NHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality
Annual increase of 1 percent of outsourcing to the private for-profit sector linked to annual increase of 0.38 percent in treatable mortality
Thursday, June 30, 2022
JCAHO Standards Not Always Supported by High-Quality Evidence
Of 20 actionable standards from The Joint Commission, six completely supported by references, six partly supported
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
One-Third of Hospitals Compliant With Price Transparency for Joint Arthroplasty
~20 percent of hospitals provide CMS-compliant pricing information for two CPT codes and two DRG codes
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Life Expectancy in the U.S. Varies by Race, Ethnicity, State
Disparity in life expectancy across states greater when race/ethnicity are considered
Monday, June 27, 2022
Integration of AI Platform Can Cut Time for Chest CT Interpretation
Mean interpretation times were 22.1 percent shorter in the artificial-intelligence versus non-AI arms
Monday, June 27, 2022
Robotic Surgery Offers Benefits for Total Hip Arthroplasty
Lower risk for dislocation, revisions seen versus manual arthroplasty
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Inability to Balance on One Leg in Middle Age Tied to Premature Death
Additionally, ability to complete stance adds prognostic information beyond age, sex, and other established risk factors
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Medicare Could Have Saved $3.6 Billion on Generic Drugs in 2020
Authors say Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion by purchasing generics at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company prices
Monday, June 20, 2022
Medicaid Expansion Buffered Health Coverage Loss During Pandemic
Workers who lived in Medicaid expansion states were 5.4 percent more likely to enroll in Medicaid after job loss during pandemic
Friday, June 17, 2022
Disparities in Life Expectancy by Race, Ethnicity, County Persist
In the U.S., increases in life expectancy were seen for Black, API, Latino, White populations, but no change seen for AIAN
Friday, June 17, 2022
ENDO: Fracture Risk Up With Insulin Compared With Metformin in T2DM
Risk for major osteoporotic fractures up for insulin versus metformin for those with HbA1c <7 percent, BMI <25 kg/m2
Friday, June 17, 2022
Early Identification Cuts Costs for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Among treated patients, costs were lower for those identified by newborn screening versus presentation of symptoms
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Meta-Analysis: Smoking Linked to Increased Fracture Risk for Men
Increased risk seen using frequentist approach and Bayesian approach; significant association also seen in subgroup analyses
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Youth Trampoline Injuries More Severe at Sports Center Than at Home
Likelihood of musculoskeletal and/or orthopedic injuries, lower extremity injuries, sprains, and need for surgery greater at trampoline centers
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Spinal Anesthesia Tied to More Severe Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery
Greater worst pain in first 24 hours and more prescription analgesic use at 60 days reported with spinal versus general anesthesia
Monday, June 13, 2022
Hospital Interns Spend Only 13.4 Percent of Time in Patient Rooms
Real-time locating systems may be used to improve the training experience, authors say
Monday, June 13, 2022
Half of Hospitals Have Implemented No Price Transparency
Only 5.7 percent of hospitals meet both requirements -- a machine-readable file for required price types and an accessible display for at least 300 shoppable items
Friday, June 10, 2022
New Drug Launch Prices Increasing Exponentially Each Year
Findings among newly marketed brand-name prescription drugs launched in 2008 to 2021
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Actions Against Physician Licenses Due to Substance Use Down
However, despite declines from 2004 to 2020, substance use-related actions remain much higher than actions for physical, psychological impairment
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Walking for Exercise Beneficial for Knee Osteoarthritis in Over 50s
Those who walked for exercise had reduced likelihood of new frequent knee pain and medial joint space narrowing
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Adverse Event Rate After THA Similar for Female, Male Surgeons
No association seen between sex of surgeon and adverse event rate for patients following primary total hip arthroplasty
Friday, June 3, 2022
Deep-Radiomics Models Can Diagnose Osteoporosis
Deep-radiomics models can use hip radiographs to diagnose osteoporosis
Friday, June 3, 2022
Specific Dietary Components in RMDs Moderately Beneficial
Moderate evidence of small effect on disease progression seen for vitamin D, chondroitin, glucosamine for osteoarthritis
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Hispanic, Black Physicians Underrepresented in the United States
With sustained doubling of Hispanic and Black medical students, it would take 92 and 66 years to correct deficit of physicians
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Not Tied to Increased Fracture Risk in CKD
Compared with DPP-4 inhibitor use, SGLT2 inhibitor use not associated with higher risk for fractures, regardless of eGFR
Wednesday, June 1, 2022