Piloting and Assessing an Entrustable Professional Activity Based Evaluation...
EPAs are a novel tool to assess resident progression via observed activities. Approaches to EPA-based evaluations are lacking, as are resident perceptions of EPAs. OBJECTIVES...
View ArticleBrigham and Women's Hospital Names Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice...
Paul J. Anderson, MD, PhD, has been named chief academic officer and senior vice president of Research for Brigham and Women's Hospital.
View ArticleHospital - Falls lead to declines in seniors
More than half of elderly patients who visited an emergency department because of injuries sustained in a fall suffered adverse events - including additional falls...
View ArticleCharacteristics and outcomes of in-hospital palliative care consultation...
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
View ArticleHospital - Air descemetopexy may treat Descemet's membrane detachment after...
Air descemetopexy can treat Descemet's membrane detachment after cataract surgery, avoiding the need for endothelial transplantation in many cases, according to a study. At...
View ArticleHighland Hospital Opens New Off-site Cardiology Clinic
Highland Hospital is proud to announce the opening of its new off-site Cardiology clinic, UR Medicine Heart and Vascular, at 600 Red Creek Drive. The new space has 13,080...
View ArticleHospital - Preeclampsia results in significant health, cost burdens
Preeclampsia increases the chance of adverse health outcomes for mothers and their infants compared to mothers without preeclampsia and accounted for $2.18 billion within the...
View ArticleSteven Thompson to join Brigham and Women's Hospital as Senior Vice...
Newly created position will focus on identifying, assessing and executing large-scale partnership and investment opportunities
View ArticleHospital - Some OA-related costs the year before TKR were for non-recommended...
SAN DIEGO - In the year before total knee replacement, almost one-third of treatment costs for osteoarthritis symptoms went toward plans not recommended by the American Academy...
View ArticleThe effect of furosemide on the level of neutrophil gelatinase-associated...
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
View ArticleMUSC Children's Hospital Ranked by US News in "America's Best Children's...
MUSC Children's Hospital is once again the only such institution in South Carolina to be ranked among U.S. News & World Report's 2017-18 edition of “America's Best Children's...
View ArticleHospital - UR Medicine Partners Receive $21.8M in NYS Health Care...
Four hospitals associated with UR Medicine will receive a total of $21.8 million in state grants to improve services and facilities for patients, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has...
View ArticleHospital - Contacts lost in eye not such a rare thing-but 27?
Patients with a contact lens lost in the eye are not a rare occurrence for ophthalmologists. However, 27 lenses at the same time may be another story! The case of a 67-year-old...
View ArticleHospital - Phaco sleeve boosts flow, followability
Reviewed by Takayuki Akahoshi, MD A new silicone phacoemulsification sleeve designed with a variety of novel features is enabling safe and efficient microcoaxial cataract...
View ArticleHospital - NIH grant study explores improvisational dance for dementia
Researchers from Wake Forest University received a $1.5 million grant from the NIH to conduct a 3-year clinical trial on the effect of improvisational dance for dementia...
View ArticleHospital - Long-term weight-loss maintenance in obese patients with knee...
Background: A formula low-energy diet reduces weight effectively in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, but the role of LED in long-term weight-loss maintenance is...
View ArticleHospital - Long-term weight-loss maintenance in obese patients with knee...
Background: A formula low-energy diet reduces weight effectively in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, but the role of LED in long-term weight-loss maintenance is...
View ArticleHospital - Sleep disorders may increase cognitive decline
Individuals with sleep disordered breathing are more likely to have diminished cognition, including poorer attention, processing speed and memory, especially those who are...
View ArticleComplication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney...
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
View ArticleNonelective hospitalizations may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults
Although elective hospitalizations were not significantly related to a decline in cognitive function among older adults, emergency hospitalizations were associated with a rapid...
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