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PubMed Articles
A health economic analysis of osteoporotic fractures: who carries the burden?
This is a cost-of-illness study of osteoporotic fractures in Denmark estimating the incremental societal cost associated with osteoporotic fractures, with both direct cost and productivity cost. This...
To ensure reliable telecare services some user authentication schemes for telecare medical information system (TMIS) have been presented in literature. These schemes are proposed with intent to regula...
Management factors associated with veterinary usage by organic and conventional dairy farms.
Objective-To identify management factors associated with veterinary usage by organic and conventional dairy farms. Design-Prospective case-control study. Sample-292 farms. Procedures-Organic farms in...
Drug stability is an important quality-control issue for pharmaceutical and clinical practices. Among the analytical techniques that address this issue, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)...
Practice patterns and outcomes in retransplantation among pediatric kidney transplant recipients.
More than 25% of pediatric kidney transplants are lost within 7 years, necessitating dialysis or retransplantation. Retransplantation practices and the outcomes of repeat transplantations, particularl...
Development of recombinant hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
The worldwide blood shortage has generated a significant demand for alternatives to whole blood and packed red blood cells for use in transfusion therapy. One such alternative involves the use of acel...
Phase transformation and thermoelectric properties of bismuth-telluride nanowires.
Thermoelectric materials have attracted much attention due to the current interest in energy conversion and recent advancements in nano-engineering. A simple approach to synthesize BiTe and Bi2Te3 mic...
An overview of meningococcal disease in India: Knowledge gaps and potential solutions.
The Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) consists of an international group of scientists and clinicians, with expertise in meningococcal immunology, epidemiology, public health and vaccinology that...
BACKGROUND: Breast reconstruction is an option for women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations who elect to undergo prophylactic mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. We report on the uptake of breast reconstr...
Current Topics in Opioid Therapy for Pain Management: Addressing the Problem of Abuse.
Opioids are an established therapy for cancer pain and have become an accepted therapy for chronic noncancer pain. However, increased prescribing of opioids in recent years has been accompanied by an...
News Articles
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association is offering infertility medical professionals an online interactive training program entitled Embryo Donation in Action. Nurses and doctors can access onl...
Six Tips for Healthcare Providers About the New HIPAA Omnibus Rule
Burlington, Vt. (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services adopted tough standards to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health infor...
Your Smartphone Might Hold Key To Your Medical Records
It's one of those unhappy holiday surprises -- a visiting family member gets sick. That happened to Dr. Farzad Mostashari last Thanksgiving. "My dad comes downstairs and he has acute pain in his...
Elan puts up formal "for sale" notice
Ireland-based Elan Corp (NYSE:ELN), which has been the subject of a hostile takeover campaign by private equity firm Royalty Pharma, announced on Friday (June 14) that it is proceeding with a formal s...
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: In November of 2012, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, along with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Comm...
In this complimentary 1-hour interactive webinar, "Introduction to Scrum-Agile: 'What's in it for me?'”, the participants will get an overview of the fundamental principles and mech...
EMR and international private practice marketing expert, Nitin Chhoda, recently began a discussion, in his latest article, about how physical therapists and their staff can master the language of medi...
House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices
Solo practices and physicians approaching retirement age could become exempt from Medicare pay reductions if expanded hardship exemptions for EHR adoption are enacted.
Affordable Scrum Trainings in Denver, CO â 8 PDUs (June 28, 2013) by Conscires Agile Practices
Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 16, 2013 This training is ideal for those who will be a part of the Scrum team, people outside the software industry or those who want to explore Agile and Scrum, but are un...
Affordable Scrum Trainings in Denver, CO – 8 PDUs (June 28, 2013) by Conscires Agile Practices
Conscires Agile Practices is conducting 1-day Pay it Forward Agile and Scrum trainings in Denver, CO. One can earn eight professional development units (8 PDUs) for attending them. Denver, CO (PRWEB)...
Events
Understand biobanking requirements by encompassing ethical requirements and the latest sampling procedures
Infectious Diseases World Summit 2013
3 Tracks: 10th Anti-Infectives Partnering and Deal-Making 11th Vaccines Research & Development: All Things Considered 2nd Influenza Research & Development
CNS Diseases World Summit 2013
Parallel conferences: 6th CNS Partnering & Deal-Making 7th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research & Development
Companies
BIOTECanada is the national association representing the broad spectrum of biotech constituents including emerging and established companies in the health, agricultural, and industrial sectors, as wel...
