ISPOR announced the publication of a report from the ISPOR Biosimilars Special Interest Group highlighting the need for clearer guidance on when and how to conduct health technology assessments (HTAs) for biosimilars.
New research from Penn Nursing鈥檚 Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) 鈥� recently published online in the journal Research in Nursing & Health 鈥� has successfully validated a new, streamlined version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI), originally authored in 2002 by Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, and Associate Director of CHOPR, who is also lead author on this publication.
Keck Medicine of USC has launched the USC Nursing Institute to promote education, leadership development, clinical expertise and research among nurses.
A recent study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and a student she mentored at Oklahoma State University suggests shyness can influence a child鈥檚 performance in language assessments, depending on the level of social interaction required to complete the test.
A program offered by UCLA Health鈥檚 intensive care units is providing meaningful and compassionate support for dying patients and their families, despite the challenges brought about by COVID-19.
Heart doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center were the first in northern New Jersey and the third in the state to perform Tendyne鈩� Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI) in a patient with a leaky mitral valve in the heart. Tendyne TMVI, which is being offered through a clinical trial, may become another therapeutic option for patients who cannot have surgery or other procedures.
Developers of electronic health records (EHR) should create or modify their products to ensure that health care organizations can meet safety recommendations of the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides, according to researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Baylor College of Medicine.
Statins are prescribed to less than half of eligible U.S. patients, and a new study shows time of day may affect doctors鈥� likelihood of writing a script
A small and inexpensive sensor, announced in Applied Physics Letters and based on an electrochemical system, could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring. A solution containing electrolyte substances is placed into a small circular cavity that is capped with a thin flexible diaphragm, allowing detection of subtle movements when placed on a patient鈥檚 chest. The authors suggest their sensor could be used for diagnosis of respiratory diseases.
DALLAS 鈥� Dec. 15, 2020 鈥� A study of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest shows that women have a lower likelihood of survival compared with men and are less likely to receive procedures commonly administered following cardiac arrest.
New study reveals potential for developing novel antibody-based antitoxins against botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), including the most commonly used, yet most toxic one, Botox.
From improving outcomes in children with brain cancer to lowering the risk of damage to the brainstem in children with central nervous system tumors, a pair of new studies published today add to the growing body of research showing the potential benefits of proton therapy.
In an innovative program to improve the health of low-income patients, Loyola Medicine and its partners are giving patients a weekly cornucopia of fresh vegetables grown on urban farms. It's called VeggieRx.
A nurse鈥檚 ability to provide optimal patient care is influenced by a variety of factors 鈥� not just how many patients he or she is caring for or how sick they might be, a new study suggests.
OpenNotes announced today that more than 30 million Americans now have access to notes written by their clinicians in fully transparent medical records.
Veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder were less anxious and depressed and had an improved quality of life after an eight-week therapeutic horseback riding program, according to a Baylor University study.
The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously believed, according to a Johns Hopkins study published online this month in the journal Gut.
Researchers from the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provide a closer look at physicians鈥� knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about PCI public reporting.
Steven Eaise was 47 years old when he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2015. Today, a unique part of him lives on thanks to a music therapy project. Music therapists at UAB recorded Steven鈥檚 heartbeat, then incorporated it into a song, using his heartbeat in place of the drums. The Eaises were given a recording of the song after he passed away.
State health departments are lagging in planning for the replacement of retiring employees, according to a survey from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.Roughly 85 percent reported they have no plan.鈥淭he diminishing ratio of public health workers and high percentages of those eligible for retirement are of concern to maintaining an effective public health system,鈥� said Amy Eyler, associate professor and principal investigator of the聽study, 鈥淎dministrative Evidence-based Practices in State Chronic Disease Practitioners,鈥澛爌ublished in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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