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Medication Reconciliation to Prevent ADEs
09/14/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
Adverse drug events (ADEs), which are injuries related to using a drug, occur in 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and in 12% to 17% of patients following hospital discharge. Transitions of care, including hospital admission and discharge,...
Adverse drug events (ADEs), which are injuries related to using a drug, occur in 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and in 12% to 17% of patients following hospital discharge. Transitions of care, including hospital admission and discharge,...
Adverse drug events (ADEs),...
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Factors Associated with Patient-Sharing Networks among Physicians
09/14/2012

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Physicians tend to share patients with colleagues who have similar personal traits and practice styles, and there is substantial variation in physician network characteristics across geographic areas, according to study findings reported in...
Physicians tend to share patients with colleagues who have similar personal traits and practice styles, and there is substantial variation in physician network characteristics across geographic areas, according to study findings reported in...
Physicians tend to share...
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Safety-Net Hospitals Perform More Poorly According to Patient-Reported Experiences
09/14/2012

Mary Mihalovic

Mary Mihalovic
Safety-net hospitals, those that care for vulnerable and poor populations, performed more poorly in patient-reported experiences compared with nonsafety-net hospitals, according to results of a recent study [Arch Intern Med....
Safety-net hospitals, those that care for vulnerable and poor populations, performed more poorly in patient-reported experiences compared with nonsafety-net hospitals, according to results of a recent study [Arch Intern Med....
Safety-net hospitals, those that...
09/14/2012
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Disparities in Lymph Node Examination Following Esophagectomy
09/14/2012

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
In a retrospective observational study of patients who underwent esophagectomy for cancer, only 28.7% of patients and <1 in 10 hospitals met the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) benchmark of examining at least 15 lymph nodes....
In a retrospective observational study of patients who underwent esophagectomy for cancer, only 28.7% of patients and <1 in 10 hospitals met the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) benchmark of examining at least 15 lymph nodes....
In a retrospective observational...
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ED Protocols and Childhood Asthma Outcomes
09/14/2012

Jill Sederstrom

Jill Sederstrom
A new retrospective study examining evidence-based standard protocols (EBSPs) in emergency departments (EDs) and their impact on childhood asthma outcomes found that there was no association between the EDs that used EBSPs and those that did...
A new retrospective study examining evidence-based standard protocols (EBSPs) in emergency departments (EDs) and their impact on childhood asthma outcomes found that there was no association between the EDs that used EBSPs and those that did...
A new retrospective study...
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Study Assesses Clinical and Economic Implications of DES
09/14/2012

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Implanting bare-metal stents (BMS) rather than drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients at low risk of restenosis has the potential for significant cost savings and may lead to fewer additional target-vessel revascularization (TVR) procedures,...
Implanting bare-metal stents (BMS) rather than drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients at low risk of restenosis has the potential for significant cost savings and may lead to fewer additional target-vessel revascularization (TVR) procedures,...
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09/14/2012
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Comparison of 2 Weight Loss Strategies
09/14/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
Overweight or obese patients, who are at high risk for chronic disease, can benefit from interventions aimed at weight loss as first-line treatment for obesity-related conditions. Some patients are able to achieve 8% to 10% weight loss with 6...
Overweight or obese patients, who are at high risk for chronic disease, can benefit from interventions aimed at weight loss as first-line treatment for obesity-related conditions. Some patients are able to achieve 8% to 10% weight loss with 6...
Overweight or obese patients,...
09/14/2012
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Energy Expenditure during Weight-Loss Maintenance
09/14/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2006, only 1 out of 6 overweight and obese American adults reported maintaining weight loss of at least 10% for 1 year. Long-term success rates may be...
According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2006, only 1 out of 6 overweight and obese American adults reported maintaining weight loss of at least 10% for 1 year. Long-term success rates may be...
According to data from the...
09/14/2012
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Sex-Specific Benefits to Statin Therapy in Preventing CV Events
09/14/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
Statin therapy is commonly used to lower serum cholesterol levels and aid in the prevention of cardiovascular events. Previous statin trials have predominately enrolled men, according to researchers, and there have been conflicting results on...
Statin therapy is commonly used to lower serum cholesterol levels and aid in the prevention of cardiovascular events. Previous statin trials have predominately enrolled men, according to researchers, and there have been conflicting results on...
Statin therapy is commonly used...
09/14/2012
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Quality of Life at the End of Life
09/14/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
For patients dying of cancer who no longer have the option of curative care, the focus of care may shift from prolonging life to improving the quality of life (QOL). The Institute of Medicine issued a report in 1997 on improving care at the...
For patients dying of cancer who no longer have the option of curative care, the focus of care may shift from prolonging life to improving the quality of life (QOL). The Institute of Medicine issued a report in 1997 on improving care at the...
For patients dying of cancer who...
09/14/2012
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