Hospital Medicine

Risk Model Developed for Readmission After AMI in Seniors

Apr 23, 2019

Strongest predictor of 30-day readmission among adults ≥75 years is impaired functional mobility

Medicare hospital fund reserves likely to be exhausted in 2026: U.S. report

Apr 22, 2019

(Reuters) – Medicare’s hospital insurance fund will be depleted in 2026, as previously...

Short Hospital Stays After Lung Surgery Do Not Up Readmissions

Apr 19, 2019

Findings based on one- to two-day length of stay versus three to five days after anatomic lung resection

Judge upholds New York City’s mandatory measles vaccination order

Apr 18, 2019

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of...

Lower dose of Pfizer-Lilly painkiller misses main goals in late stage study

Apr 18, 2019

(Reuters) – A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and...

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

Apr 18, 2019

Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills

3D goggles may soon help surgeons see better

Apr 17, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – In a first, heart surgeons in Poland used 3D goggles to...

Germany to launch cannabis farming as Canada’s Aurora, Aphria win tenders

Apr 17, 2019

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has awarded contracts to supply domestically-grown cannabis to two Canadian companies, as it seeks to develop its own medicinal marijuana industry and reduce reliance on imports. Drugs...

Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions

Apr 17, 2019

Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks

First-year trainee doctors spend little time on patient care

Apr 15, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Over a typical 24-hour shift, first year residents training in internal medicine spend just three hours on direct patient care and only 1.8 hours on education, a U.S. study suggests....

Terminally Ill People in New Jersey Given Right to End Lives

Apr 15, 2019

New law allows adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live to get a prescription for life-ending pills

Marijuana may improve women’s enjoyment of sex

Apr 11, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – About one-third of U.S. women have used marijuana before...

What Healthcare Professionals Don’t Know About Child Abuse

Apr 11, 2019

April marks the start of another child abuse prevention month. Blue ribbons serve to raise...

Indivior shares plummet, Reckitt hurt on U.S. charges over opioid prescriptions

Apr 11, 2019

(This April 10 story refiles to fix scrambled syntax in paragraph five) By Justin George Varghese...

FDA Warns of Consumer Devices That Claim to Diagnose Concussion

Apr 10, 2019

Tools include smartphone apps marketed to coaches or parents for use during sporting events

California allows aid-in-dying drugs for terminally ill, but hospitals set barriers

Apr 8, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Since 2016, a California law has allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use aid-in-dying medications from their doctors. But nearly two-thirds of California hospitals have...