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Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Health
- July 3, 2008
Nurses forced to use 'workarounds' to ensure medication errors are kept to minimum, study says
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Health Buzz: Waiting Room Death and Other Health News
Health
- July 3, 2008
Concern over the HPV vaccine, relaxation techniques, and disturbing dementia news
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Two-Drug Treatment Didn't Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates
Health
- July 2, 2008
But the case isn't closed, American cardiologists say
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Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006
Health
- July 2, 2008
Pneumonia second only to childbirth as most common reason for hospitalizations, analysis finds
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Health Buzz: Cholesterol and Dementia and Other Health News
Health
- July 1, 2008
The cost of generic drugs, California hospitals and the debate over Lyme disease.
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Spray Cuts Kids' Pain When Getting IVs
Health
- June 30, 2008
But it may not be much more effective than placebo, one expert says
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Mistakes Could Become Costly for California Hospitals
By Adam Voiland -
Health
- June 30, 2008
Other states have already stopped reimbursing medical centers for preventable errors.
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Health Buzz: Radio-Wave Devices and Other Health News
By January W. Payne -
Health
- June 25, 2008
The sunny side of sun exposure, how hospitals treat women, and a dubious pregnancy pact.
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Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc With Medical Equipment
Health
- June 24, 2008
In lab setting, they caused some machines to turn off, others to malfunction
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How Hospitals Treat Women
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- June 24, 2008
A new report dissects the quality of maternity and heart-related care. But how good is the report?
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U.S. Hospitals Vary Widely in Caring for Women
Health
- June 24, 2008
From birth complications to heart disease, top-rated centers a better choice, health study concludes
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MRSA Rates Tied to Hospital Understaffing
Health
- June 24, 2008
In busy units, even basic hand-washing can get lost in rush to treat patients, study says
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Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records
Health
- June 18, 2008
But family practitioners and doctors in the West are increasingly wired, survey finds
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What Medicine Can Learn From Business
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- June 17, 2008
A hospital team gets a transforming lesson from a Toyota guru in Japan.
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2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes
Health
- June 17, 2008
Less invasive treatment using stent cut overall mortality almost in half, study finds
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Breast-Feeding Support Lacking at Many Hospitals, Birth Centers
Health
- June 12, 2008
CDC reports 7 southern states scored lowest, while western and New England states did best
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Facility Characteristics Influence Mammography Accuracy
Health
- June 11, 2008
Where screening is performed as important as who interprets results, study finds
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Pediatric Hospitals Make Errors, Too
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- June 11, 2008
Postop blood infections and other mistakes aren't adult only, and they are preventable.
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ECG Reading May Predict Death, Rehospitalization Risk
Health
- June 10, 2008
Measurement is inexpensive, simple to perform, yields instant result, study says
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High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs
Health
- June 6, 2008
Endovascular procedures have lower death rates than those units using open surgery, study finds
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Reuse of Antibacterial Wipes Can Spread Bacteria
Health
- June 3, 2008
Welsh study finds cleansers remove germs but do not kill them on surfaces
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Are Hospitals Overdosing on Intensive Care?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- June 2, 2008
Nonspecialists are better than critical-care physicians at keeping ICU patients alive, says a new study.
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A Different Way of Ranking Hospitals
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- May 30, 2008
Not by how well they replumb hearts or replace joints, but by how quickly patients go home.
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Intestinal Fortitude: Healing a Child's Defective Liver
By Michelle Andrews -
Health
- May 29, 2008
Fish oil stopped Scarlett's liver damage and gave her digestive tract time to heal.
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Tales of Triumph: The Best Children's Hospitals Take On the Tough Cases
Health
- May 29, 2008
Centers where the extraordinary is routine.
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