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Children's Hospital Los Angeles receives LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation for second straight year
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
For the second year in a row, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has received top marks from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which evaluates health care facilities around the United States on their LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices. For achieving the highest possible HEI score of 100, CHLA has been honored with the organization's LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation.
New UW center receives NIH grant to improve the fight against cancer
University of Washington
To bridge the gap between cancer interventions and their implementation within communities across the country, the National Institute of Health's National Cancer Institute is funding the creation of six implementation science centers focused on cancer control. The creation of these centers are part of NIH's Cancer Moonshot initiative to make more therapies available and improve prevention and detection. One of the six centers will be at the UW.
October's SLAS Technology Special Issue Published
SLAS
In the October Special Issue of SLAS Technology, Guest Editors Soojung Claire Hur, Ph.D., and Deok-Ho Kim, Ph.D., (Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD, USA) introduce a collection of articles and reviews focused on the advancement in technologies that are playing a major role in shifting healthcare closer to more predictive, preventative and personalized medicine.
Blanchard Valley Health System in Ohio joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
Mayo Clinic
Blanchard Valley Health System and Mayo Clinic announced Friday, Oct. 11, that Blanchard Valley Health System has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Blanchard Valley Health System is the first Ohio-based health care facility to become a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted, independent health care systems that have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise.
AACC's Journals, Clinical Chemistry and The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, to Be Published through Oxford University Press
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
AACC, a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to better health through laboratory medicine, is pleased to announce a publishing partnership with Oxford University Press for its peer-reviewed journals, Clinical Chemistry and The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. Both journals will join Oxford University Press's world-class science portfolio starting in January 2020. The partnership will increase researchers' and healthcare practitioners' access worldwide to the important science published in the journals.
UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas' financial exploitation investigations of seniors
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
An elder abuse team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is partnering with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, district attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and forensic accounting professionals to make it easier to identify and prosecute individuals who prey on senior citizens to exploit them financially.
University Hospitals Applauds HHS' Proposal to Modernize Rules and Enhance Value-Based Care
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Reaction of University Hospitals in Northeast Ohio to proposal from HHS to reform the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
A bold restructuring of ASU's College of Health Solutions results in growth and innovation across all measures
Arizona State University (ASU)
One year following a large-scale restructuring, Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions announces growth in enrollment, new faculty and research advancement.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and CUNY School of Public Health Collaborate to Offer Medical Students M.D./M.P.H. Program
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) announced an agreement today to offer Einstein medical students an opportunity to complete a five-year program resulting in a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Einstein and a Master's Degree in Public Health (M.P.H.) degree from CUNY SPH.
Top Triton B-Baller Back on Court, with an Assist from UC San Diego Health
University of California San Diego Health
As UC San Diego Athletics steps up to NCAA Division I competition level, they do so with another team behind them: UC San Diego Health, now their Official Health Care Provider
Following NCCN Guidelines for Metastatic Breast Cancer Results in Lower Costs for Patients, According to New Study
National Comprehensive Cancer Network(r) (NCCN(r))
Patients pay less out-of-pocket for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treatment that aligns with recommendations from NCCN Guidelines, according to a new study from the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), published in the October 2019 issue of JNCCN--Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
The Medical Minute: Hand Sanitizers Effective, but Handwashing Is Better
Penn State Health
Hand sanitizers are convenient alternatives to handwashing, and they do work. But when it comes to keeping germs away as we enter the cold and flu season, nothing beats a good scrubbing with soap and water.
The E-cigarette Backlash
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
CFR In Brief by Claire Felter. An outbreak of a lung illness linked to vaping is raising the pressure on countries to rein in the booming e-cigarette industry.
Addressing Social Needs in Health Care Delivery Can Improve Health Outcomes
Rush University Medical Center
Addressing social needs as a part of health care delivery can help achieve better health outcomes and potentially address major challenges in the United States health care system, according to a recently published consensus report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).
Who is telling the truth about their health?
