A team of Geisinger Health System researchers in central Pennsylvania recently discovered that use of the Electronic Health Record in care programs significantly increases the screening rate of women who are at risk for osteoporosis. The study found that redesigning care to incorporate the EHR also helps streamline the work of doctors.
Americans have not yet warmed to consumer-driven health plans, a relatively new kind of coverage that offers reduced premiums but carries higher annual deductibles. Enrollment in consumer-driven plans remains low, and satisfaction continues to lag when compared with more comprehensive health insurance, according to a survey released today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Commonwealth Fund, nonpartisan organizations.
University of Pennsylvania alumni Ralph J. Roberts and his son Brian L. Roberts have pledged $15 million to help create the first-of-its-kind proton therapy center for the treatment of cancer.
A new Surgical Simulation and Technology Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, one of only a few hospital-based centers of its kind in the United States, will open on December 6, 2006. The center brings together a diverse group of experts to solve important challenges in surgery, such as how to improve and expand minimally invasive surgical procedures that enhance patient care, how to advance the design of surgical instruments and how to redesign operating rooms to prevent surgeons from suffering from shoulder and neck injuries.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is issuing a renewed safety warning over the use of lancing devices in nursing homes and care homes after reports from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) of transmission of infection.
Governments should keep the threat and funding of global terrorism in perspective, given the number of preventable deaths that occur daily from HIV, malaria and TB.
A ?20 million Department of Health program to develop medicines specifically for use in children will be launched jointly by the University of Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Children?s NHS Trust (Alder Hey) tomorrow (Thursday, 7 December).
In testimony before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Gregory J. Dehmer, MD, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), today urged a review panel to evaluate new data on the safety of drug-eluting stents (DES) from the perspective of prior developments in the history of coronary intervention, and with an appreciation for the balance of benefits and risks that guides all clinical decision-making.
An electronic medical health records system launched by five major companies of US, including two Silicon Valley giants, received support from a doctors’ group and two federal agencies.
The two-slice-touch rule increased the accuracy of diagnosing meniscal tears, according to a study conducted by the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Hospital, in Madison, Wis.