By relying on hunches rather than posing a few screening questions, primary care clinicians may be missing three quarters of the alcohol problems in their patients, a newly released analysis shows. "It's often off the radar - people come in for hypertension and are not asked how much they...
Survey results reveal that an overwhelming majority of clinicians believe that the electronic exchange of health information will have a positive impact on improving the quality of patient care, coordinating care, meeting the demands of new care models, and participating in third-party reporting...
Was doing some research and discovered there's a lot of wild information out there. What sort of insurance does a clinician actually HAVE to carry and who regulates that? Also, who or what agencies regulate the horse show/clinic industries?
The current classification system for kidney complications in patients with lupus is too detailed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results should make it easier for physicians to classify and treat kidney problems...
Current guidelines that help clinicians decide whether a woman has had a miscarriage are inadequate and not reliable, and following them may lead to the inadvertent termination of wanted pregnancies. This is the conclusion of a series of papers published in the international journal Ultrasound...
Since Siemens Healthcare launched syngo.via, its imaging software for multimodality reading of clinical cases, clinicians worldwide are reporting significant workflow efficiency gains. More than 100 installations of syngo.via have been delivered worldwide, and healthcare organizations are...
Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the availability of an iPhone App that gives whenever, wherever access to users of First Consult, an online clinical information resource that delivers quick, trusted answers...
In 20 years, approximately 72 million older adults will reside in the United States, almost double the current number, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging. Potential issues are compounded by the projected shortage of health care workers needed to provide elder care. As part of the...
Clinical guidelines recommend screening low-risk women for cervical cancer every three years after age 30, but most primary care clinicians report that they would advise testing for the disease more frequently, according to a report in the June 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of...