Key Determinants for Diabetes Drug Adherence
Multiple medications are often prescribed to help adults with type 2 diabetes manage...
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Month: November 2015
Quality Care for Pneumonia in the Elderly
Adherence to recommended processes of care for patients hospitalized with pneumonia is publicly...
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Recommendations for Sleep Duration
Each year, millions of Americans seek guidance regarding recommended sleep durations. Recently,...
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Aspirin Use for Primary CVD Prevention
With cardiovascular disease (CVD) continuing to be the leading cause of death in the United...
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Diabetes Behavior Changes & Mobile Technology
Studies have shown that mobile technology can help patients with heart disease improve self-care...
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Taking a Patient-Centered Approach to Managing Cholesterol
The National Lipid Association (NLA) has released new recommendations to guide healthcare...
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An Update on Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes
In 2012, the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes...
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Emergency Management of Sepsis
Studies have shown that rates of sepsis have steadily increased over the past decade and account...
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Managing Cholesterol in Specific Patient Groups
The National Lipid Association (NLA) has released recommendations that specifically address the...
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Can E-Reminders Reduce SSI Risk?
An estimated 400,000 surgical site infections (SSIs) occur each year in the United States, leading...
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Estimating Risk for Potential ACS in the ED
Throughout EDs in the United States, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a common concern and...
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Bladder Cancer & Tobacco Use
According to research, about half of all bladder cancer cases diagnosed in the United States are...
Read MoreHow to Use Technology to Activate and Engage Patients at Different Points of Care
Physicians across the country are facing pressure to become more proactive about delivering care to patients. The old way of reacting to a patient’s current illness, treating it and sending them on their way no longer works in...
Read MoreThe Ultimate Resident Evaluation
It comes as no shock to me, and probably many other current and former program directors, that a recent study showed faculty overall performance evaluations of residents do not correlate with their scores on the yearly American...
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Conference Highlights: AHA 2015
New research was presented at AHA 2015, the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific...
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Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3…
A national survey measuring physician views on unnecessary tests and procedures has found the...
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A Platform for Improving Patient Safety
Patient safety is a primary concern for EDs, and most hospitals rely on voluntary reporting of...
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Secondary Prevention After CABG Surgery
Secondary therapies play a key role in maintaining long-term graft patency, preventing adverse...
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The Impact of Hospital Care Intensity on Surgery Outcomes
Throughout the United States, use of aggressive treatment styles has been implicated in rising...
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Magic Words for CMS
Mr. K lay on the gurney in the ED, looking comfortable, if a bit sheepish. His daughter glared at...
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