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Recent trends in high-volume Medicare stroke thrombectomy provider characteristics
Conclusions High-volume providers of MT services for Medicare beneficiaries represent a dynamic and rapidly expanding subset of physicians with diverse specialty backgrounds.
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - March 14, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jayaraman, K., Santavicca, S., Hughes, D. R., Hirsch, J. A., Duszak,, R., Chatterjee, A. R. Tags: Socioeconomics Source Type: research

Comparative Validity of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's National Outcomes Measurement System, Functional Oral Intake Scale, and G-Codes to Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability Scores for Dysphagia.
Discussion All 3 clinical dysphagia tools demonstrate acceptable validity in supporting G-Code designation to stroke cases. The FOIS demonstrated superior validity and utility across time points. The NOMS Dysphagia Scale was significantly affected by data missingness due to the multiconstruct nature of the tool. PMID: 31136231 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - May 26, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Dungan S, Gregorio D, Abrahams T, Harrison B, Abrahams J, Brocato D, Davis C, Espana E, Garcia R, Smith S, Taylor B, Higgins T, Daley L, Carnaby G Tags: Am J Speech Lang Pathol Source Type: research

Decline in dementia rate offers “cautious hope”
“The number of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias will grow each year as the size and proportion of the U.S. population age 65 and older continue to increase. The number will escalate rapidly in coming years as the baby boom generation ages.” 2015 Alzheimer’s disease Facts and Figures Despite these alarming projections, a report from a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) offered a few words of encouragement. Researchers from the longstanding Framingham study found that the rate of dementia has declined over the course of three decades. Framingham researchers had been study...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Beverly Merz Tags: Alzheimer's Disease Behavioral Health Brain and cognitive health Caregiving Healthy Aging Memory Mental Health Prevention cognitive decline dementia Source Type: news

Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reforms With Mortality and Readmissions Among Hospitalized Medicare Patients
Conclusions and RelevanceAmong Medicare beneficiaries, there were no significant differences in the change in 30-day mortality rates or 30-day all-cause readmission rates for those hospitalized in more intensive relative to less intensive teaching hospitals in the year after implementation of the 2011 ACGME duty hour reforms compared with those hospitalized in the 2 years before implementation.
Source: JAMA - December 10, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research