News tagged with quality care
UN: Deaths up from cancer, diabetes, heart disease
(AP) -- Nearly two-thirds of deaths in the world are caused by noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease which are rapidly increasing at a cost to the global economy of trillions of dollars, ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Europe-wide survey reveals priorities for end-of-life care
A survey of over 9,000 people in seven different countries across Europe has shown that the majority would want to improve the quality of life in the time they had left, rather than extend it. The survey reveals attitudes ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Study says there's little benefit from electronic health records from 2005 to 2007
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic health records did little to improve the quality of health care from 2005 through 2007, even when bolstered by software that gives doctors treatment tips for individual patients.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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HEPA filters reduce cardiovascular health risks associated with air pollution
Using inexpensive air filters may help reduce cardiovascular disease risk that results from exposure to air pollution, according to researchers from Canada, who studied healthy adultsliving in a small community in British ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Speaking the same language means better health care quality, study finds
Wayne State University researchers have found that when patients and providers speak the same language, patients report less confusion and better health care quality. The findings were based on data from the Pew Hispanic ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Health-care systems not using best evidence in decision-making
Health care systems around the world are failing to use evidence obtained through research when making decisions, causing inefficiencies and reduced quantity and quality of life, according to a leading expert in the field ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Mortality rates are an unreliable metric for assessing hospital quality, study finds
Is quality in the eye of the beholder? Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among four common measures of hospital-wide mortality rates, with competing methods ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Surgical complications drop at hospitals that share patient safety data
Michigan hospitals reduced surgical complications by nearly 10 percent at a time when the rest of the nation saw no change in complication rates, according to a new study out next week in the Archives of Surgery.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Information patients use to pick physicians not always good predictor of quality, study finds
When looking for a new physician, patients are often encouraged to select those who are board certified or who have not made payments on malpractice claims. Yet these characteristics are not always a good predictor of which ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Characteristics of patient panels appear associated with quality ratings of primary care physicians
Patients panels (used to rate the quality of care of physicians) with greater proportions of underinsured, minority and non-English speaking patients were associated with lower physician quality rankings, according to a study ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Study finds effects of early child care at age 15
Teens who were in high-quality child care settings as young children scored slightly higher on measures of academic and cognitive achievement and were slightly less likely to report acting-out behaviors than peers who were ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Slumber aids could improve intensive care outcomes
Eye masks and earplugs could help hospital patients get a better night's sleep. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care investigated their effect on sleep quality in a simulated intensive care e ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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New global subsidy for malaria medicines must ensure quality of care
A new subsidy designed to increase access to life-saving antiretrovirals must remain focused on quality patient care if it is to succeed, argues Tido von Schoen-Angerer and colleagues in this week's open access journal PLoS Me ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Availability of diagnostic tests drive success in hospitalist-run short-stay units
The most important factors for a successful stay in hospital short-stay units (SSUs) are the types of diagnostic tests performed and whether or not specialty consultations are needed. When hospitalists staff these units, ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Variability in pancreatic cancer care found with newly developed quality indicators
A set of expert consensus-based, quality-of-care indicators identified considerable variability in the quality of pancreatic cancer care among hospitals and may be used to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, according ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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