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Doctors to give complete information on prescriptions to patients

...he researchers carried out at investigation on 185 outpatient visits to 44 physicians. The 5 key points are the name of the medication, the purpose for taking it, the duration of use, possible adverse effects and the number and frequency of doses. The study revealed that at least one of the key points was mis...

First-Year Treatment Success Lowers 15-Year Death Risk for Alcoholics

...ed for alcoholics who undergo a longer duration of outpatient treatment or Alcoholics Anonymous participation du...Participants who received more than eight weeks of outpatient treatment or who attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for more than 16 weeks and who had no drinki...

Physician Communication Spotty When Prescribing Medications

...Sacramento, Calif. These interactions involved 185 outpatient encounters with 16 family physicians, 18 internists and 11 cardiologists. Patients in the study had a mean age of 55 and were evenly divided between male and female. Most were white and had some college education, and nearly all had health insuranc...

High-Speed Internet2 Link Revolutionizes Global Medical Education

...atient to medical students gathered in the Hopkins outpatient center. These are some of the possible applications of a high-tech Internet communication system that will be used for the first time next week to link Johns Hopkins faculty with clinicians in India. Internet2 is a high-speed, high-bandwidth, dedic...

Drugs May Help Urinary Disease

...d be far lower than with surgery. Nearly 2 million outpatient visits are made annually by patients with urinary stones, with costs for inpatient and outpatient claims totaling $2.1 billion. Source-Eurekalert RAS...

Mystery outbreak causes Canadian University to shut down

...cial events." She said, "About 40 students went to outpatient services at the local hospital on Thursday and Friday to be treated for dehydration. No students were admitted for further treatment of the suspected gastrointestinal bug, which can cause serious problems in people with depressed immune systems. " ...

LA County gives Approval for Reform Plan for King-Drew Medical Center

...ent beds and also an emergency room and expand its outpatient services. From Nov. 30, patients who need special care such as pediatrics or neurosurgery would have to go to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, which is about 10 miles away. The plan requires a public hearing, as well as approval by the state and federal ...

Fewer Women Having Inpatient Breast Cancer Surgery

...ity. The decline// reflects, in part, the shift to outpatient facilities for breast cancer surgeries, plus the g... lumpectomies, which are typically performed on an outpatient basis. The hospitalization rate for women with breast cancer dropped from 90 per 100,000 women to ...

Consumers, Caregivers Taking Steps to Safer Surgery

...r caregivers. // Of the 40 million inpatient and outpatient surgeries patients undergo each year, tens of thousands end up with associated postoperative complications. SCIP is working to prevent complications in four areas that comprise 40 percent of the most common complications after major inpatient surgery...

Studies Examine Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

...1998 and 2003. By searching national inpatient and outpatient VA databases, the researchers identified all patients age 49 to 75 who had undergone FOBT, colonoscopy, a test known as flexible sigmoidoscopy, or double contrast barium enema, another screening method that involves taking X-rays of the colon and rec...

Shorter Post-Operative Recovery Stay After Tonsillectomy for Kids Safe, Cost-Efficient

...after a short post-operative recovery period at an outpatient surgery center. The study found no increased comp...creasing healthcare costs and pressures to perform outpatient surgeries in a more efficient, yet safe, fashion this study lends support to potential safety of sho...

Radiographers Pay Parity Disputes Still Unresolved

... She said, "All the surgery is booked and all the outpatient appointments are booked and we will be back to nor...private providers and delayed elective surgery and outpatient appointments. The radiographers are investigating cases where they believe they were called in to wo...

Pig Stem Cells Show Promise in Repairing Animals’ Heart Attack Damag

...r that we see in pigs, it could be performed on an outpatient basis,” says Eduardo Marbán, M.D., Ph.D., senior study author and professor and chief of cardiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute. “Starting with just a small amount of tissue, we demonstrated that it was ...

Spacer Insertion May Offer Less Invasive Option for Lumbar Problems

...n are used for the procedure, it can be done on an outpatient basis or with a 24-hour hospital stay. Patients who undergo interspinous process decompression do not need to undergo more invasive forms of spinal surgery, said Paul Anderson, M.D., an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation a...

Mentally-Ill Patients Get Re-Hospitalized More

... mental illness is often linked to a disruption in outpatient treatment and rehabilitation and may signal instab...tient in hospital costs more than treatment at the outpatient or community level', Madi said. PRI...

Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective for Some Schizophrenia Patients

...es both average medication costs and inpatient and outpatient costs, were up to 30 percent lower for those taking the perphenazine than for those taking the second generation medications. In addition, the researchers found no statistically significant difference in overall effectiveness between perphenazine and...

Liver Clinic Opened At GH, Tamil Nadu

...r K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran commissioned a specialty outpatient clinic for patients// with liver-related disorders at the Government General Hospital on Wednesday. This Clinic, besides providing advanced therapeutic options to diseases like jaundice, kidney failure and loss of immunity, will also focus on preve...

Schizophrenics At Greater Risk Of Developing Chronic Diseases

... author of the study which looked at inpatient and outpatient insurance claims data from more than 700,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 64. She has previously used this data to study mental illness and cancer, mental illness and diabetes, and the likelihood of women with mental illness to undergo mammogram...

Pros and Cons of Therapy for Lead Exposure

...er such drugs because it can be given orally on an outpatient basis, and it leaches less zinc, iron and other essential minerals out of the body. Although the Centers for Disease Control recommends chelation therapy only for children whose blood lead levels exceed 45 micrograms per deciliter, such drugs as succ...

Indian American Donates $30 Mn to Healthcare System

...50 locations, encompassing a network of hospitals, outpatient centres and primary care physicians. "In many wa...ill feature a comprehensive array of inpatient and outpatient services ranging from high-tech minimally invasive surgery to leading-edge diagnostics and procedure...

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