News tagged with primary prevention
Innovative Web-based tool helps doctors improve care
A Web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record (EMR) helps primary care physicians improve care and manage their entire panel of patients. Those are the findings of two new Kaiser Permanente ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Preventive care poses dilemma for emergency departments, study finds
People go to emergency departments when they've broken a leg, been stabbed or otherwise need urgent care. But a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine finds that 90 percent of EDs nationwide also offer ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Health law kicks into 2nd gear; does it help me?
(AP) -- The nation's new health care law turns 6 months old Thursday and starts delivering protections and dollars-and-cents benefits that Americans can grasp. But it won't affect all consumers the same way, which may cause ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Success of community interventions for childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group
Community-based interventions designed to prevent obesity in children seem to work best in those under the age of five, while there is evidence of some success in primary school children, but very mixed effects in adolescents, ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Driving while distracted is a primary-care issue
It's time for physicians to talk to patients about driving while distracted, a problem that has risen to the rough equivalence of drunken driving thanks to the proliferation of phones that allow drivers to talk and text, ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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New GP computer software to help prevent heart disease
New computer software that will allow GPs to more accurately assess which patients are most at risk of developing heart disease has been released for clinical use.
Feb 05, 2009 |
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