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Author: Bob Herman Axios Medicare is proposing to start paying for total hip replacement surgeries in outpatient surgery centers next year, meaning patients can go home the same day they get the procedure instead of having to stay overnight in a hospital. Why it matters: Medicare spent roughly $6.5 billion on hospitalizations tied to hip and […]
Read MoreBy Murdoch Children’s Research Institute A team of international scientists, including Melbourne researchers, has found blood samples can help gauge the severity of children’s brain injuries, indicating which children will recover and which will need ongoing support. The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), working with Canadian scientists, analysed blood from 158 children who presented with head injuries at […]
Read MoreAuthor: CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press When reforms shortened working hours for U.S. doctors-in-training, some worried: Was that enough time to learn the art of medicine? Would future patients suffer? Now a study has answers, finding no difference in hospital deaths, readmissions or costs when comparing results from doctors trained before and after caps limiting […]
Read MoreI wanted our readers to know that the federal government is serious about curing healthcare fraud. By Ayla Ellison Becker’s Hospital Review The Department of Justice announced more than $750 million in False Claims Act settlements in the first half of this year, with the bulk of recoveries involving healthcare fraud, according to an analysis by Los […]
Read MoreBy Anthony G. Attrino NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Attorneys for the fiance of Westfield High School Principal Derrick Nelson, who died after donating bone marrow to a teenage cancer patient, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against Hackensack University Medical Center. The complaint naming the hospital, an anesthesiologist and others was filed in Superior Court in […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Chi, Debbie BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1319-1327 BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty is a commonly performed procedure and an important contributor to national health care spending. Reducing the incidence of readmission could have important consequences for patient well-being and relevant financial implications. Whether regional […]
Read MoreUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE New Penn Medicine study found music to be similarly effective as the intravenous form of the sedative medication midazolam in lowering anxiety before anesthetic procedure Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published […]
Read MoreBy Baylor College of Medicine In the surgical setting, the concept “to err is human” could potentially be a matter of life and death. In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine conducted a comprehensive analysis of surgeries that resulted in adverse events over a six-month […]
Read MoreBy Tauren Dyson Emergency departments with in-house intensive care units have higher survival rates and better overall care, a new study shows. The findings, published this week in JAMA Open Network, come from research out of the Massey Family Foundation Emergency Critical Care Center, an intensive care unit housed in the emergency department at Michigan Medicine. Patient […]
Read MoreHealthDay News Pot use and pregnancy hardly go hand-in-hand for health reasons, but more American women are using marijuana just before and right after they become pregnant, new research warns. “These findings should alert women’s health clinicians to be aware of potential increases in daily and weekly cannabis use among their patients,” said lead study […]
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