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
When researchers or policymakers ask health related questions-which they do a lot-they often rely on self-reported rather than tested health data. Researchers looked into how reliable this type of data is for research and found that self-reported data could be highly biased.
Leading Ophthalmic Organizations Partner to Advance Eye Care With the Next Generation of Business Innovation Conferences
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Two of the world's largest ophthalmic organizations today announced a new collaboration to help accelerate the growth and success of companies focused on new therapies for eye disorders.
WHO launches first World report on vision
World Health Organization (WHO)
More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and far sightedness
"Magic" Health Numbers: Physicians Analyze New Research and Offer Advice
Nuvance Health
Three primary care physicians from Western Connecticut Medical Group (WCMG) analyzed new research about several widely known "magic" health numbers and shared their health and wellness recommendations.
Data Breaches Threaten Healthcare Records, Texas State University Experts Available to Comment
Texas State University
Focus on Mental Health as Cause of Mass Violence May Be Increasing Stigma
Indiana University
Over the last two decades, more Americans see people with mental health problems as dangerous and are willing to use legal means to force treatment, according to a new paper by IU Distinguished Professor of Sociology Bernice Pescosolido.
McCombs Launches First-in-the-Nation Health Care Cybersecurity Leadership Program
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin announces the Leadership in Health Care Privacy and Security Risk Management certificate program, a new first-in-the-nation professional program designed to help address a critical workforce shortage issue.
Researchers tackle data breaches that threaten healthcare
Texas State University
Transgender health expert can discuss LGBTQ town hall
Endocrine Society
Ceevra 3D VR Models Shown to Improve Patient Outcomes in Kidney Cancer Operations
Ceevra
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/4/CeevraImagepngfile.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Ceevra, Inc. today announced the publication of a study assessing the impact of using Ceevra's 3D virtual reality models to plan for operations to remove kidney tumors. The study results, published in JAMA Network Open, showed substantial reductions in operating time, blood loss, ischemia time, and duration of hospital stay when the Ceevra models were used.
American Society of Anesthesiologists Offers Trump Administration Medical Expertise to Protect and Improve Medicare
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
ASA today offered it medical expertise to the Trump Administration as it works to improve Medicare beneficiaries' access to physician care, implement transparency and market-based reforms, while reducing cost and regulatory burdens as provided in President Trump's Executive Order.
Study shows reduced Illinois Medicaid spending in pediatric population, limited savings from care coordination
University of Illinois at Chicago
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago are reporting in JAMA Network Open that Medicaid expenditures for children and young adults have decreased in Illinois. However, a care coordination demonstration project did not further reduce the cost of care for kids participating in the program within its first year.
Tennessee Governor praises MTSU, Meharry fast-track program to provide more rural doctors
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College solidified a unique academic partnership Thursday to address the state's shortage of rural doctors by formally recognizing the inaugural class of students who have embarked on an accelerated path to become primary care physicians.
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Earns Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Certification
Henry Ford Health System
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is one of two Michigan hospitals to earn a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States.
New approach helps computers deal with conflicts and duplications when applying more than one clinical practice guideline to a patient
University of Warwick
Researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new method that could solve the problem of how to automate support of managing the complexities of care when applying multiple clinical practice guidelines, to patients with more than one medical issue.
Some ICU Admissions May Be Preventable, Saving Money and Improving Care
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/1/ICU.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Many admissions to the intensive care unit may be preventable, potentially decreasing health care costs and improving care, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
$28M Grant Funds Cincinnati Children's as Coordinating Center for Rare Diseases Research Network
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/3/RDCRN-NIH_Logo.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Cincinnati Children's will use a $28M federal grant to serve as the data coordinating center for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. The network includes 20 groups of medical centers searching for improved treatments for hundreds of rare diseases.
UChicago Medicine Pediatrician Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership Program
University of Chicago Medical Center
Anna Volerman, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medicine, has been selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Clinical Scholars leadership program.
