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Following last year’s misfire, EH programs may get more pushback, questions about flu shots

Employee health professionals with voluntary seasonal influenza vaccination can expect a tougher sell this year to skeptical healthcare workers.

Targeting low literacy patients pays off for health system

When an analysis of the cases of patients who were being readmitted showed that a significant number had low healthcare literacy and other social issues, the staff at Ochsner Health developed a project to identify the patients who need extra help in following their discharge plans.

Team approach to readmission reductions pays off

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center has avoided readmission penalties for Medicare patients by launching a series of initiatives that tailor interventions to the individual patient.

Take time to base the discharge plan on patients’ individual challenges

It’s a mistake to assume that every readmission could be prevented by better medical management. In fact, about half of all readmissions are attributed to social issues.

Five years later, hospitals still struggle with readmissions

Despite the huge focus on reducing 30-day readmission rates, a majority of hospitals are still getting penalized.

Dental Emergencies in the ED

There are more than 2 million dental-related visits to the emergency department every year. Non-traumatic dental conditions alone lead to an estimated 4000 visits per day to emergency departments in the United States.

Biomarkers of Intrathecal Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Disorders

A study of intrathecal immune markers in neuro-immunological diseases revealed increased numbers of activated T and B cells in both relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis, but they were preferentially embedded in the brain tissue in progressive multiple sclerosis.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau and Amyloid-ß1-42 in Patients with Dementia

In patients with clinically diagnosed dementia, the CSF biomarker profile of low CSF amyloid-ß1-42, high total tau, and high phosphorylated tau was seen in the majority of patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. Substantial proportions of patients with non-Alzheimer’s dementia were also found to have the Alzheimer’s disease pathological profile. The value of CSF biomarker measurements in clinical practice is uncertain.

Vitamin D and Diabetic Neuropathy

Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate the clinical manifestations of diabetic neuropathy, and supplementation with vitamin D3 may be beneficial.

The Expanding Role of Tau in Neurodegeneration: New Insights from Huntington’s Disease

Although Huntington’s disease is due to a triplet repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene, this study demonstrates abnormally phosphorylated tau pathology in Huntington’s disease brain tissue.