THE BLUEPRINT: Healthgrades evaluated over 4,500 hospitals based on risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates. Stony Brook, NYU Langone, and Mather recognized for consistent high-quality patient care. Hospitals on…
Read more Long Island Hospitals ranked among Healthgrades’ best | Long Island Business NewsRegistered nurses who work at 19 University of California facilities have ratified a new contract after voting concluded Saturday. The contract will cover some 25,000 registered nurses and…
Read more UC registered nurses ratify contract that guarantees a minimum 18.5% increase in payAs part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it is moving to decertify a major…
Read more HHS moves to shut down major organ donation group in latest steps to reform nation’s transplant systemIn a new commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty warn against the use of AI-driven software…
Read more Experts available to discuss potential harm to patients from AI-based software in doctor’s officesNewswise — (Boston)—Teaching is an integral communication skill central to the practice of medicine. The art of teaching extends beyond disseminating information. The skill directly translates to health…
Read more From Lecture to Dialogue: How Brief Training Improves Med Students’ CommunicationNewswise — BOSTON, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers from Analysis Group, a global leader in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), have coauthored a follow-up analysis of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that evaluated…
Read more Analysis Group Researchers Evaluated Long-Term Patient Experience with Dupilumab Using Groundbreaking Method for Generating Real-World DataNewswise — SAN DIEGO ― Combining the JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib with the BCL-xL inhibitor navitoclax was twice as effective in reducing enlarged spleens – a major indicator of…
Read more ASH: Novel combination therapy significantly reduces spleen volume in patients with myelofibrosisNewswise — Two clinical trials led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated early positive results from novel therapies targeting menin for the treatment of…
Read more ASH: Novel menin inhibitors show promise for patients with advanced acute myeloid leukemiasNewswise — Knee replacement surgery in the morning, and back home that evening? Many patients are surprised to learn it is an option. Forgoing a night in the…
Read more Advances in Knee Replacement Surgery Enable More Patients to Go Home the Same DayNewswise — (Baltimore, MD) – Carlos Ince, M.D., FACC, board certified in Adult Cardiovascular Disease, and M. Kate Elfrey, D.O., board certified by the American Osteopathic Board in Cardiology…
Read more Cardiologists Dr. Carlos Ince and Dr. Kate Elfrey of The Heart Center at Mercy are Featured Guests for the November 2023 edition of “Medoscopy”Newswise — HOUSTON ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of its Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO), which integrates the…
Read more MD Anderson announces Institute for Data Science in Oncology to advance mission to end cancer**EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 P.M. ET SATURDAY, NOV. 4** Newswise — A new pathologic scoring system that accurately assesses how much lung tumor is left after a patient receives…
Read more Pathologic Scoring Shows Promise for Assessing Lung Tumor Therapy ResponseEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 P.M. ET, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023 Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – People who live in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to…
Read more Does Your Neighborhood Affect Your Care After a Stroke?Newswise — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Nov. 1, 2023 – Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the academic core of Advocate Health, are launching…
Read more Wake Forest University School of Medicine Launches $100 Million Philanthropic Campaign for ResearchBYLINE: Noah Fromson Newswise — Older adults who live in disadvantaged communities are less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation after common heart procedures, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.…
Read more Older adults from distressed communities attend less cardiac rehab after heart proceduresNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Although people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are significantly more likely to overdose or have a complication after major surgery than those without…
Read more Opioid use disorder treatment associated with decreased risk of overdose after surgery, suggests first-of-its-kind study of over 4 million surgeriesNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return on investment of…
Read more Anesthesiologist-led blood management programs save hospitals significant amounts of blood and reduce costs with same or better patient outcomesNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Two simple solutions could help prevent severe bleeding (postpartum hemorrhage) after cesarean delivery, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting. As…
Read more Two easy fixes could reduce bleeding after cesarean deliveryNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who had common procedures performed outside of the operating room (OR) were more likely to go home instead of to a long-term…
Read more More Patients Go Home Instead of to Long-Term-Care Facility When Sedation for Common Procedures Is Administered or Directed by AnesthesiologistNewswise — INDIANAPOLIS—A new multi-site study led by Indiana University School of Medicine found increasing pediatric readiness in emergency departments reduces, but does not eliminate, racial and ethnic…
Read more Study: health equity an important aspect of improving quality of care provided to children in emergency departments
