Physicians spend 24.6 percent less time with patients in contact isolation than with patients who are not isolated, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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The number of opioid prescriptions in Tennessee increased by 31.6 percent from 2007 to 2011, and the rise in prescriptions was linked to an increase in opioid overdose mortalities, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Spanish-speaking parents of patients reported higher levels of satisfaction when an interpreter was present in the room than telephone interpretation, according to data to be presented at the 2014 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting and covered by Healio.
Implementing an electronic tool for medical reconciliation at hospital admission reduced the error rate from 5.9 errors per 1,000 admissions to 2.5 errors per 1,000 admissions, a decrease of 58 percent, according to an abstract of a study presented at…
The combination drug trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole can cut the risk of recurrent urinary tract infections by up to 80 percent in children with vesicoureteral reflux, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Florida Hospital DeLand has appointed Hector DeJesus vice president and COO.
Sixty percent of U.S. hospitals currently have a formal organizational entity that oversees the hospital's use of its electronic health record system and decides on any changes that should be made to the system's infrastructure, according to a recent survey…
The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City has a new CMIO: Bruce Darrow, MD, PhD.
The market for home health technologies in the U.S. is expected to reach $5.8 billion by 2018, driven largely by providers' growing need to manage population health and deliver care as efficiently as possible, according to a report from IHS…
Despite fully integrating Vanguard Health Systems and reaping early benefits from healthcare reform, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. posted a $32 million loss in the first quarter of this year.