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FILTER RESULTS ►ADA Recognizes Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai Again
The Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore has been awarded recertification by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition program.
National Restaurant Association show: Samples, swag draw thousands
The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show is the yearly confab of food, hospitality.
Clinical Trial Finds Fluid And Sodium Restrictions Have No Effect On Weight Loss Or Clinical Stability Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with...Show More Summary
Effect of fluid and sodium restrictions on weight loss among patients with heart failure
A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with...Show More Summary
Association between in-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates, prevention of cardiac arrests
Hospitals with higher rates of survival among patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest also appear to have a lower incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Lena M. Show More Summary
Effect of Fluid And Sodium Restrictions On Weight Loss Among Patients with Heart Failure
A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with an increase in perceived thirst, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
Association Between In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates, Prevention of Cardiac Arrests
Hospitals with higher rates of survival among patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest also appear to have a lower incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
Increased Mortality Risk, Likelihood Of Hospital Readmission Following Heart Attack, Heart Failure
Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific Sessions 2013. Show More Summary
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Improves Patient Outcomes
People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke program according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. Show More Summary
Ken Venturi, golf broadcaster and U.S. Open champion, dies at 82
Ken Venturi, the 1964 U.S. Open champion and CBS analyst, died on Friday afternoon, according to the Associated Press. Venturi was 82. According to his son, Matt Venturi, he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after being admitted...Show More Summary
Massachusetts' health care reform didn't raise hospital use, costs
Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. The findings...Show More Summary
Patients fare better at hospitals using Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke program according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. read more
Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure
Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific Sessions 2013. read more
Jefferson Named a Quality Respiratory Care Institution by the American Association for Respiratory Care
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was recently bestowed the title of "Quality Respiratory Care Institution" (QRCR) for 2013 by the American Association for Respiratory Care. This designation is given to those facilities that have shown a commitment to quality and provide a level of respiratory care consistent with national standards and guidelines.
Chicago Hospital's PICU Receives National Award for Integrating Patient Care, Functional Design
The Lefkofsky Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago receives the ICU Design Citation -- co-sponsored by American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Health. Show More Summary
The Problem With Health Care In America In A Nutshell
This passage from an Associated Press article about wildly disparate prices charged by hospitals for the same treatments and procedures sums up in a nutshell the entire problem with health care in America: There are vast disparities nationally. The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 at an Ada, Okla., hospital to $223,000 [...]Show More Summary
Nurse staffing ratios affect hospital readmissions for children with common conditions
A new study shows that pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions. The study, led by a nurse scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital...Show More Summary
Glenview Capital Adds More Shares of Health Management Associates Inc (HMA)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Health Management Associates Inc (NYSE:HMA), Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH), HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPNT), Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) Larry Robbins’s...Show More Summary
AHA Drives Hospital ‘Sustainability Roadmap’
The American Hospital Association has launched a website to help managers and staff at health care organizations implement sustainability improvements at their facilities. The Sustainability Roadmap includes general information on topics...Show More Summary
Hip-Hop Producer AraabMUZIK Hospitalized After Shooting
Hip-hop producer AraabMUZIK has been hospitalized after getting shot, The Associated Press reports.
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