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NewsMore hospitals meet faster emergency heart care standards
Hospitals across the country are treating more heart attack patients within the recommended time frame than five years ago, according to study published in Circulation, an American Heart Association Read more...
Coordinated heart attack protocol makes transfers 40% faster
It has only been a week since new studies showed how short the timeline is for transferring heart attack patients to specially equipped hospitals, but already a new study has uncovered a statewide Read more...
Older blacks face higher chance of readmission than other races
Race and location of care feed into racial disparities in readmission rates, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News reports. After Read more...
Community commitment to preventive care credited with California slashing heart attack rate
"If every American got the same level of care, we would avoid 200,000 heart attacks and stroke deaths in this country every year," said Dr. Robert Pearl, executive director and CEO of the Permanente Read more...
Higher hospital volume linked to fewer deaths for three conditions
Patients hospitalized for three common conditions--heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia--to an extent have better chances of survival if treated at larger, busier hospitals. Up to a threshold, Read more...
Hospital report cards may not generate quality improvement
It's a common assumption among health planners--nay, an article of faith--that publishing hospital report cards can prompt lagging facilities to improve their quality of care. However, a new study Read more...
Women's heart attack rates go up, men's go down
An "ominous trend" has emerged among women and their risk of a heart attack, according to new research published in the Oct. 26 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine. Middle-aged men are still Read more...
Case study: Indiana hospital uses case management to avoid rehospitalizations
Recently, as the health reform debate has evolved, policymakers have paid increasingly close attention to 30-day readmission rates for hospitals. Officials say that cutting down on rehospitalizations Read more...
Heart risks reduced with gastric bypass surgery
A study conducted by Dr. John A. Batsis of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire found that obese people who undergo gastric bypass surgery have a significantly reduced risk of having a Read more...
Study: Poorer patients get delayed heart attack care
People with a low income--including those with Medicaid coverage--often take much longer than more affluent people to get to the hospital when afflicted with a heart attack, new research has Read more...
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