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A strong nursing team makes the sound of a harmonious orchestra
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareThe nursing team within any unit, department or agency could readily be compared to an orchestra. Here we’ll find the nurse manager/conductor, several lead players, many supporting players and those who remain even deeper in the background. In an orchestra, the smallest instrument can have an outsized purpose, and the instruments that only play occasionally are still crucial to a successfully executed performance. The same may be said of the nursing team.
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Small practices less likely to fully utilize their EHRs
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationA recent Black Book Research report has shown that almost 90 percent of practices with six or fewer practitioners are not properly using advanced electronic health record (EHR) features like electronic messaging, clinical decision support, interoperability, data sharing and even patient engagement processes. The Black Book survey is no small sample set, either, with almost 19,000 EHR users surveyed for the report.
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Are opioids more effective for chronic musculoskeletal pain?
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareIn the last 20 years, physicians have been prescribing opioids for chronic pain with the rationale that chronic pain patients legitimately need some relief. Physicians felt the side effects of these opioids were not too severe and that when opioids were used as prescribed, there was little chance for addiction.
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Study: Mother’s inflammation can affect neonatal brains
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareMothers having suffered an inflammation during pregnancy have children with changes in brain structure and subsequent changes in function. This was the conclusion of a recent study by a group of researchers from the Charité University Medicine Berlin in Germany and Oregon Health Sciences University.
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A better molecular microscope method for transplant biopsies
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareCanadian researchers have determined that using gene chips to read molecules during heart transplant biopsies is much safer and more effective than conventional methods. Dr. Phillip Halloran, who developed the molecular microscope system, presented the preliminary findings earlier this month at the 2018 meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation in Nice, France. The system was created at the Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Experimental drug may decrease hot flashes during menopause
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareMenopause affects every woman, and with the large baby boomer generation reaching midlife and beyond, an unprecedented number of women are now postmenopausal. Approximately 6,000 women in the United States alone reach menopause every day — more than 2 million per year.
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New Alzheimer’s standards will help patients in the long run
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareStandards on how the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is to be determined in a research setting were defined recently. The criteria for research emphasizes the biomarkers of disease that can be measured with imaging technology and the biologic measures available through spinal fluid samples. The standards were the collaborative effort of the National Institute on Aging from the National Institutes of Health (NIA-NIH) and the Alzheimer's Association (AA).
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Barbers and beauticians can play a key role in healthcare
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareResearch is showing that barbers, hairdressers and cosmetologists in the grooming and beauty industries can be part of an effective team providing health education, health awareness and preventative services. A recent study found that awareness and services can be particularly effective when healthcare professionals are working with the barbers involved.
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Barbara Bush’s comfort care choice spurs crucial conversations
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareBarbara Bush, beloved former first lady, died April 17 in her Houston home at the age of 92. She was surrounded by her loved ones, including her husband of 73 years, former President George H.W. Bush.
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The ongoing debate on acupuncture for pain
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareChronic pain, which affects 100 million adults in the United States, continues to be an immense clinical problem. In one pain survey, more than half of the respondents (51 percent) felt they had little or no control over pain. About 77 percent of respondents reported feeling depressed, and 74 percent said their energy levels were impacted by their pain.
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