Treating the Whole Patient: Health Care Challenges Faced by Transgender People of Color
University of Chicago Medical Center
Research shows how transgender people who are also racial and ethnic minorities have a difficult time finding a health care setting where all aspects of their identity are welcome, understood and addressed
Patients say ask before using medical records for research
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/3/180226_RCC_Abstract-100319-Deliberation_TW_v4.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /A new study finds that even when patients understand the overall benefit to society, they still want to be able to give consent at least once before their de-identified data is used for research. The feeling was especially strong among racial and ethnic minorities.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Establishes First Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program in New York City
Mount Sinai Health System
-Specialized training at Settlement Health in East Harlem prepares physicians to care for patients from infancy to adulthood, including their families -Efforts represent Mount Sinai's commitment to marginalized communities and efforts to reduce health care inequities
Virtual reality may help foster learning and collaboration across health professions
Tufts University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/3/Fig1.jpegwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /One of the biggest challenges to implementing interprofessional education for health professions students is scheduling. Could virtual reality education help? A small new study, led by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and focused on palliative care, says yes.
Microvention Funds $250,000 Educational Grant for the Advancement of Endovascular Education and Technology to the CNS Foundation
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
MicroVention, one of the world's fastest growing medical device companies, has granted $250,000 to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Foundation (CNS Foundation). This generous gift will fund educational programs dedicated toward the advancement of the field of endovascular education and technology.
Mount Sinai Health System Named 2019 Most Wired
Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System has earned the 2019 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Most Wired recognition according to survey results released this month.
NUS SDE4 receives international recognition for building features designed to improve health and wellness
National University of Singapore
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/2/1.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been awarded the WELL Certification at the Gold level by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) for its SDE4 building. The building is the first university building in the world to achieve WELL Certified(tm) Gold, and the first building in Singapore to be conferred this prestigious WELL Certification,
Will New CDC Measures Work to Control Nursing Home Infections?
University of Maryland Medical Center
The CDC issued new guidance in July on the use of personal protective equipment (masks, gowns) by healthcare providers to protect patients in nursing home facilities from acquiring and spreading antibiotic-resistant germs to others. UMSOM researchers will be testing the new guidelines with $1.1 million CDC grant.
Mayo Clinic e Oxford University Clinic abrem unidade de atendimento medico preventivo em Londres
Mayo Clinic
Dois dos maiores nomes nas areas de atendimento de saude e pesquisa medica do mundo, o centro medico academico da Mayo Clinic e a Oxford University Clinic, abriram uma unidade de atendimento medico preventivo em Londres.
Mayo Clinic und Oxford University Clinic eroffnen Einrichtung fur praventive Gesundheitsfursorge in London
Mayo Clinic
Zwei der weltweit angesehensten Namen im Gesundheitswesen und in der medizinischen Forschung, das akademische und medizinische Zentrum Mayo Clinic und die Oxford University Clinic, haben in London eine Einrichtung zur Gesundheitsvorsorge eroffnet.
Insurance Plans Vary in Coverage of Gender-Affirming 'Top' Surgery for Transgender Patients
Wolters Kluwer Health
Insurance companies having variable policies for covering gender-affirming breast/chest top surgery in transgender patients, according to a special topic paper in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(r), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
La Mayo Clinic et l'Oxford University Clinic ouvrent un etablissement de soins de sante preventifs a Londres
Mayo Clinic
Deux des plus grands noms au monde dans le domaine des soins de sante et de la recherche medicale - le centre medical universitaire Mayo Clinic et l'Oxford University Clinic - ont ouvert un etablissement de soins de sante preventifs a Londres.
Mayo Clinic تفتتح، بالتعاون مع عيادة جامعة أكسفورد (Oxford University Clinic)، مرفق الرعاية الصحية الوقائية في لندن
Mayo Clinic
قام اثنان من الأسماء الرائدة في عالم الرعاية الصحية والأبحاث الطبية - وهما مركز Mayo Clinic الطبي الأكاديمي وعيادة جامعة أكسفورد (Oxford University Clinic) بافتتاح مرفق الرعاية الصحية الوقائية في لندن.
