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Patients at high risk for a second stroke had a lower risk of stroke and death when treated with aggressive medical therapy than patients who received a brain stent in addition to aggressive medical therapy, according to a nationwide clinical trial that included specialists in Stony Brook University School of Medicine's Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Stony Brook, NY.
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Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast cancer almost eight years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had the disease and/or ovarian cancer, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
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Making written handouts readily available to clinicians interacting with patients is an important element of patient education.
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Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting treatment success is due more to biologic factors than chemotherapy timing, according to a study1 by researchers at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
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Three years ago, when Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, FL, had its Joint Commission survey, the 392-bed facility did not have a great result.
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There have been nearly 200 studies about central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) published since the start of 2011.
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The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) has partnered with the American College of Surgeons and its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) to improve the care surgical patients get through increased use of data.
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Patient safety organizations in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts issued alerts over the summer related to patient safety in radiology.
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Most accredited hospitals have been reporting ORYX performance data to the Joint Commission (JC) on a monthly basis since 2002. But beginning on January 1, 2012, the JC is putting teeth behind these measures, requiring an 85% compliance rate on a single composite rate, reflecting all accountability measures, in order to meet accreditation standards.
