Health Care Systems/Services

Penn Medicine researchers studied the association between neighborhood-level risk factors and poor maternal health outcomes in Philadelphia between 2010 and 2017 PHILADELPHIA - Residents in majority-Black neighborhoods experience higher…

Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/ NUST MISIS Young scientists from NUST MISIS have presented multilayer antibacterial coatings with a prolonged effect and a universal spectrum of action. The coating is based on modified titanium oxide and…

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL - At the beginning of prioritized health care personnel (HPC) immunization, there was a high rate of COVID-19 vaccine…

Evidence is growing that health care delivered by teams is superior to services delivered by a single practitioner. Published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine -- University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina,…

Researchers decode the recent statistics of the changing profiles of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and in China to tailor control measuresCredit: Chinese Medical Journal Cancer is one of the top causes of death…

An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society at Lehigh University, suggests a new framework for dismantling white supremacy in public healthCredit: Lehigh University The CDC recently…

A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published early online…

Virtual conference kicks off webinar series showcasing past progress and future innovations for antibiotic resistance and healthcare associated infection prevention ATLANTA (April 7, 2021) -- Researchers and healthcare professionals…

Job site and neighborhood risks should be taken into account when setting priorities, authors argueCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta It's time for a more nuanced approach to vaccine prioritization, as…

When setting SARS-CoV-2 vaccine priorities, Canada should take a more nuanced approach that considers geographic and occupational risk exposures, as 75% of Canadian adults have at least 1 risk factor for severe COVID-19, argues an…

Children may not be as infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2 to others as previously thought, according to new University of Manitoba-led research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "Our findings have important public health…

What The Study Did: Genome analysis was performed on SARS-CoV-2 RNA from seven patients in a long-term care facility who were asymptomatic at the time of screening. Authors: Baha Abdalhamid, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Nebraska…

Credit: Indiana University Since 2016, a federal regulation has allowed nurse practitioners and physician assistants to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder as a medication assisted…

Cambridge, Mass. - When the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved for emergency use in December 2020, healthcare systems across the Unites States needed to rapidly design and implement their own approaches to distribute COVID-19 vaccines…

Cambridge biotech startup awarded top prize in quest for funding, in-kind support LOWELL, Mass. - A biotech startup that aims to transform how intravenous medications are administered to patients is the top winner in the 2021 Massachusetts…

Evolution of outcomes for patients hospitalized during the first nine months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in France: a retrospective analysis of national sur-veillance data As SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread in France, a thorough…

American Journal of Roentgenology: IV contrast-enhanced 2-millisievert CT comparable to conventional-dose CT for diagnosis of right colonic diverticulitisCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)…

New shared decision-making website for providers complements FAIR Health consumer websiteCredit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--April 8, 2021--The national, independent nonprofit FAIR Health is unveiling three new enhancements to its…

An adaptive cognitive training program could help treat attention and working memory difficulties in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), a new study published in the of Journal of Pediatric Psychology shows. These neurocognitive…

Credit: ESMO Credit ESMO/SIOPE expert position paper raises awareness of need for age-appropriate specialist services to improve cancer outcomes Unique tumour epidemiology, scarce awareness, difficult access to dedicated…