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CMS Standardizing Some Quality Measures

Responding to criticism from healthcare institutions that quality measures have become too numerous and diverse, CMS is adopting a core set of quality measures with the intention of standardizing data collection and making it more meaningful. But will this change have much effect on hospitals?

Clinical Briefs

In this section: a better way to measure blood pressure; the magical powers of grapefruit juice; and yet another reason to stop smoking.

Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant), Albumin Fusion Protein

This product is indicated for on-demand control and prevention of bleeding episodes, perioperative management of bleeding, or routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in children and adults with hemophilia B (congenital factor IX deficiency).

Prescient Warning Symptoms: A New Target for Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention

Typical cardiac symptoms frequently precede sudden cardiac arrest and are frequently unheeded, but when acted on are associated with decreased mortality.

Eat Less Sugar: The New National Dietary Guidelines

A strict adherence to a lower sugar intake may improve the incidences of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but the guidelines could have, and should have, gone much further to apply the latest research to promoting dietary change in the United States.

Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department

Use of acupuncture significantly reduced pain in study patients.

Use of Smartphone Applications for Patients’ Health and Fitness

Health and fitness apps currently available on many smartphones contain a wealth of behavior change techniques typically used in clinical behavior interventions and may represent a medium by which these interventions can be adjusted rapidly as needed.

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