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Many African Americans Still Only Dream of High Quality Health Care
Recently, AARP conducted a study to determine how perceptions of key social issues ranked in importance to African Americans age 50 and over. Ninety-one percent gave the answer "high quality health care." Eighty-nine percent gave the answer, "Access to high quality health care information." We were not surprised at the high percentage of either response. Why wouldn't the foremost issue on the minds of African Americans be the key issue that would prolong, enhance or save lives? Why wouldn't the dominant issue on the minds of Black people age 50 and over be their health; even more so than education, employment and access t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Influence of neurologists’ experience on the outcome of patients treated by intravenous thrombolysis for cerebral ischaemia
Abstract Intravenous (i.v.) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) should be available on a 24/7 basis in hospitals admitting patients with stroke. We aimed at evaluating the influence of the number of patients previously treated with i.v. rt-PA by neurologists on patients’ outcome. For each patient consecutively treated with i.v. rt-PA for cerebral ischaemia at the Lille University Hospital, we determined the number of previous treatments with rt-PA administered by the neurologist. We performed logistic regression analyses to determine the influence of the experience on the outcome evaluated by th...
Source: Journal of Neurology - March 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Ella’s story: Two rare diseases and the NICU roller coaster ride
“Everyone tells you that the NICU is a roller coaster ride. What they don’t tell you is that it’s a customized roller coaster ride just for you. You never know what’s coming at you next,” says Carrie Shea, whose daughter Ella spent her first three months of life in Boston Children’s Hospital NICU. Today, Ella is a “remarkably normal little girl,” says Carrie. It’s quite a feat for the three-year-old who was born with GACI (generalized arterial calcification of infancy), an extremely rare condition with an 85 percent mortality rate, and diagnosed with PKU (phenylketonuria), a second rare genetic disorder, ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 5, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our patients’ stories Source Type: news

Number of nurses set to fall by almost 2000
Labour says Health Education England's workforce projections could ‘push hospitals over the edge’ Related items from OnMedicaNICE sets out safe levels of nursing staffNHS employing more nurses than ever beforeWeekend nursing ratios hit stroke mortalityA burning platform – maximising the nursing contribution to the antimicrobial resistance challengeMore than 3000 community nursing posts cut since 2010
Source: OnMedica Latest News - April 20, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

A pilot randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a ‘lung age’ intervention on smoking cessation: study protocol
This study offers an additional intervention to improve smoking cessation rates in Singapore. It aims to reduce or delay the onset of smoking‐related chronic diseases such as coronary heart diseases and cancer, which would eventually reduce the healthcare burden in an increasingly ageing society.Trial registration number: ISRCTN15839687.
Source: Journal of Advanced Nursing - May 21, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Imran Muhammad, Wenqi Mok, Hai Moy Toh, Daniel Sii, Wenru Wang Tags: Protocol Source Type: research

Implementation of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in daily practice: the need for comprehensive education for professionals and patients
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are increasingly used for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism and for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. NOACs do not require routine coagulation monitoring, creating a challenge to established systems for patient follow-up based on regular blood tests. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are required to cope with a mixture of patients receiving either a vitamin K antagonist or a NOAC for the same indications, and both professionals and patients require education about the newer drugs. A European working group convened to consider the ...
Source: Thrombosis Journal - May 26, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Hein HeidbuchelDana BertiManuel CamposLien DestegheAna FreixoAntónio NunesVanessa RoldánVincenzo ToschiRiitta Lassila Source Type: research

