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Definitions, responsibilities are crucial to medication reconciliation

To implement effective medication reconciliation, a definition of what the term means, as well as identification of who is responsible for the process, is necessary, show the results of a focus group-based study.

14 Dec 2012

News stories paint negative picture of nursing homes

Analysis of media portrayals of nursing homes finds that negative stories outnumber positive stories by five to one, reports a study in the December issue of Medical Care.

14 Dec 2012

Few helpful holiday tips from Loyola Center for Fitness

Just because Santa's belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly doesn't mean yours has to do the same this holiday season. Staying on track with your fitness program, even while traveling, will give you extra energy and start you out right for a healthful new year.

14 Dec 2012

Study identifies risk factors for falls among children in Italy hospitals

A prospective study of patients admitted to a children's hospital in Italy identified risk factors for falls. It found that lack of attention among parents or caregivers, or by the children, accounted for 41 per cent of falls and that most falls occurred when a parent or caregiver was present, indicating that such supervision did not necessarily prevent a fall.

14 Dec 2012

Scientists discover FAIM molecule as potential biomarker for bone marrow cancer

Singapore scientists have identified FAIM, a molecule that typically prevents cell death, as a potential biomarker to identify an incurable form of cancer in the bone marrow.

14 Dec 2012

Roundup: Mass. a template for controlling health care costs?; Fewer than expected use Minn. health care vouchers; Blue Shield in Calif.'s proposed rate hikes

This simple shift in how health care is paid for -- long seen as key to taming costs -- has been occurring in pockets of the country. But nowhere is it happening more systematically than in Massachusetts, the state that blazed a trail in 2006 by guaranteeing its residents health insurance. Now Massachusetts, a model for President Obama's 2010 national health care law, may offer another template for national leaders looking to control health spending.

13 Dec 2012

BioScrip to acquire HomeChoice

BioScrip, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HomeChoice Partners, Inc., a leading provider of alternate-site infusion pharmacy services, for $70.0 million in cash.

13 Dec 2012

Reproductive Health Matters' supplement issue focuses on pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today publication of Reproductive Health Matters' 2012 supplement issue "Pregnancy decisions of women living with HIV".

13 Dec 2012

Yoga can provide students with many emotional and physical benefits

While many university professors are busy with study groups and student meetings in preparation for final exams, Sandi Tenfelde, PhD, RN, ANP, CYI, has turned to sun salutations and savasanas.

13 Dec 2012

Mathematical models can improve efficiency and quality of healthcare

Healthcare organizations face huge challenges during the upcoming years: the constant cost increases must be halted, while at the same time patients are becoming more and more demanding, and hospitals nationwide still cope with some 2000 avoidable deaths each year. Simultaneously improving efficiency and quality of care would seem to be a contradiction in terms. Yet Kortbeek shows in his thesis, along a number of case studies, that this is absolutely doable. The key is developing and applying mathematical models.

13 Dec 2012

Bumetanide could treat children with severe autism or Asperger's syndrome

Although this therapy is not curative, it nevertheless reduced the autistic disorders' severity in three-quarters of the children. The researchers have filed a request for authorisation to perform a multi-centre European clinical trial in order to determine more precisely the population concerned by this therapy.

13 Dec 2012

Scarless gallbladder surgery performed at Sinai Hospital

Yassar Youssef, M.D., is the first surgeon in Baltimore City to perform gallbladder surgery using just one incision and the da Vinci Surgical System. Because the single incision of about an inch is made in the patient's navel, he or she is left without a noticeable scar.

12 Dec 2012

Autism associated with reductions in cellular adhesion molecules in the blood

A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that autism is associated with reductions in the level of cellular adhesion molecules in the blood, where they play a role in immune function.

12 Dec 2012

Telestroke networks benefit hospital bank balances

Telestroke networks can increase the number of patients successfully discharged home while saving money for all hospitals involved, show US study results.

11 Dec 2012

Oxytocin administration to fathers increases parental engagement with their infants

A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study, led by Dr. Ruth Feldman from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, has found that oxytocin administration to fathers increases their parental engagement, with parallel effects observed in their infants.

11 Dec 2012

Celgene announces results from REVLIMID plus VIDAZA phase II study on AML

Celgene International Sàrl today announced that results from a study evaluating the combination of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) plus VIDAZA (azacitidine) in patients 60 years or older with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.

11 Dec 2012

Meals on wheels reduces nursing home strain

US states that have invested in community-based service networks, particularly home-delivered meals, have proportionally fewer nursing home residents with low-care needs, report researchers.

10 Dec 2012

Roundup: Texas Medicaid funding fight looms; Minn. facing federal Medicaid scrutiny; health care jobs 'boom'

If the Texas Legislature is in session, there must be a fight about Medicaid going on. The health care program for the disabled, the elderly poor and the impoverished raises hackles every two years, mostly because the number in need keeps rising alongside health care costs.

10 Dec 2012

Bay Bridge Capital Partners acquires Plum Healthcare Group

GI Partners ("GI"), a leading mid-market private equity firm, announced today the sale of its portfolio company, Plum Healthcare Group, LLC ("Plum"), one of the fastest growing companies in healthcare services, to Bay Bridge Capital Partners ("Bay Bridge"). The sale of Plum generated a return of approximately three times invested capital for limited partners in GI Partners Fund II L.P.

10 Dec 2012

CareView Communications and IASIS Healthcare sign multi-hospital agreement

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, today announced the signing of a multi-hospital agreement with IASIS Healthcare, a leading owner and operator of acute care hospitals in urban and suburban markets ("IASIS").

10 Dec 2012

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Definitions, responsibilities are crucial to medication reconciliation

News stories paint negative picture of nursing homes

Few helpful holiday tips from Loyola Center for Fitness

Study identifies risk factors for falls among children in Italy hospitals

Scientists discover FAIM molecule as potential biomarker for bone marrow cancer

Roundup: Mass. a template for controlling health care costs?; Fewer than expected use Minn. health care vouchers; Blue Shield in Calif.'s proposed rate hikes

BioScrip to acquire HomeChoice

Reproductive Health Matters' supplement issue focuses on pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women

Yoga can provide students with many emotional and physical benefits

Mathematical models can improve efficiency and quality of healthcare

Bumetanide could treat children with severe autism or Asperger's syndrome

Scarless gallbladder surgery performed at Sinai Hospital

Autism associated with reductions in cellular adhesion molecules in the blood

Telestroke networks benefit hospital bank balances

Oxytocin administration to fathers increases parental engagement with their infants

Celgene announces results from REVLIMID plus VIDAZA phase II study on AML

Meals on wheels reduces nursing home strain

Roundup: Texas Medicaid funding fight looms; Minn. facing federal Medicaid scrutiny; health care jobs 'boom'

Bay Bridge Capital Partners acquires Plum Healthcare Group

CareView Communications and IASIS Healthcare sign multi-hospital agreement

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