Briefing: Point-of-Care Testing--Bringing the Lab to the Patient
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
Point-of-care testing is transforming healthcare: this type of testing helps patients get diagnosed and treated faster, and also makes it easier for patients in remote areas to have access to medical testing. Join AACC and leading experts in laboratory medicine for a discussion about what lies ahead for point-of-care testing and what needs to happen so that all patients can benefit from quality testing of this kind.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Unveils New Master of Health Administration (MHA) Degree
Mount Sinai Health System
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has begun offering a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree. Applications for the new MHA program are now open for enrollment starting in January, March, or September, 2020.
The Slaight Family Foundation enables UHN to change the way we deliver care to seniors - and it will happen outside the hospital
University Health Network (UHN)
The Silver Tsunami will see an unprecedented number of seniors in Canada. Thanks to a $3-million investment from The Slaight Family Foundation, University Health Network (UHN) is one step closer to being able to design programs and supports to enable seniors to live and thrive in their communities.
Three UC San Diego Researchers Receive Top Honors with NIH Director's Awards
University of California San Diego Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/10/1/knight_rob_pioneer-award.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Three University of California San Diego researchers have received prestigious awards through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, including the Pioneer Award, the program's top honor.
Mayo Clinic y Oxford University Clinic abren instalaciones para atencion medica preventiva en Londres
Mayo Clinic
Dos de los principales nombres mundiales en atencion de salud e investigacion medica, el centro medico academico de Mayo Clinic y la Oxford University Clinic, abrieron un establecimiento para atencion medica preventiva en Londres.
AADE Announces Donna Tomky Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice in Honor of Late AADE President
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
he Donna Tomky Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice will recognize a nurse practitioner who continues to advance the integration of self-management behaviors with clinical management through practice, health plan or health system innovation. The recipient will receive up to $1,000 in travel and complimentary registration to the AADE annual conference.
Endocrine Society honors endocrinology field's leaders with 2020 Laureate Awards
Endocrine Society
The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2020 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field.
Tammy Capretta named chief transformation and risk officer for Keck Medicine of USC
Keck Medicine of USC
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/30/Capretta_Tammyhorizontal.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Keck Medicine of USC names Tammy Capretta chief transformation and risk officer
Virtual Medical Visits Get Wary Welcome From Older Adults, Poll Finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/27/telehealth_01-web.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Most people over 50 aren't ready to embrace virtual health visits with their medical providers, a new poll on telehealth finds. Only 4% have had a video-based visit with a provider in the past year, and their reactions were mixed. Meanwhile, more than half of poll respondents didn't know if their providers offer telehealth visits, and more than 80% expressed at least one concern about seeing a doctor or other provider virtually.
Prioritizing Palliative Care May Have Effects on ICU Nurses' Moral Distress
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/26/CCN10_19_lo1.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Critical care nurses may be less likely to experience moral distress when they feel that patients' palliative care needs are being met, according to results of a survey of ICU nurses at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Expanding Medicaid Means Chronic Health Problems Get Found Health Improves, Study Finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study. And whether it was a newly found condition or one they'd known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more.
Mount Sinai Innovation Festival Explores Artificial Intelligence
Mount Sinai Health System
Eighth annual SINAInnovations festival on October 15-16 at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City
Johns Hopkins Medicine Announces $80 Million Expansion at Green Spring Station
Johns Hopkins Medicine
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/27/GSS3EastView.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /As part of an $80 million expansion at Green Spring Station, Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrated the official opening of the newly built Pavilion III at Green Spring Station with a private grand opening event on Sept. 27 and a free community health fair on Sept. 28.
James P. Holland, New President of Johns Hopkins HealthCare
Johns Hopkins Medicine
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/27/Holland.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Johns Hopkins Medicine welcomes James P. Holland as the new president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare. Holland assumed the role effective Sept. 30, 2019.
