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BPS approves critical care, pediatrics specialty certification.
African Americans have a higher incidence of prostate cancer and experience poorer outcomes compared with Caucasian Americans. Racial differences in care are well documented; however, few studies have...
Follow-through of a positive screening test is necessary to reap the potential benefits of cancer screening. Racial variation in follow-through diagnostic care may underlie a proportion of the known d...
Utilization of a Benchmarking Database to Inform NICHE Implementation.
An integral part of NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) is a benchmarking service that provides member sites with the ability to evaluate staff perceptions of the care environment co...
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA): early experience.
BACKGROUND: Repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) represents a considerable technical challenge. Since its first description in 1955, open repair of TAAA has been considered the gold stan...
BACKGROUND: Although many acute care surgery (ACS) formats exist, the model established in 2006 at our academic, level 1 trauma center includes a dedicated daytime operating room. The goal of the pres...
Centralization of Services and Reduction of Adverse Events in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery.
BACKGROUND: The perioperative period is critical in the outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer. The aim of the present analysis was to examine adverse events in patients dying under surgical care...
Family members charged with the care of those suffering from schizophrenia experience considerable stress due to their multiple responsibilities. Research regarding the burdens of caregiving is scant...
News Articles
SANTA FE, N.M., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UC Charting Solutions announced today that it has successfully implemented ProMentum® Flex at Ong's Urgent Care in Louisville, KY. Ong's origina...
Multidisciplinary health care approach can cut the rate of common airway infection among children
An initiative that combines a multidisciplinary health care approach with a range of preventive measures could cut the rate of a common airway infection among children in intensive care by more than h...
Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 As more and more adults struggle with caring for aging and increasingly fragile parents, a growing voice in the wellness arena is addressing the role that well-roun...
Targeting Obesity With Health Care Reform
By TOMMY THOMPSON & KENNETH THORPE The Medicare Board of Trustees just released its latest report on the program’s finances and the results are terrifying. Despite a decline in health care c...
Age disparities exist in continuum of care for patients with HIV
Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppre...
A study from investigators at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) found that African-American or Hispanic children diagnosed with autism were significantly less likely than white children to hav...
Study details age disparities in HIV continuum of care
Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppre...
Multidisciplinary initiative reduces airway infection in pediatric intensive care patients
An initiative that combines a multidisciplinary health care approach with a range of preventive measures could cut the rate of a common airway infection among children in intensive care by more than h...
Federal Officials Give Final OK For Florida's Medicaid Managed Care Plan
Approval by the Obama administration was expected after it gave its initial go-ahead just hours before Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced his support for the health law's Medicaid expansion. Politico:...
N.M. Project Aims To Electronically Connect Primary Care, Mental Health Providers
A new health care project in New Mexico -- with an eye on expanding the project nationwide -- will allow primary care doctors and mental health experts to connect electronically to provide better ment...
Events
Point of Care: Innovations for the Future
What does the future hold for POC? Join SMi as we take a look at the future advancements within the field of Point of Care Diagnostics and look to identify POC trends and market opportunities in this...
Point-of-Care Diagnostics World Congress 2013
The Point-of-Care Diagnostics World Congress will take place in San Diego.
Companies
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving peopleâs lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthc...
Carmex and Carma Laboratories, Inc.
For more than 75 years, Milwaukee-based Carma Laboratories, Inc., has manufactured Carmex brand lip balms. Carma Laboratories, Inc. is a family owned and operated business that wa...
Amerigroup, a Fortune 500 Company, coordinates services for individuals in publicly funded health care programs. Serving approximately 1.9 million members in 11 states nationwide, Amerigroup accepts a...
Overlake Hospital Medical Center is a nonprofit, non-tax-supported regional medical center with a network of medical clinics throughout the Eastside. The hospital is licensed for...
AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb
Dedicated to addressing the global burden of diabetes by advancing individualized patient care, AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb are working in collaboration to research, deve...
Digital Insurance is the nationâs leading employee benefits agency specializing in insurance for small businesses and mid-sized companies. The firmâs national footprint,...
Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC
Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC (RCCA), one of the largest oncology physician networks in the United States, is transforming oncology care by ensuring that cancer patients hav...
OncLive is the official website for Intellisphereâs Oncology Specialty Group, which publishes Oncology & Biotech News, OncologyLive, Oncology Nursing News, and Contemporary O...
John Muir Health is a not-for-profit organization that includes two of the largest medical centers in Contra Costa County: John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus, a 330-be...
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run bett...
Clinical Trials
Safety of Driving After Minor Surgery With Monitored Anesthesia Care
Patients are currently advised to refrain from driving motor vehicles or using public transportation unescorted for a 24 hour period if they undergo any minor ambulatory surgical procedure...
Secondary Prevention of coRonary Events After Discharge From Hospital (SPREAD)
This is a randomized, open trial comparing post discharge interventions by community health workers (CHW) to standard care in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. This trial will be co...
Financial Distress in Patients With Advanced Cancer
Advanced cancer has an adverse effect in virtually all dimensions of patients' lives (physical, psychosocial, spiritual, familial, role function). One of the less frequently explored effec...
Retinoblastoma Survivor Study: Assessment of General Health and Quality of Life
The purpose of this study is to find out about the quality of life and health in a group of adults who had retinoblastoma when they were children. By quality of life, we mean how you are f...
Antidepressant Treatment at an Inner City Asthma Clinic
Asthma is common with an increasing prevalence and mortality especially in low-income and minority populations. The course of asthma appears to be influenced by mood and emotions. It has b...
The purpose of this investigation is to collect following data in patients given Nexium capsule (Nexium) for long term in usual-post-marketing therapy to prevention of recurrence of gastri...
New Media Obesity Treatment in Community Health Centers
This purpose of this trial is to determine whether a 12-month eHealth behavioral intervention that includes interactive self-monitoring and feedback, tailored skills training materials, te...
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...
Continuity of Care and Outcomes After Discharge From Hospital
1. INTRODUCTION: Continuity of care (COC) occurs when separate elements of patient care are connected. COC is made up primarily of Continuity of Provider (COP) and Continuity of Informat...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Advance Care Planning
Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions.
Ethics Consultation
Services provided by an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS) or an ethics team or committee (ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL) to address the ethical issues involved in a specific clinical case. The central purpose is to improve the process and outcomes of patients' care by helping to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems.
Incidental Findings
Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.
Reproductive Health Services
Health care services related to human REPRODUCTION and diseases of the reproductive system. Services are provided to both sexes and usually by physicians in the medical or the surgical specialities such as REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ANDROLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; and PERINATOLOGY.
Parental Notification
Reporting to parents or guardians about care to be provided to a minor (MINORS).
