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Visiting a primary care clinician every two weeks was associated with greater control of blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels among patients with diabetes, according to a report1 in a recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Medicare patients with advance directives specifying limits in treatment who lived in regions with higher levels of end-of-life spending were less likely to have an in-hospital death, averaged significantly lower end-of-life Medicare spending, and had significantly greater odds of hospice use than decedents without advance directives in these regions, according to a study in a recent issue of the The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Even though many Americans learn through community health screenings that they are at high risk for having a stroke, they rarely follow up with their doctor for care.
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Medicare spends about $17 billion a year on hospital readmissions that could have been prevented, experts say.
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According to a report1 from the The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), patients discharged from acute care hospitals might be at risk for unintentional discontinuation of medications prescribed for chronic diseases. The report says that the intensive care unit (ICU) might pose an even greater risk because of the focus on acute events and the presence of multiple transitions in care.
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Good news: In a year when reports of financial downturns have dominated the headlines, results of the Contraceptive Technology Update 2011 Salary Survey reflect a holding pattern in salary levels.
