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Patient-Measured Outcomes Could Be Better, Address Burnout
Hospitals and health systems could more effectively address quality improvement by narrowing the metrics used to those that are meaningful and easy to understand, experts say. -
Hospital Work Environments Tied to Quality and Ratings
The working environment of nurses appears to have a correlation with patient safety and quality, with recent research finding that scores improve when hospitals improve working conditions. -
‘Just Culture’ Can Be Applied to Physician Peer Review
Healthcare organizations are finding that the “just culture” concept can be applied to the physician peer review process. The belief is that individuals should not be blamed for performance errors when the real fault may lie with flawed organizational processes. -
Health System Tackles Drop in Productivity After EMR Introduction
A healthcare system with facilities in California, Texas, and New Mexico successfully addressed the drop in productivity and clinician satisfaction that can come with the introduction of a new EMR. -
EMR Effect on Quality of Care Still a Concern, Can Be Addressed
Seventy-one percent of surveyed physicians say EMRs greatly contribute to physician burnout, and 59% say EMRs need “a complete overhaul.”
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Pregnancy Temporarily Increases Breast Cancer Risk: Parallels to Hormonal Contraception?
In a pooled analysis of prospective studies, researchers found an increased risk of breast cancer among parous women that persists for more than 20 years after childbirth. Breastfeeding did not modify this pattern.
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Low-Dose Aspirin and Preterm Birth
SYNOPSIS: A reanalysis of an earlier randomized clinical trial to assess the ability of low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia has shown that the drug diminishes the risk of spontaneously delivering prior to 34 weeks by about half.
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Does Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis Prevent Spontaneous Preterm Birth?
In this randomized, controlled trial from France, screening for and treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women at low risk for preterm birth with oral clindamycin or placebo did not reduce the rate of spontaneous preterm birth between 16 and 36 weeks.
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Paternal Age Is Important for Perinatal Outcomes
Fathering infants at or after age 45 years is associated with negative effects on both the mothers and the resulting offspring.
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Speech Recognition Technology for EDs May Increase Malpractice Risks
Seven out of 100 words in speech recognition-generated documents contain errors, many of which involve clinical information, according to the authors of a recent study.