A recent analysis of publish studies examine the clinical consequences of medication adherence. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology analysis found that medication adherence is link with lower risks of needing; hence to be hospitalisation and of dying early. Medication adherence is define as the process by which patients take their medication as prescribe; consisting…
When physicians integrate with hospitals, the cost of health care rises even though there’s no evidence patients get better treatment, according to a new paper by experts at Rice University and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX). As hospitals gain more control over physicians, they may incentivize delivery of more services but not…
In an editorial in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Regenstrief Institute research scientist Michael Weiner, MD, MPH highlights shortcomings of electronic health records (EHRs) in living up to their full potential; also suggests ways to use EHRs to work more efficiently and ultimately more effectively for patients. “When I am reading a patient’s EHR, a…
While long term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are design to help patients recover and regain independence; fewer than 1-in-5 older adults who were transferred to such facilities were alive five years later; leaving them with a worse prognosis than terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer, according to research at UC San Francisco and The University…
Hospital infection; The move to single patient rooms at the McGill University Health Centre’s (MUHC) Glen site in 2015 resulted in significantly reduced rates of hospital acquired infections, suggests a study publish today in the highly respect journal JAMA: Internal Medicine published by the American Medical Association. A team at the Research Institute of the…
In this study about 40% of hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are unavoidable, according to a study publish in the September issue of the American Journal of Critical Care. Joyce Pittman, Ph.D., R.N., from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, and colleagues conduct a descriptive, retrospective study to examine the proportion of HAPIs among…
In this study health costs for people with employee sponsor health plans rose 18% over the past five years, outpacing inflation and wage increases, according to a new report by Kaiser Family Foundation. The findings reinforce a decade-long trend of rising employee health costs that is partly driven by rising deductibles. Over the past 10…
In this study few policymakers in Washington, D.C., have recently consider such an action base on a long-standing debate on whether it poses the spread of misinformation, and that it is not an effective or responsible use of an already limited healthcare budget. New research in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science studies the impact of…
In this study the integrated resuscitation product pairing combining the latest in resuscitation science, data management and quality improvement solutions is being offered by the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, and RQI Partners, its partnership with Laerdal Medical. Improving patient outcomes The combination of…
Patient report experiences have potential for driving improvements in the quality of hospital care, according to a new study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, publish by Elsevier. Investigators report on an analysis of the Canadian Patient Experience Survey responses obtain from cardiac patients in Alberta; which reveal areas that are highly rate by patients;…
Hospitals across the world continue to observe increasing rates of multidrug resistant pathogens and Clostrioides difficile infection; leading to significant morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs. In fact, these trends have become so alarming that the World Health Organization has labeled multidrug-resistant pathogens as one of the top 3 threats to modern health care. An association…
Patients with Lyme disease in England and Wales hospitals appear to be predominantly white, female and living in areas of low deprivation, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The study, which examine data on 2,361 hospital patients collected between 1998 and 2015, also found an increase in Lyme…