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Anesthesiologist found guilty after verbally abusing patient
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationMost healthcare providers show patients a high level of respect, regardless of whether a patient is under sedation or wide awake. In fact, most patients hold healthcare providers with high regard and expect superior service when in their care. Unfortunately, a jury recently found an anesthesiologist guilty of defamation and medical malpractice after a patient recorded her vicious remarks made toward him.
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Replenishing the heart muscle
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareThe adult heart muscle is made of cells called cardiomyocytes, which don't replenish themselves after a heart attack or other significant heart muscle damage. It was initially believed that cardiomyocytes were unable to replicate themselves and that their total number was firmly set at birth. However, UT Southwestern researchers were able to devise a new cell-tracing technique, allowing them to detect cells that do replenish themselves after being damaged.
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Best exercises for gluteus medius strengthening
Heidi Dawson Sports & FitnessThe gluteus medius is a key stabilizer muscle of the hip joint, which acts to abduct and both externally and internally rotate the hip. It therefore plays an important role in knee joint alignment. There are many injuries in which a weak or misfiring gMed is implicated. These include IT band syndrome, patellofemoral pain syndrome and Achilles tendinopathy to name just a few. It's no coincidence that the injuries listed here are all injuries commonly suffered by runners.
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3 levels of understanding human error
Michael S. Haro, Ph.D. Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAccidents happen when we least expect them. Generally attributed to human error, gaining a better understanding of this condition will aid in its prevention. Human error, usually resulting from not being focused on what you are doing, is the cause of most accidents that occur. It is a momentary lapse of thought that results in an accident. When thoughts start to drift, especially while engaged in a potentially dangerous activity, an accident is waiting to happen.
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Emergency treatment leads to better outcomes for opioid addicts
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareA Yale School of Medicine study finds pharmaceutical treatment in an emergency department leads to better outcomes for opioid addicts than those who are referred for outpatient treatment or simply given a list of treatment services. The study was the first known random trial that compared three options for treating people who seek emergency care for dependence on opioids like hydrocodone, oxycodone, heroin and morphine.
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Sen. Lamar Alexander identifying strategies for better EHR program
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationSenate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has been busy, and remains so. Earlier this month, he announced that he would conduct a series of hearings intended to solve problems with the federal government’s six-year-old, $30 billion program meant to encourage adoption of electronic health records at medical offices and hospitals. The hearings come after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claimed in December 2014 that a quarter of a million physicians had not been able to comply with the program’s second phase and have begun losing 1 percent of their Medicare payments.
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Substance abuse still a massive societal ill
Dr. Abimbola Farinde Mental HealthcareThe issues of substance abuse and substance use disorders continue to be growing problems within our modern-day society, with no apparent decline in sight. According to the World Drug Report, it was estimated that 200 million people, or about 5 percent of the global population, used illicit drugs in 2005, and this number has grown since that time. Substance abuse is defined as a pattern of overuse of alcohol or other drugs that have the ability to produce adverse effects with continued use of the medication.
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Healthcare fraud and blowing the whistle
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareOn June 18, The Dallas Morning News reported in an article that 243 healthcare workers from around the nation were indicted on federal charges of Medicare fraud by The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, the largest such bust in history. Healthcare fraud — especially Medicare and insurance fraud — is more common than we think. Healthcare professionals who find themselves potentially entangled in a fraudulent situation should immediately report the suspected abuse to the appropriate authorities.
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Study: Digital health solutions may save US health system $100 billion
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAccenture, in a new report, estimates that FDA-approved digital health solutions — an Internet-connected device or software created for detection or treatment of a medical indication — may have saved up to $6 billion in cost savings last year, primarily driven by medication adherence, behavior modifications and fewer emergency room visits.
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Study: Organ-rejection drugs may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareThe calcineurin inhibitors that organ transplant patients take to prevent rejection may also work to prevent Alzheimer's disease. A new study at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) examined the rate of Alzheimer's disease among 2,600 organ transplant patients. Results were compared with a 2014 national dataset from the Alzheimer's Association.
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