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There have been several unintended consequences projected about recent pay-for-performance changes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), but could one of them be an unexpected boon to infection control budgets?
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In the aftermath of highly publicized cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) that claimed the lives of at least three school children and rattled parents nationwide, Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently sat before concerned members of Congress, urging calm and common sense against a "preventable" infection.
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When we idealistically think of being pregnant, despite facing the hardships of labor and delivery of our new child, it is a vision of hopefulness, happiness, and expectations for a happy event. The path of the pregnant woman is, however, not so prosaic, and the reality of the stresses on her body and psyche are multifold.
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Arthritis is a very common affliction, affecting as many as 48% of Americans over the age of 65. No curative therapies are known yet and, therefore, treatment focuses on management of symptoms and reduction of disability.
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CoQ10, ecSOD, hike! CoQ10 and CAD, MDs and DS: Are Regulations Understood?, and Fish with Sugar? O-3s and Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
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Asthma was the top reason children were admitted to the hospital through the ED in 2004, accounting for 95,400 admissions, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The number of children with injuries from all- terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents has increased dramatically in many EDs. From 1998 to 2004, there was a 100% increase in the number of ATV injuries, which children under 16 representing only 14% of ATV riders, but 33% of injuries and fatalities.
