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NewsPost-surgical inpatient deaths plummet
Although hospitals performed more surgeries between 1996 and 2006, the number of inpatient post-surgical deaths dropped significantly, according to an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, Read more...
Hospitals slash sepsis rates with nursing-focused strategies
In what could be a template for other hospitals to follow, nine acute care facilities in the Bay Area teamed to dramatically reduce their sepsis mortality rates, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Read more...
Heart attack patients need their hearts started faster
Health care providers need to work harder on getting the heart beating again as quickly as possible in heart attack patients, according to a new advisory published in Circulation. The advisory points Read more...
Study: PA hospital death rates for heart-bypass surgery hit new low
New research from a state group has concluded that the in-hospital death rate for heart-bypass surgery patients in Pennsylvania hit its lowest level in more than a decade during 2006. Bypass patient Read more...
| Press ReleasesHHS announces refined survey standards to examine and help eliminate differences in care based on race, ethnicity, sex, prWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released final standards to more consistently measure race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability Read more >> Costs, Mortality Skyrocket Following Infection in Cardiac Device RecipientsNew Study in Medicare Beneficiaries Published in Archives of Internal Medicine MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study finds that infections following cardiac device implantations or Read more >> Study: U.S. Newborn Death Rate on Par with Qatar and Croatia, Worse Than in 40 Countries – Including S. Korea, Cuba, PolanSave the Children teams up with World Health Organization to produce most comprehensive newborn death estimates to date WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twenty years ago, U.S. newborns had a better Read more >> Merial Launches "Outbreak Alert" ProgramBuilding Better Awareness of Equine Disease and the Importance of PreventionDULUTH, Ga., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Supporting horse owners and veterinarians in their efforts to keep their horses Read more >> Update on Phase II/III Clinical Trial of Investigational Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine, V710WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & VIENNA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) today announced that following a Read more >> |