The Quality Of Health Care You Receive Likely Depends On Your Skin Color
Unequal health care continues to be a serious problem for black Americans. More than a decade after the Institute of Medicine issued a landmark report showing that minority patients were less likely to receive the same quality health care as white patients, racial and ethnic disparities continue to plague the U.S. health care system. That report, which was published in 2002, indicated that even when both groups had similar insurance or the same ability to pay for care, black patients received inferior treatment to white patients. This still hold true, according to our investigation into dozens of studies about black health...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UCLA department of neurosurgery ranked No. 2 in research productivity
The UCLA department of neurosurgery ranks No. 2 in the nation in scholarly research, according to a recent paper evaluating the impact of published articles in the field. The five-year review, published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, rated the academic publishing output of faculty at 103 American neurosurgical residency programs from 2009 to 2013.  The top five programs were UC San Francisco, UCLA, the University of Pittsburgh, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins University.  “I’d like to personally congratulate the exceptionally productive neurosurgery faculty at UCLA and UCSF,” said Dr. Neil Mart...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 29, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Shortage of neurologists in the Brazilian Amazon
Neurologic disorders, including headache, epilepsy, and cerebrovascular disease, are common sources of medical consults and hospital admissions.1 Conditions such as stroke, the world's second leading cause of death, are medical emergencies that demand fast and efficient actions to reduce mortality and disability rates. These 2 points highlight the growing importance of neurology health care in developing countries.
Source: Neurology - November 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: dos Santos-Lobato, B. L., Pontes-Neto, O. M. Tags: Medical care, Models of care, Health care reform, Methods of education, Other Education GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research

Long-term outcome after cerebral venous thrombosis: analysis of functional and vocational outcome, residual symptoms, and adverse events in 161 patients
Abstract Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) affects mainly working-aged individuals. Functional recovery after CVT is generally considered good with about 3/4 of patients achieving short-term independence. However, vascular events, long-term functional outcome, and employment after CVT remain poorly investigated. We identified consecutive adult CVT patients treated at the Helsinki University Hospital (1987–2013) and invited them to a follow-up visit. Each clinical examination was combined with interview. We also recorded recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) and hemorrhagic events during follow-up and antithrombo...
Source: Journal of Neurology - January 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

African American Health Disparities
http://familiesusa.org/product/african-american-health-disparities-compared-to-non-hispanic-whites Take a look at this infographic.  Consider the numbers.  What does this say about race and health? About 610,000 people in the United States die of heart disease every year. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in most ethnic groups yet the health disparities for African Americans is cause for even more alarm.  African Americans have the highest prevalence of high blood pressure of any ethnic group which greatly increases the risk for stroke. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney disease in African Americans. M...
Source: Dragonfly - February 5, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Literacy/Consumer Health Public Health Source Type: news

Arizona, ImageTrend Deliver Hospital Outcomes Data to EMS
LAKEVILLE, MINN. [December 10, 2015] – ImageTrend announced it has collaborated with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) in delivering hospital outcomes reporting to EMS agencies across the state. Using ImageTrend’s secure reporting platform, agencies can tap into the discharge data from patients they transported. The agencies can then determine if the initial impressions justified review of protocol and additional education. “EMS Agencies can use this integrated data provided by the state in many ways. It’s especially beneficial as it is difficult to receive patient outcome data from each hospital, ex...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - December 11, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Technology Source Type: news

Public Health and Citizens, Truly United
There are just two problems with the prevailing conception of "public health" -- the public, and health. Neither means what we think it means. For starters, there is no public. The public is an anonymous mass, a statistical conception, nameless, faceless, unknowable, and unlovable. I have made the case before that laboring under this crippling fiction, the potential good that all things "public health" might do is much forestalled. We talk, for instance, about the genuine potential to eliminate up to 80 percent of the total global burden of chronic disease -- heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, dementia -- but somehow...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Arizona, ImageTrend Deliver Hospital Outcomes Data to EMS
LAKEVILLE, MINN. [December 10, 2015] – ImageTrend announced it has collaborated with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) in delivering hospital outcomes reporting to EMS agencies across the state. Using ImageTrend’s secure reporting platform, agencies can tap into the discharge data from patients they transported. The agencies can then determine if the initial impressions justified review of protocol and additional education. “EMS Agencies can use this integrated data provided by the state in many ways. It’s especially beneficial as it is difficult to receive patient outcome data from each hospital, ex...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - December 11, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Technology Industry News Source Type: news