Conference Highlights: Anesthesiology 2015

Oct 29, 2015

New research was presented at Anesthesiology 2015, the American Society of Anesthesiologists’...

You Can Grow New Brain Cells. Here’s How – VIDEO

Oct 26, 2015

Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she...

Insights on Oral Glucose-Lowering Drug Choices

Oct 24, 2015

Guidelines advocate using metformin as initial pharmacologic therapy for lowering A1C in type 2...

Avoiding Heart Disease-Related Malpractice Risks

Oct 22, 2015

The Doctors Company recently completed an analysis of nearly 430 closed medical malpractice claims...

Assessing the Value of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

Oct 22, 2015

Many local, state, and federal agencies have implemented different policies to address...

Will Medicare’s Published Physician Quality Data Push Your Patients Away?

Oct 21, 2015

By: Theresa Hush, CEO & Co-Founder, ICLOPS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) won’t be the only group scrutinizing your quality and cost data anymore. As the next step toward value-based healthcare, Medicare...

More than 35 Leading U.S. Health Organizations Launch Campaign to Improve Obesity Care

Oct 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — More than 35 leading U.S. healthcare organizations...

ED Fast Tracking & Patient Satisfaction

Oct 20, 2015

CMS announced a new hospital-payment system called value-based purchasing (VBP) in October 2012....

Predicting Infections After RSA

Oct 20, 2015

The rate of reverse shoulder arthroplasties (RSA) is increasing as its indications are expanding,...

Postoperative Cardiac Issues After Arthroplasty

Oct 20, 2015

Cardiac events are major postoperative complications that can occur in patients undergoing total...

Discharging Patients With Diabetes

Oct 18, 2015

Research indicates that the care of inpatients with hyperglycemia and diabetes has improved...

Understanding and Implementing Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommendations for Adults

Oct 18, 2015

The pneumococcal disease immunization schedule for adults in the United States is relatively...

Conference Highlights: TCT 2015

Oct 16, 2015

New research was presented at TCT 2015, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter...

A New Resource for HIV Care Providers

Oct 15, 2015

The HIV Medicine Association has launched a new website, HIVClinician.org, to provide information...

Addressing Factors Contributing to Heart Disease

Oct 15, 2015

Studies show that coronary artery disease (CAD) causes roughly 1.2 million heart attacks each year...

Baffling Deficiency of New ICD-10 Codes

Oct 15, 2015

Many years in the creation and tens of thousands more codes than ICD-9, yet the new ICD-10 list may be inadequate. An actor was hospitalized after his foot became caught an elevator raising the stage during a performance of the...