Hospital Medicine

Military veterans often pursue unique avenues towards a career in civilian health care. Here are the advantages they have, and the challenges they face.

How telehealth-friendly devices could change standard of diabetes care — with the help of physicians, patients, and the overall health care system.

The Qualified Infections Disease Product (QIDP) designation gives ACX-362E access to incentives including Priority Review and eligibility for Fast track status.

New immigration policies are affecting the health of thousands of migrant children, and physicians want the world to know about it.

The triad of companies said that, while the details have yet to be hammered out, the initiative will be long-term and “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.”

The medical group’s primary care offices managed to reduce wasted patient minutes by 7.6% through efforts to streamline and shore up patient throughput.

How history shows us that changing dogma in healthcare practice requires a multi-faceted approach.

Data revealed that the 1-year patency rate was 89.1% via Kaplan Meier estimate at day 360, and a CD-TLR rate of 7.1%.

At 29th of 195 countries, the US in the 9th decile along with countries including the UK, Malta, Lebanon, Singapore, and South Korea.

The wearable device, Drug Relief, is a non-narcotic option for treatment and eases withdrawal symptoms within just 30-60 minutes.

Montefiore has made it a point to seek to improve the health of its patients in the classroom, the doctor’s office, and the community itself.

Brown spoke about the overall efforts to see patients in a timely manner, ensuring that timeliness and quality go hand-in-hand.

Brown discussed the overall importance of communication—between not just providers, but patients as well—in making sure the emergency department runs efficiently.

Only 6% of respondents said they received any type of financial education during residency, while 79% felt strongly that it should be included in residency education.

Brown spoke about the process changes the hospital has made to improve the workflow of the emergency department.

Gun violence is an epidemic in the US, but research remains underfunded compared to other leading causes of mortality.

Husain discussed the overall challenges of making a structure part of the culture in an environment like the emergency department—one that is hectic by nature.

Husain spoke about how important it is for staff to know their roles in the ED, and how vital it is to have each member working to the top of their certifications.

Husain details the importance of the hospital administration's role in providing structure to an otherwise chaotic environment such as the emergency department.

Husain spoke about improving the emergency department processes at Hahnemann University Hospital.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb addressed the back-end tactics employed by pharmaceutical companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.

Whether comprised of a nurse anesthetist or anesthesiologist assistant, patients undergoing surgery experienced no significant differences in mortality, length of stay, or inpatient costs.

The T2Bacterial Panel has proven able to detect specific sepsis-causing bacterial pathogens nearly 10 times faster than competitors.

Findings should prompt future investigations into care disparities at skilled-care facilities to mediate higher mortality rates observed among senior survivors of critical illness.

Under Medicaid expansion, declines in ICU admission may mean that increased access to insurance has led to improvements in clinical outcomes.

From 2000 to 2016, the proportion of organ donors who died of drug intoxication increased from 1.2% to 13.7% in the US.

Reducing use of opiates near the end of hospital stay, especially 24 hours prior to discharge, may reduce outpatient prescription of opioids.

Between 3 and 9 months post-discharge, 36.9% of those aged 76+ years were prescribed an opioid, with a 5.0% incidence of long-term opioid use.

Ambient air pollution has become one of the world's greatest killers. But physicians still differ on their involvement in fighting it.

Medic Vision's iQMR reported 30% reduced brain exam scan time without adverse effects to image quality.