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A new consortium of research institutions is seeking to transform the process of translational research, in hopes of progressing more efficiently from scientific breakthrough to patient treatment.
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Unfortunately, we know that even when an intervention is proven to be efficacious and applicable, it's not always applied," says Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and biostatistics, and director of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of 14 new 2008 members of the CTSA consortium.
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In this digital age, a breach of personal data about clients or customers is the nightmare scenario for any business, conjuring specters of identity theft and public relations woes.
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At St. Joseph's PeaceHealth in Bellingham, WA, a former patient has been sitting on the facility's medical executive committee for more than a year.
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The professionals in the addiction treatment services team at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore have created an approach for treating methadone patients, called the motivated stepped care (MSC) model, which has decreased positive urine tests from 74% to 54% and increased group counseling attendance from 14% to 65%.
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In a dramatic effort to expand its quality program for hospital inpatient services in fiscal year 2009, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed the addition of 43 new quality measures for which hospitals will have to report data in order to receive the full annual payment update for their services.
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Have you ever presented physicians with carefully analyzed data to demonstrate areas in need of improvement and then discover that your findings are disputed?
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Nearly half (43%) of hospitals surveyed in the first half of 2007 were not compliant with The Joint Commission's standard requiring medications be properly and safely stored, and 20% were non-compliant with the requirement for medication orders to be written clearly and transcribed accurately.
