Survey points out deficiencies in addictions training for medical residents
A 2012 survey of internal medicine residents at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) – one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals – found that more than half rated the training they had received in...
View ArticleGastric bypass surgery may help manage diabetes risk factors
Among mild to moderately obese patients with type 2 diabetes, adding gastric bypass surgery to lifestyle and medical management was associated with a greater likelihood of improved levels of metabolic...
View ArticleHigh rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia found in small community hospitals
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent healthcare-associated infections found in intensive-care units (ICUs). New research on the prevalence of VAP in community hospitals...
View ArticleDifferences in outcomes of cervical spine surgery at teaching versus...
For patients undergoing surgery on the cervical (upper) spine, overall rates of complications and death are higher at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, reports a study in the June 1...
View ArticleTeaching and safety-net hospitals show variations in quality and outcomes of...
Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, reports a study in the...
View ArticleHypertension-driven disease rapidly rising in sub-Saharan Africa
Based on the experience of a large hospital in Tanzania, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have discovered a "startlingly" high burden of hypertension in this sub-Saharan African country.
View ArticleCancer and treatment side effect: Stronger mother-daughter ties
(Medical Xpress)—A bout with cancer can be the catalyst for growth and healing in mother-daughter relationships, suggests a new study by a University of Illinois social work professor.
View ArticleGuideline development for non-specialist mental health services in Nigeria
Mental health conditions contribute to approximately 14% of the total global burden of disease but there is a substantial treatment gap in both developed and developing countries. Treatment of mental...
View ArticleOne-to-one midwife care just as safe and costs significantly less than...
Continued care from a named midwife throughout pregnancy, birth, and after the baby is born (caseload midwifery) is just as safe as standard maternity care (shared between different midwives and...
View Article20 percent of nation's GME funds go to New York while 29 states get less than...
New York state received 20 percent of all Medicare's graduate medical education (GME) funding while 29 states, including places struggling with a severe shortage of physicians, got less than 1 percent,...
View Article'Don't get sick in July': Real dangers for high-risk patients when trainees...
With almost no experience, newly graduated medical students enter teaching hospitals around the country every July, beginning their careers as interns. At the same time, the last year's interns and...
View ArticleMedicare's graduate medical education spending imbalanced
(HealthDay)—There is an "imbalance" in how Medicare distributes its $10 billion a year for graduate medical education (GME), according to a study published in the November issue of Health Affairs.
View ArticleAnticoagulation seen in about half of sub-segmental PE cases
(HealthDay)—Sub-segmental pulmonary embolism (SSPE) represents a substantial burden of total pulmonary embolisms (PEs), according to research published online Dec. 1 in the Journal of Thrombosis and...
View ArticleDo heart patients fare better when doctors away?
Doctors joke that if you're going to have a heart attack, the safest place would be at a big national gathering of heart specialists. But a new study suggests some older hospitalized heart patients may...
View Article'July effect' does not impact stroke outcomes, according to new study
Patients with strokes caused by blood clots -known as acute ischemic strokes- who were admitted in July had similar outcomes compared to patients admitted any other month, according to a new study. The...
View ArticlePower of speech could improve dementia diagnosis
New research from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust found that only half of patients seen at neurology-led memory clinics at the Royal Hallamshire...
View ArticleJust knowing isn't enough: Issuing hospital report cards had no impact on...
If you're an older person having a major operation these days, it is very likely that your hospital is receiving a "report card" on their performance. These reports are designed to prompt hospitals to...
View ArticleMore lumbar Sx complications at teaching hospitals
(HealthDay)—Patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery at teaching hospitals incur longer hospitalizations and have more postoperative complications compared to those treated at nonteaching hospitals,...
View ArticleHepatitis C more prevalent than HIV/AIDS or Ebola yet lacks equal attention
More than 180 million people in the world have hepatitis C, compared with the 34 million with HIV/AIDS and the roughly 30,000 who have had Ebola. Yet very little is heard about the hepatitis C virus...
View ArticleFindings question measures used to assess hospital quality
Hospitals that were penalized more frequently in the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program offered advanced services, were major teaching institutions and had better performance on other...
View ArticleAttending physician workload linked to teaching effectiveness
(HealthDay)—Attending physician workload is associated with lower teaching effectiveness, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
View ArticleHospitals increasingly employing doctors, effects on care uncertain
(HealthDay)—Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians, but switching has had no impact on primary composite quality metrics, according to a study published...
View ArticleHip fracture deaths higher in small- and medium-sized hospitals than in...
The risk of death after hip fracture is higher for patients in small- and medium-sized hospitals than in teaching hospitals in Canada, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...
View ArticleU.S. hospitals halve catheter infection rates: review
(HealthDay)—U.S. hospitals have cut in half the number of potentially deadly bloodstream infections linked to so-called central-line catheters since 2008. But, too many critically ill patients are...
View ArticleDuty hour restrictions don't impair thyroid surgery outcomes
(HealthDay)—Implementation of duty hour reform does not negatively impact thyroid and parathyroid procedure outcomes, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck...
View ArticleWidespread conflicts of interest among patient-advocacy organizations...
Over the past few decades, hundreds of patient-advocacy organizations have emerged in the United States, promoting disease research and influencing FDA and health insurer policies. Now, a new study...
View ArticleDoctors should question the value of most heavily promoted drugs
Top promoted drugs are less likely than top selling and top prescribed drugs to be effective, safe, affordable, novel, and represent a genuine advance in treating a disease, argue US researchers in The...
View ArticleMortality rates at teaching hospitals lower compared with non-teaching hospitals
Patients admitted to major teaching hospitals are less likely to die compared with patients admitted to minor teaching or non-teaching hospitals, according to a large national study from Harvard T.H....
View ArticleAlcohol use is one of the major causes of head injuries in Nepal
Head injuries can be fatal, particularly if the assailant intentionally targets the victim to cause maximum damage. A recent study published in the Birat Journal of Health Sciences in Nepal has found...
View ArticleMore laboratory tests performed at major teaching hospitals
(HealthDay)—For inpatients with a primary diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia or cellulitis, significantly more laboratory tests are performed per day at major teaching hospitals versus nonteaching...
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