Baylor Scott White Health Opens Hospital in Buda, Expands Care Delivery in Hays County
Baylor Scott and White Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/28/BSWMC-Buda.JPGwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Baylor Scott White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas, opened its newest full-service hospital. Baylor Scott White Medical Center - Buda, the System's first medical center in Hays County, is located at 5330 Overpass Road and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Medicaid Reimbursement for Spinal Surgery Varies Between States
Wolters Kluwer Health
Most states reimburse less for spinal surgery in Medicaid patients, compared to Medicare reimbursement for the same procedures, reports a study in Spine. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Living well, living longer with HIV-AIDS
Case Western Reserve University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://dailymedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18154436/Webel-feat.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /A nurse scientist at Case Western Reserve University is further expanding her research on aging-related health challenges increasingly faced by people living longer with HIV-AIDS.
UCLA to Lead $25 Million Opioid Study in Rural America
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Scientists from the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs will lead a $25 million National Institutes of Health study testing treatments, including the use of telemedicine, to help fight the opioid epidemic in rural America.
Childhood Cancer Treatment Can Alter Leydig Cell Function
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/26/00209312-008.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /
Health technology 'jam' to inspire innovation, creativity
University of Illinois at Chicago
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/26/Game-Jam8-590x393.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The Health Tech Jam on Sept. 28 will sequester UIC students pursuing graduate degrees in physical therapy and biomedical visualization for 8 hours and give them a challenge: brainstorm, develop and pitch a tech solution to a common health problem.
Bayshore Medical Center Names New Emergency Care Center
Hackensack Meridian Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/25/ED-HarrisRendering.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation is pleased to reveal that the new Emergency Care Center at Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, NJ, will be called the Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center. The Emergency Care Center, currently under construction, will be named by Mary Ellen Harris, Golden Dome Foundation founder, in honor of Dr. Robert H. Harris, thanks to a generous gift made by the foundation.
Mayo Clinic晚期癌症检测成像设施获美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)批准
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic佛罗里达州院所正电子发射断层扫描放射化学设施（亦称为回旋加速器设施）已获得美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)批准使用。
Prediction System Significantly Increases Palliative Care Consults
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
A trigger system powered by predictive analytics increased palliative care consultations by 74 percent after implementation
Rising ocean temps increase risk of infectious disease for humans, marine life
Cornell University
Test for Life-Threatening Nutrient Deficit Made From Bacteria Entrails
Georgia Institute of Technology
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/23/20C10200-P1-006.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /A pocket-sized zinc deficiency test could be taken to remote regions and evaluated on the spot - no complex transport or conserving necessary. It could lead to comprehensive micronutrient field tests that tell aid agencies just what nutritional deficits are killing people.
Fish micronutrients 'slipping through the hands' of malnourished people
University of Washington
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/24/Tane_1.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Millions of people are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new research published Sept. 25 in Nature.
Dr. Benjamin Warfel Honored for Electrodiagnostic Advocacy Work
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
Benjamin S. Warfel, MD, was recently bestowed the 2019 American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Advocacy Award. This award recognizes Dr. Warfel's extraordinary contributions to increase public awareness and advocacy to government entities or insurance companies regarding the role of electrodiagnostic medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders.
ORNL develops, deploys AI capabilities across research portfolio
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
To accelerate promising artificial intelligence applications in diverse research fields, ORNL has established a labwide AI Initiative. This internal investment brings the lab's AI expertise, computing resources and user facilities together to facilitate analyses of massive datasets.
Mount Sinai Health System Celebrates Prestigious Magnet(r) Recognition
Mount Sinai Health System
Three Mount Sinai Health System hospitals have received renewed national recognition for excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program(r). The Mount Sinai Hospital received Magnet(r) designation for the fourth consecutive time; Mount Sinai Queens--the Queens campus of The Mount Sinai Hospital--received its second designation; and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) received its third Magnet(r) designation.
