A media interview offers a great opportunity to tell your company’s story but it’s not just another speaking engagement. It is a demanding exercise and for most professionals, it can be unnerving. Four words that strike fear in the heart of anyone who has been tapped as a company spokesperson are, “A reporter is calling.” […]
Read MorePatients appear to want information about different options for regional anaesthesia for post-operative pain, yet it seems that they wish to be relatively passive when it comes to making a choice, according to results of a survey. Shared decision-making (SDM), a patient-centred decision-making process that encourages active patient engagement in preference-sensitive healthcare decisions, is a […]
Read MoreIn a national study of hospital emergency department visits for opioid overdoses, 67.8% of the overdoses involved prescription opioids (including methadone), followed by heroin, other unspecified opioids, and multiple opioids, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Michael A. Yokell, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, and colleagues analysed the 2010 Nationwide […]
Read MoreAuthors: Wadia S et al., Ann Emerg Med 2014 Oct 64:385 In a study of 60 children undergoing procedural sedation with ketamine, intraocular pressure increased only by a median of 3 mm Hg. Investigators evaluated ketamine’s effect on intraocular pressure in a prospective observational study of children aged 8–18 years undergoing procedural sedation at a […]
Read MoreThe cost of medical malpractice remains stable for healthcare providers nationwide, according to an annual report from Aon and the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management. The 2014 Aon/ASHRM Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark report was released Wednesday, according to a statement. “Although overall cost levels appear to be calm, these seemingly still waters hide […]
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