GlobalCastMD is a medical production company that specializes in live, Internet based broadcasts that actively engage and promote interactions among the global medical community a...
Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business
Founded on the core values of integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion, Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management has been developing values-centered leaders for conte...
Outlook Marketing Services, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Outlook Marketing Services, Inc. is a strategic communications and media relations agency with offices in Chicago and the Northern suburbs. The agencyâs serv...
Tulsa, Ok.-based SayAh is a developer of proprietary, innovative, web-based technologies specifically designed for the healthcare industry. With SayAhâs Reputation Management...
Vitera Healthcare Solutions, formerly Sage Healthcare, provides end-to-end clinical and financial technology solutions to more than 400,000 healthcare professionals including 80,0...
ScottCare develops high quality diagnostic monitoring, CRM data management, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and EHR data integration solutions for hospitals and cardiology practic...
Utilizing evidence-based best practices, Care Team Connect provides a technology platform which enables collaboration among hospitals, community providers, family members and pati...
Greenville Health System (GHS) is committed to medical excellence through patient care, research and education. GHS offers patients a sophisticated network of expertise and...
Navix Diagnostix is a full-service outsource provider of cardiovascular diagnostic services to hospitals and multi-speciality, cardiology and vascular surgery physician practices....
Clinical Trials
MRSA Colonization and Control in the Dallas County Jail
The goal of this 3-year project is to control the spread of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in the Dallas County Jail. CA-MRSA is a bacterium spr...
Can Screening People Registering With Primary Care Improve the Detection of Tuberculosis?
This randomised controlled trial tests whether screening people registering with general practices cost-effectively increases the detection of tuberculosis. The study objectives are to:...
People from ethnic minority groups suffer worse ill-health from asthma than those from majority groups. No studies have reduced emergency care for people from minority groups. We have deve...
Bipolar Disorder Research Study for Ages 12 and Older
The Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians aims to reduce significant differences in treatment results among Pennsylvanians with bipolar disorder, especially among youth, the elderly,...
Evaluation of an ICU Hyperglycemia Protocol Using Insulin Aspart
In response to the evidence supporting “tight” glucose control (70 – 110) in the critical care setting, the MMH ICU developed a protocol utilizing regular intravenous insulin. This p...
Sedation and Psychopharmacology in Critical Care
Certain methods of sedation increase the duration of respiratory failure. Two strategies, a nursing- implemented sedation algorithm and daily interruption of sedatives, decrease length of...
Primary Care Management/Action Plans for Advanced Chronic Diseases
Patients living with advanced chronic diseases (ACD), such as congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) present substantial care and economic challenges fo...
Objectives include description of current practices; assessment over time of K/DOQI goals, clinical outcomes, health resource utilization(HRU) and patient reported outcomes (PRO) and the...
Does vaccinating hemodialysis patients with Twinrix® (combination vaccine against hepatitis A and hepatitis B) result in a difference in hepatitis B antibody response in comparison to the...
ICIBS Trial - Improving Patient Information About Bowel Cancer Screening - a Decision Aid Trial
This project has been completed and consisted of a randomised trial of six tailored decision aids giving patients evidence-based information about faecal occult blood test screening for bo...
Videos
HHS OCR - Explaining the Notice of Privacy Practices
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Empirical Research
The study, based on direct observation, use of statistical records, interviews, or experimental methods, of actual practices or the actual impact of practices or policies.
Medicine, Tibetan Traditional
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the Tibetan culture.
Auriculotherapy
Treatment of pain, drug addictions, or other ailments by stimulating the various points on the external ear (EAR AURICLES). It is based on the ancient Chinese practices of EAR ACUPUNCTURE, but sometimes magnets and other modes of stimulation are used.
Translational Research
The application of discoveries generated by laboratory research and preclinical studies to the development of clinical trials and studies in humans. A second area of translational research concerns enhancing the adoption of best practices
Primary Prevention
Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION, including mental health; protective procedures, such as COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; and monitoring and regulation of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Primary prevention is to be distinguished from SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION.