Affordable Care Act good for hospitals' fiscal health
University of Illinois at Chicago
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/24/COL.CUPPA.GFRC.CTT.SM.RED1.PNGwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Interest rates on healthcare municipal bonds significantly decreased due to the ACA, according to a study from the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Breakthrough in Understanding Enzymes That Make Antibiotic for Drug-Resistant Pathogen
University of Warwick
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/24/josef_21.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /One of the WHO's three critical priority pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii, for which new antibiotics are urgently needed is one step closer to being tackled, as researchers from the Department of Chemistry - University of Warwick have made a breakthrough in understanding the enzymes that assemble the antibiotic enacyloxin.
Cheaper Drug Just As Effective Protecting Heart in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
A new clinical trial conducted at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found a cost-effective generic medication works just as well as a more expensive drug in preserving cardiovascular function in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Rogers Award honors Sheryl Harris, C.N.A., for excellence in patient care
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/23/20190923_Rogers_Award_Ceremony_050.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /MD Anderson has awarded Sheryl Harris, C.N.A., the Julie and Ben Rogers Award for Excellence in Patient Care. The annual award recognizes employees who demonstrate excellence and dedication to MD Anderson's mission to end cancer.
Mayo Clinic选择谷歌作为医疗创新与云计算的战略合作伙伴
Mayo Clinic
9月10日，星期二，Mayo Clinic和谷歌共同宣布建立为期十年的战略伙伴关系。这一伙伴关系将重新定义医疗服务的提供方式，并通过数字技术加快医疗服务创新的步伐。
Here's the Kind of Data Hackers Get About You From Hospitals
Michigan State University
New research from Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University is the first to uncover the specific data leaked through hospital breaches, sounding alarm bells for nearly 170 million people.
Decoding Data to Cure Chronic Rising Medical Costs
Texas State University
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/23/tahir-ekin.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Data mining tools developed at Texas State University can help auditors stop fraud and wasteful spending to save taxpayers billions annually.
From lack of food to chronic illness, 2018 Health of Houston Survey sheds light on residents
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/23/LinderHeadshotWeb.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /A snapshot of health conditions revealing the disparities across 38 neighborhood areas in Harris County has been published in the 2018 Health of Houston Survey by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health.
Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care
Mayo Clinic
Three Mayo Clinic hospitals have received the Vizient 2019 Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D., Quality Leadership Award for high-quality patient care. This award honors superior performance among academic medical centers; large, specialized complex care medical centers; and community hospitals nationwide for delivering safe, timely, effective, efficient and equitable patient-centered care.
Topping the Medical Charts
University of California San Diego Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/23/UCSDHealth_JacobsMedicalCenter_dusk.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /More than 120 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named Top Docs in the 2019 San Diego Magazine Physicians of Exceptional Excellence survey, an annual opportunity for doctors across the region to vote for much-admired colleagues.
Expert Analysis: Healthcare Value Assessment Frameworks Have Advanced, But Wholesale Adoption Still Not Wise
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/17/ViH_Cover_No-ToC_2019-03.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of an analysis showing that while value assessment frameworks are moving closer to meeting the challenge of accurately measuring value and informing healthcare decisions, more progress is needed before widespread adoption and use.
Can Discrete Choice Experiment Technique Predict Real-World Healthcare Decisions?
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/17/ViH_Cover_No-ToC_2019-03.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR--the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of research demonstrating that discrete choice experiments are able to predict real-world healthcare choices.
Establishment of UC San Diego School of Public Health Approved
University of California San Diego
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/22/TakenbyUCSanDiegoPublicHealth.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The University of California Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee has approved the establishment of a School of Public Health at UC San Diego. The unanimous vote took place at the Sept. 18, 2019 meeting. The full Board of Regents approved the school on Sept. 19.
College of American Pathologists Honor Member Physicians at CAP19 Annual Meeting
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
College of American Pathologists names yearly award winners
Patrick E. T. Godbey, MD, FCAP, Inaugurated President of College of American Pathologists
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/18/Cap3658final.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /College of American Pathologists Inaugurates Patrick E. T. Godbey as President
Facility Dog 'Shetland' Helps Next Generation of Health Care Providers
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/20/ShetlandCommishioning20SEP19-07.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Future military health care providers are learning new ways to care for patients thanks to the help of a two-year-old Golden Labrador Retriever mix named Shetland. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) recently welcomed Shetland as its very own facility dog - making its F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine the first medical school to have a permanent, live-in facility dog.
