Nigeria: Patient Abandoned By Children in Hospital Goes Unruly, Messes Up Ward With Urine
[Vanguard] The management of Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, is seeking to locate the relatives of one of its patients, Mr. Maurice Okpenyong, who has gone unruly and "urinates on the floor and the whole place smells" after being abandoned at its medical facilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, etc.
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2025. Contains details of proposed changes impacting Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals and payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. Comments are due by June 10, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates ...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 11, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology of maxillofacial injuries during monsoon and non-monsoon season in India: a data-based retrospective study from a tertiary care dental teaching hospital - Shukla AD, G S, Chakravarthy K, Kaushal A, Udeshi HM.
BACKGROUND: Maxillofacial Injury (MFI) is a major public health concern that is multifactorial in etiology-road traffic accidents (RTAs), falls and violence. RTAs are the major cause of maxillofacial injuries (MFIs) in countries like India. Recent studies ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Replacement announced for CEO forced to quit through ill-health
Simon Constable is leaving Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to join University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust as chief executive. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 2, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New Federal Rule Means Hospitals Need Written Consent for Pelvic, Prostate Exams
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 -- In a letter sent to teaching hospitals and medical schools across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that written consent must be obtained from patients before performing sensitive... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Hospitals Must Get Written Patient Consent for Pelvic Exams, H.H.S. Says
In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn ’t comply. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emma Goldberg Tags: your-feed-science Health and Human Services Department Hospitals Pelvis Medicare Medicine and Health Privacy Source Type: news
Tampa General Hospital Recognized as One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women by Newsweek
The academic health system's inclusion on the list highlights an ongoing commitment to creating an equitable workplace. TAMPA, Fla., March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) — the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine — is included in... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD WOM SVY Source Type: news
Why So Many Dogs Have Allergies Now
Every day, itchy dogs shuffle into Elizabeth Falk’s veterinary office. Some can’t stop chewing their feet or scratching their bellies. Others have red, smelly ears, or rashes on their skin. All are intensely uncomfortable because of environmental allergies. “They’re sitting in the waiting room, and everyone else is backing away out of fear that it’s contagious,” she says. “It’s super busy helping as many as we can.” Until recently, Falk was a veterinary dermatologist at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, where she saw about 15 allergic pets a day and was booked ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Abdomen trauma from a fall from a height in two university teaching hospital in Burkina Faso - B élemlilga Gueswendé LH, Yabré N, Ouédraogo S, Keita N, Tiendrébéogo L, Zaré C, Zida M.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the nature and reasons for the fall, the injuries caused and their prognosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study over a period of 9 years. Patients admitted for abdo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Two more directors accuse trust leaders of ‘Islamophobia’
Two more non-executive directors have criticised the leaders of Bradford Teaching Hospitals, accusing them of using “Islamophobic tropes” and retaliating against “dissenting opinion”. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 19, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Overcoming Barriers to Kidney Health in Nigeria - - World Kidney Day 2024
[Nigeria Health Watch] Salisu Hauwa, a 33-year-old woman in Gashau, a Local Government Area (LGA) in northern Yobe State, Nigeria was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH) in Damaturu. This diagnosis came weeks after she had been experiencing headaches and continuous vomiting. According to her husband, Abubakar Mohammed, Hauwa's condition worsened, as she was constantly screaming, biting, and attempting to run away from the hospital leading some to believe that she (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Tampa General-USF behavioral health teaching hospital approved
The bill would provide $100 million a year over the next three years to the teaching hospitals, with additional money provided for such things as residency positions for psychiatrists. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: The News Service of Florida Source Type: news
ECR: What makes small ovarian lesions light up like a lightbulb?
Research presented at ECR 2024 suggests that diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) has value in ovarian cancer treatment planning.
In his talk, Max Lahaye, MD, PhD, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam discussed his team's findings which showed that DW-MRI could perform a complete primary and interval debulking with high accuracy.Max Lahaye, MD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam presents findings on the clinical impact of dedicated MR staging of ovarian cancer patients during ECR 2024.
The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, and Catharina Ziekenhuis Teaching Hospital ar...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: MRI Womens Imaging Ob/Gyn Source Type: news
Nigeria: Hardship - One Dies, 5 Others Hospitalised After Eating 'Amala' in Oyo
[Vanguard] As Nigerians groan due to hardship and hunger in the country, a family of six who reportedly ate flour prepared from cassava peels have been rushed to Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Florida behavioral health teaching hospitals backed
The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a plan that would designate at least four behavioral health teaching hospitals, as lawmakers look to improve care for people with mental health and substance abuse issues. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jim Saunders Source Type: news
