone than offline populations to exaggerate their opinions, according to a paper being presented at a healthcare conference sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

16 Jun 2011

Swim centre personnel, lifeguards more effectively carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Swim centre personnel and lifeguards have higher stamina and carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation more effectively than personnel in the emergency healthcare services, even though they have undergone extreme exertion. Their life-saving efforts may be crucial while waiting for an ambulance. This is the conclusion of research carried out at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

16 Jun 2011

Prior GID diagnosis impacts health outcomes of patients with Parkinson's

A new study investigating the incidence and impact of gastrointestinal disorders (GID) among patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) found that patients who received both a PD diagnosis and a prior GID diagnosis appeared to have worse health outcomes compared to patients who received a diagnosis for PD with no prior GID diagnosis.

16 Jun 2011

Healthcare organizations embrace need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation

Healthcare organizations are embracing the need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation, but they still require the tools and capabilities to make data available in real time and reduce the burden on scarce resources.

16 Jun 2011

European scientists develop efficient methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's

PredictAD is an EU-funded research project that develops objective and efficient methods for enabling earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Diagnosis requires a holistic view of the patient combining information from several sources, such as, clinical tests, imaging and blood samples.

16 Jun 2011

Patient safety initiatives should focus on outpatient setting to avoid paid malpractice claims

In an examination of trends of malpractice claims, there has been a greater decline in the rate of paid claims for inpatient settings than outpatient settings, and in 2009, the number of malpractice claims for events resulting in paid malpractice claims in outpatient and inpatient settings were similar, according to a study in the June 15 issue of JAMA.

16 Jun 2011

Geisinger uses mandatory approach to improve healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates

Geisinger Health System vaccinated more than 92% of all employees against influenza this season, with a modification of a mandatory program. On average, fewer than half of all healthcare workers receive flu vaccinations.

16 Jun 2011

Study finds no link between anxiety, depression and weight loss after bariatric surgery

Depression and anxiety do not seem to interfere with the amount of weight loss or the improvement of obesity-related conditions after bariatric surgery, according to a new study of more than 25,000 patients presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.

16 Jun 2011

Antibiotics overprescribed for in home-care patients

A study of Canadian home-care patients suggests doctors may be overprescribing antibiotics for patients receiving ongoing medical care at home.

16 Jun 2011

GAO: HHS okayed waivers mostly when high cost increases were projected

Democrats view the report as evidence that waivers were not given out by the administration as political rewards to labor unions and other allies.

16 Jun 2011

Children's Medical Center to open new $21M Specialty Care Center in Southlake

Children's Medical Center will debut its new Specialty Care Center in Southlake on June 18, a $21 million expansion which will serve children in one of the state's fastest-growing cities and the surrounding communities.

16 Jun 2011

UC Irvine researchers discover top six risk factors for weight loss surgery

University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine) researchers reviewed data from more than 100,000 bariatric surgery patients and discovered the top six risk factors that could help doctors and patients predict, evaluate, reduce or avoid in-hospital mortality after weight loss surgery.

16 Jun 2011

Hybrid operating rooms emerging as a major market segment within OR integration systems

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, hybrid operating rooms (ORs) are emerging as a major market segment within operating room integration systems.

16 Jun 2011

Study: Glowing gel improves children's hand hygiene

Use of a glowing gel that shows kids how well they wash their hands by illustrating bacteria they missed while washing and may significantly improve hand hygiene, according to a study published in the July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

16 Jun 2011

Patient Access Solutions announces 67% reduction in company's total liability

Patient Access Solutions, Inc., A provider of healthcare/financial processing technologies for the healthcare and home care industry today announced that the company has reduced its outstanding liabilities by $1,768,189.00.

16 Jun 2011

Report: For-profit Medicaid managed care plans have higher admin costs

Commercial Medicaid managed care plans that are publicly traded may not be serving beneficiaries as well as other plans, according a report released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund.

16 Jun 2011

Merge prices $52M senior secured notes due 2015

Merge Healthcare Incorporated today announced the pricing of its $52 million aggregate principal amount of 11.75% senior secured notes due 2015.

16 Jun 2011

State roundup: Mass. health spending's rise; huge Ky. hospital merger

A new report from the state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy shows that: ... "Spending per member on privately insured people grew 6 percent from 2007 to 2008 and another 10 percent from 2008 to 2009. This rate of growth was substantially higher than the increase in national personal health care expenditures per capita of 4.6 percent from 2008 to 2009. Spending by private payers also grew faster than spending by public payers".

16 Jun 2011

Viewpoints: Hiaasen on 'insane' insurance; residential facilities' budget nightmares; safety at VA hospitals

If Obama's healthcare plan is struck down in court, lots of politicians will celebrate it as a victory over big government. The dubious reward for taxpayers will be to continue footing the medical bills for 50 million uninsured Americans, and watching the dangerous deficit swell.

16 Jun 2011

GNAX, Acuo partner to develop cloud-based, VNA of medical images for healthcare providers

Global Net Access (GNAX), a leading healthcare technology service provider, announces a strategic relationship with Acuo Technologies to develop a cloud-based, vendor neutral archive (VNA) of medical images for healthcare providers.

15 Jun 2011

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Physicians with low ratings in offline surveys less likely to be rated online

Swim centre personnel, lifeguards more effectively carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Prior GID diagnosis impacts health outcomes of patients with Parkinson's

Healthcare organizations embrace need for information transparency to drive clinical transformation

European scientists develop efficient methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's

Patient safety initiatives should focus on outpatient setting to avoid paid malpractice claims

Geisinger uses mandatory approach to improve healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates

Study finds no link between anxiety, depression and weight loss after bariatric surgery

Antibiotics overprescribed for in home-care patients

GAO: HHS okayed waivers mostly when high cost increases were projected

Children's Medical Center to open new $21M Specialty Care Center in Southlake

UC Irvine researchers discover top six risk factors for weight loss surgery

Hybrid operating rooms emerging as a major market segment within OR integration systems

Study: Glowing gel improves children's hand hygiene

Patient Access Solutions announces 67% reduction in company's total liability

Report: For-profit Medicaid managed care plans have higher admin costs

Merge prices $52M senior secured notes due 2015

State roundup: Mass. health spending's rise; huge Ky. hospital merger

Viewpoints: Hiaasen on 'insane' insurance; residential facilities' budget nightmares; safety at VA hospitals

GNAX, Acuo partner to develop cloud-based, VNA of medical images for healthcare providers

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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