News tagged with hospital physicians
Study examines surgeons' stress related to surgery and night duty
A small study of Japanese surgeons suggests that duration of surgery and the amount of blood loss are associated with increased stress scores, and that night duty is associated with reduced stress arousal scores, according ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting
(AP) -- Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Women want answers, but what questions should be asked?
One in two women in the United States will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her lifetime. However, according to a review article published in the May 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Su ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 03, 2010 |
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Prayer on the hospital floor
What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Report: Changes Needed in Nurses' Education and Work Environments
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Hospital software improves patient satisfaction at discharge from hospital
When hospitalists use discharge communication software, patients and the outpatient doctors who carry out the care have better perceptions of the quality of the discharge process, according to new research published in the ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Health care outcome boost needs better studies
Evidence suggests that outcomes in many clinical settings leave a lot to be desired, which means that research into quality improvement (QI) in clinical care has the potential to greatly improve the lot of patients. Now a ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Researchers design re-engineered hospital discharge program to reduce rehospitalization
Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have designed a process to minimize discharge failures. The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) program reduces hospital utilization within ...
Feb 02, 2009 |
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