UC San Diego Health Earns 2019 CHIME HealthCare's Most Wired Recognition
University of California San Diego Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/20/CHIME-Most-Wired_logo_color-2019-247x300.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has announced that UC San Diego Health has earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare's Most Wired recognition and is a recipient of their prestigious Quality Award under the Most Wired program.
Open Medicare Data Helps Uncover Potential Hidden Costs of Health Care
Indiana University
IU scientists studying Medicare data have found an association between health care industry payments to medical providers for non-research expenses and what these providers charge for medical services.
Rush University Medical Center Ranked # 1 for Highest Quality Care
Rush University Medical Center
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/19/BoneMarrowTransplant_65.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Rush University Medical Center was the top ranked large academic medical center in the country in the 2019 Vizient Quality and Accountability Study, which many experts consider to be the most accurate gauge of the quality of care a hospital delivers because it is entirely based on data from all patients, not reputation.
Health Gap Between First Nations and Other Manitobans Widening, Study Finds
University of Manitoba
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Indigenous-health-image-sm.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /The health gap between First Nation people and all other Manitobans is growing.
حصول Mayo Clinic على اعتماد إدارة الغذاء والدواء الأمريكية (FDA) لمنشأة تصوير متطور للكشف عن السرطان
Mayo Clinic
اعتمدت إدارة الغذاء والدواء الأمريكية استخدام منشأة الكمياء الإشعاعية للتصوير المقطعي بالإصدار البوزيتروني، والتي تُعرَف أيضًا باسم منشأة سيكلوترون، في Mayo Clinic بفلوريدا.
Bayshore Oktoberfest Celebration to Benefit New Emergency Care Center
Hackensack Meridian Health
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/18/CarolandMaryAnn.jpgwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation will host the fourth annual Benefit for Bayshore: an Oktoberfest Community Celebration on Friday, October 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. For the first time since its inception, this signature fundraising event will move from the Bayshore Medical Center campus to a new venue, Stillwell Stables in Colts Neck, NJ, to allow for construction of the hospital's new Emergency Care Center slated to break ground in October 2019.
Randomized Quality Improvement Projects Help Assess Effectiveness of Patient-focused Programs
NYU Langone Health
Hospitals routinely implement processes aimed at increasing provision of high quality care for patients, such as calling patients to encourage follow-up visits or providing doctors and nurses with alerts in electronic health records to prompt reminders for vaccinations.
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic presantan sus resultados durante conferencia anual de ASTRO
Mayo Clinic
Los medicos de Mayo Clinic presentaron sus resultados durante la reunion anual de la American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (Sociedad Americana para Radiologia y Oncologia Terapeutica), a llevarse a cabo entre el 15 y el 18 de septiembre en Chicago.
Getting New Medical Treatments to Patients Can be Harder Than Landing on Mars
Georgia Institute of Technology
img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2019/09/18/mural_v05_artboard_2.pngwidth=100height=150" alt="Newswise image" /It takes about 10 years and $100 million to get a new medical device to market - $1 billion for a new drug. Most new solutions fail. The biggest foils are not the science or pre-clinical trials but the lack of finances, market miscalculation, bad business models, and regulatory snags. They can all be overcome.
Pediatric Dermatologist Who Co-Founded Camp for Children Recognized for Care
American Academy of Dermatology
The American Academy of Dermatology has honored board-certified dermatologist Karen Wiss, MD, FAAD, as a Patient Care Hero for her role in treating a patient born with an extremely rare skin disease caused by a genetic mutation. The condition, known as recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), is commonly called the butterfly disease, because it causes skin to be extremely fragile and blister easily after minor rubbing or scratching. It affects fewer than one in 1 million people.
