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NewsHeart attack survival better when hospital leaders are engaged
A new Yale University study has identified factors that may determine why the mortality rates related to heart attacks are higher in some hospitals than others--even when adjusted for patient Read more...
Most expensive hospital stays cost about $18,000 a day
The priciest hospital stays are also among the most futile. Among the top 0.5 percent of most expensive hospital stays, the average length of stay runs about 48 days and costs more than $500,000, yet Read more...
Pollution increases risk of heart attack
Here's another reason to stay in if local air quality is bad. Besides raising your chance of experiencing respiratory or lung problems, air pollution can raise the risk of sudden heart attacks, Read more...
Evidence-based treatments have improved care quality, Joint Commission says
Hospitals are striving for--and hitting--many outcome improvements, the Joint Commission reports. National improvement on 12 outcomes, reflecting best evidence-based treatments for heart attacks, Read more...
Heart-attack treatment times have improved dramatically
A little change can go a long way. That's the concept behind the Door-to-Balloon (D2B) Alliance, which helped hospitals around the nation significantly speed up treatments to patients admitted to the Read more...
Dentists can help determine cardiac risk
Dentists can do much to help identify patients at risk for fatal heart attacks and referring them on for further care, according to new research presented this week at a professional meeting. Swedish Read more...
Study: Black heart attack patients going to hospitals with higher mortality
Even when hospitals with better outcomes are closer, African-American heart attack victims who live in racially segregated areas are more likely to be admitted to hospitals with higher-than-average Read more...
CMS: 99 percent of hospitals to get full update for Outpatient Reporting Program
There's good news from the CMS for hospitals who participated in its Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program: 99 percent of them submitted information correctly and will receive the full Read more...
More objections to Avandia suppressed by Glaxo
We haven't heard anything for a while about Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug that has been linked to a higher risk of heart attacks, but that doesn't mean no one has been paying attention. Read more...
New study questions benefits of $10 billion angioplasty industry
Over recent months we've seen several studies that questioned the benefit of angioplasty in many of the cases in which it is used; with the number of angioplasties performed per year having increased Read more...
| Press ReleasesAngioplasties Performed at Centers Without On-Site Surgery Services Are Safe, Study FindsROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Contrary to current guidelines, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that elective or primary (in patients who have had heart attacks) angioplasties performed at Read more >> Deborah Heart and Lung Center Named one of the Nation’s Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson ReutersBROWNS MILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Deborah Heart and Lung Center has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters. The study examined the performance of more Read more >> Stem Cell Study Helps Clarify the Best Time for Therapy to Aid Heart Attack SurvivorsORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A research network led by a Mayo Clinic physician found that stem cells obtained from bone marrow delivered two to three weeks after a person has a heart attack did Read more >> Employers can Reduce Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Rooms by Changing Employee Perceptions of Urgent Care, Says Evive H63 Percent of Urgent Care Users Say They Would Go Back CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Employers experiencing higher medical costs due to unnecessary emergency room utilization by employees may be able to Read more >> UnitedHealth Group Joins “Million Hearts Initiative,” Public/Private Partnership Spearheaded by Key Federal Health AgencieUnited Health Foundation’s $2.8 million grant to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to help fight smoking – the No. 1 risk factor for cardiovascular diseaseUnitedHealth Group to assist in preventing Read more >> |
