A qualitative analysis suggests that physicians and pharmacists appear to be generally satisfied with the transmission of new e-prescriptions. However, they reported inconsistent use of the electronic renewal process, resulting...
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An American Cancer Society study has found that mortality rates for African-American and Caucasian...
Read MoreAt hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke Program, anticoagulation use among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation appears to have increased to high overall levels between 2003 and 2010....
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The FDA has approved ruxolitinib (Jakafi, Incyte) for myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow disease....
Read MoreA United States Census Bureau report has found that the 90-and-older popu-lation nearly tripled over the past 30 years, hitting nearly 2 million in 2010. The report, available at www.census.gov, provides an overview of the age...
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A European study has found that elderly patients with heart failure (HF) appear to be willing to...
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Migraine appears to be strongly associated with later development of major depressive episodes...
Read MoreNew York investigators suggest that remote video auditing combined with feedback appears to produce significant and sustained hand hygiene improvements. Prior to implementing the video-auditing program, hand hygiene rates were...
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App developers and education and informatics researchers from the University of Edinburgh have...
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Needle pricks may be a glucose test of the past as people with diabetes may soon be able to use...
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During the transition from medical school to independent practice, residency training is critical...
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Proposed changes to the definition of autism, currently under review by an expert panel appointed...
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Tremendous strides have been made in the awareness, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular...
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The overuse of some screening and diagnostic tests that fail to provide high-value, cost-conscious...
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U.S. physicians are not nearly as sold on the benefits of healthcare IT as are their international...
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While inexperience is an obvious disadvantage in surgery, being in the profession for decades is...
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Lifelens has created an innovative point-of-care smartphone application that diagnoses malaria...
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A recent analysis published in BMJ finds that the widespread use of surrogate endpoints in...
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