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When Steven Passik, PhD, slipped on the ice earlier this year and tore his supraspinatus tendon, he needed rotary cuff surgery and was given a prescription for opioids to deal with the pain — no questions asked. “They didn’t ask me who I am or what I do; they didn’t ask me a single question […]
Read MoreResearchers have developed a new tool that can accurately identify patients with chronic migraine (CM). The screening questionnaire — called the ID-CM — can potentially be used by physicians or by patients themselves. “The way we imagine it in clinical practice is that someone completes this questionnaire in a physician’s office and it provides a […]
Read MorePatients awaiting colon cancer surgery who rated their quality of life (QoL) low were 2 and a half times more likely to encounter early, serious surgical complications than those who reported a higher quality of life, a new study shows. The findings were published in the August Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Patients who scored below […]
Read MoreKetamine does not increase intracranial pressure, increase risk for death, or extend intensive care unit length of stay compared with drugs commonly used to intubate adult patients in the emergency department (ED), new data indicate. In a systematic review, Lindsay Cohen, MD, from the Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program, University of British Columbia, […]
Read MoreI thought this was important since it is about healthcare fraud. Businesses are using analytics to curb losses The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that healthcare fraud costs are approximately $80 billion annually. But it could be closer to $700 billion annually if fraud and improper payments are lumped together, said Julie Malida, principal of […]
Read MoreJob descriptions are the cornerstone of communication between you and your staff. After all, it’s hard for supervisors to measure job effectiveness during performance reviews unless you and the employee both know what you expect. Also, carefully drafted job descriptions can be useful tools in court. For example, if an employee files an Americans with […]
Read MorePublished in Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug 29 Authors: Imai Y et al OBJECTIVE: Thirty-one to 97 % of patients who undergo thoracotomy for lung cancer experience ipsilateral shoulder pain, marring the otherwise excellent relief provided by thoracic epidural analgesia. The aim of this study was to test whether the addition of pregabalin to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Makris U, et al Published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 312 (8), 825-836 (Aug 2014) Importance Persistent pain is highly prevalent, costly, and frequently disabling in later life. Objective To describe barriers to the management of persistent pain among older adults, summarize current management approaches, including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic modalities; present […]
Read MoreThe producer price index for acute-care hospitals increased 1.7 percent between August 2013 and August 2014, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall hospital prices also increased 0.1 percent between July and August. The PPI for hospitals measures “changes in actual or expected reimbursement received for services across the full range of […]
Read MoreAs of Thursday, 7.3 million people have both enrolled in and paid for health insurance plans, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced during a hearing of the House Oversight Committee. The announcement comes after a letter from Republican Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Tennesse’s Lamar Alexander to Tavenner, requesting an […]
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