National Healthcare Quality Report, 2005
The 2005 NHQR includes 179 performance measures that can be used to monitor the Nation's progress toward improved health care quality for all Americans. This year's report focuses on a group of 46 "core" measures representing the most important [... more]
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Press release on Effective Health Care review, 'Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis'. Increasing numbers of patients with narrowed kidney arteries are undergoing vessel-widening angioplasty and placement ... [... more]
Agency for Healthcare Research |
HCUP Fact Book No. 10
This Fact Book examines hospital care for adults age 18 and older with mental health or substance abuse problems who were treated in community hospitals. To help fulfill its mission of providing information on the U.S. health care system, the ... [... more]
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New Report Recommends Strategies To Reduce Medical ...
Fatigued medical residents need protected sleep periods and increased supervision of work hour limits to improve patient safety and the training environment, according to a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report funded by the Department of Health ... [... more]
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Questions Are the Answer: Build Your Question List
Questions are the answer. Get more involved with your health care by asking questions, talking to your provider, and understanding your condition. Medical errors cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But you can help. Get more involved ... [... more]
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Su guía para el tratamiento con Coumadin®/warfarina
Su guía para el tratamiento con Coumadin®/warfarina explica los efectos que debe esperar y los cuidados necesarios durante el tratamiento. Coumadin®/warfarina es un medicamento que aumenta la fluidez de la sangre y evita la formació [... more]
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Usted Puede
Dejar de fumar es difícil. Muchas personas lo intentan varias veces antes de conseguirlo. Este folleto explica distintas maneras para ayudarle dejar de fumar. Más de tres milliones de hispanos fuman regularmente, pero 7 de cade 10 de ellos [... more]
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Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
This guide describes ways to prevent and treat blood clots, symptoms, and medication side effects as well as when to go to the emergency room. Blood clots are a serious medical condition. It is important to know the signs and get treated right ... [... more]
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Some Pregnancy-related Complications Minimized for Women ...
Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure-complications that can seriously affect the mother or her ... [... more]
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Archives of Internal Medicine
Press release announces Consumer Financial Incentives Guide. Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) systems that allow doctors to select lower cost or generic medications can save $845,000 per 100,000 patients per year and possibly more ... [... more]
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Quit Smoking
Quitting is hard. Many people try several times before they quit for good. But they do succeed. Smoking causes illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, problems with pregnancy, and lung disease. The people around you, especially children, ... [... more]
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More than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are ...
Press release on new study that examines the characteristics of uninsured children. Some 2.3 million children a year, mostly from low- to middle-income families, have no health care coverage to pay for preventive or other medical needs, even ... [... more]
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