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As part of its efforts to create an excellent patient experience, Newton-Wellesley Hospital has made constant and comprehensive communication with patients and family members a key part of the hospital's culture.
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Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is scrutinizing hospital readmissions, it's more important than ever for hospitals to thoroughly track and trend their readmissions, says Carol Everhart, RN, MMI, director of clinical informatics for Curaspan Health Group.
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The GI toxicity of NSAIDs is well recognized, with a 1998 report suggesting that as many as 16,500 deaths that year were attributable to NSAID-induced GI bleeding.
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Consecutive elderly patients seeking care for dizziness from primary care offices in the Netherlands were recruited for a study that followed them with extensive testing over 19 months.
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Brucellosis is the most common zoonosis worldwide, resulting in an estimated half million cases annually.
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In this issue: FDA Advisory Committee recommends approval of dabigatran, safety of proton pump inhibitors, effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin, FDA Actions.
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Acute stroke trials pose unique ethical challenges to researchers, and by extension to IRBs. Stroke interventions are extremely time-sensitive, meaning that decisions about treatment and research participation often must be made quickly.
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As the lingering pain of the recession continues to hamper state budgets, the prospect of furloughs may easily be in many IRBs' futures.
