In order to put more digital technology to use for patients, healthcare providers must work together and share resources, a Geisinger expert says. It helps spread the cost, improve efficiency and troubleshoot problems.
New Geisinger research shows a link between blindness and temporal arteritis, a problem that restricts blood flow to the brain. The research finds that giant cells play a key role in the disease, as well as another inflammatory problem that causes aches and stiffness in the arms, thighs and neck.
Geisinger's Supply Chain Services team recently received a major award from Premier healthcare alliance. The award recognizes the team's innovation and ability to streamline how medical supplies are ordered.
With rural soldiers carrying a huge burden in today's war on terror, Geisinger is gathering a group of leading experts on combat stress. The May 13 conference at the Geisinger Center for Health Research in Danville, Pa. will address how healthcare providers can best work together and help rural soldiers and their families.
Geisinger's innovative patient portal, MyGeisinger, has reached a major milestone. The first 100,000 patients have registered for the site, which allows patients to contact physicians directly, make appointments and pay medical bills 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In a study of several hundred New York City social workers after Sept. 11, Geisinger-led research finds that mental health workers themselves can experience a psychological problem known as secondary trauma. The study in Research on Social Work Practice shows a clear link between secondary or vicarious trauma and counseling.
Using the Electronic Health Record in everyday care for diabetics leads to dramatic improvements for those patients, according to a new Geisinger report. Geisinger recently redesigned how it cares for its 20,000 diabetes patients, and results of the quality-driven program are discussed in this month's Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Geisinger research shows that using the Electronic Health Record to review patient files helps cut the amount of psychoactive medications taken by elderly patients. In this month's Journal of General Internal Medicine, Geisinger researchers outline how they curtailed polypharmacy in the elderly and how to reduce medication-associated falls.
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. now has round-the-clock visiting hours in all departments. Geisinger's two other hospitals in Wilkes-Barre PA. are expected to start similar policies later this year. In announcing the policy change, Geisinger officials said the additional visiting hours helps with the healing process in patients.
Geisinger Health System and Celera are announcing a new research collaboration to develop a diagnostic assay for the increased risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. The condition occurs when fat accumulates on the liver and leads to significant inflammation and scarring of the liver.
New Geisinger research finds that posttraumatic stress disorder is an indicator of long-term health problems, similar to biological warning signs such as elevated white blood cell counts. With an in-depth study of Vietnam vets, pioneering PTSD researcher Joseph Boscarino shows that PTSD leaves a distinct biological mark on a person's overall health.
Geisinger Health System recently improved the ordering process for DXA scans, quadrupling the number of patients who received a bone density test for osteoporosis. Details of the program were presented at the American College of Rheumatology conference, along with results of 3 other studies that cast light on osteoporosis and arthritis treatment.
Nationally known pediatrician available for comment on healthy eating stories during the holidays.
Geisinger Health System researchers have made a signficant discovery when it comes to bariatric surgery. Those who lose weight before the surgery are more likely to have a shorter hospital stay.
A recent study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine finds that workers who have diabetes with neuropathic symptoms such as tingling in feet or hands lose the equivalent of 1.4 hours a week or $3.65 billion per year in health-related lost productive time. Dr. Walter "Buzz" Stewart of the Geisinger Center for Health Research in Danville, Pa. can discuss the study's implications for the care of diabetic patients and for the workplace.
Geisinger Health System can help make parents' lives easier this fall when it comes to keeping track of child immunization records.
Doctors agree that the best way to fight heart disease is to identify those at risk and help reduce it through healthier lifestyles and treatment. That's just become easier through a joint initiative between Pennsylvania's Geisinger Health System and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Two cardiac specialists from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., have found a way to more than cut in half the amount of time that it takes for a patient to get from the helicopter door to the catheterization table.
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