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The Womens Health Initiative (WHI) conducted a randomized trial of Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation.1 The 36,282 postmenopausal women were part of the WHI clinical trials involving postmenopausal hormone therapy or dietary modification. The average follow-up was 7 years; 37% of the women were age 50 to 59, 45.5% were 60 to 59, and 17.5% were 70 to 79.
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In November the authors of the now famous FASTER trial, which was initially focused on the use of nuchal translucency (NT) in the first trimester, published one of many spin-off reports.
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Malpractice insurers are stinging from charges of profiteering from insurance premiums by new data showing costs rising dramatically as claims drop.
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These are the key findings in the recent report from the Center for Justice and Democracy in New York City.
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Electronic safeguards for e-mail in health care, like sophisticated encryption systems, are one piece of the security puzzle but cannot be the entire solution, according to the experts.
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Patients undergoing chemotherapy to fight leukemia and lymphoma are sometimes being accidentally injected with a powerful cancer-fighting drug in an incorrect way that results in death or permanent paralysis.
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Question: I think we've done a good job of educating our staff about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), but I still worry that someone will slip up.
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The HIPAA transaction standards have not resulted in the uniformity and efficiency envisioned when HIPAA was adopted.
