No change in health or education outcomes following implementation of duty-hour restrictions
1. In these two retrospective studies, there was no difference in 30-day mortality, readmissions, or serious morbidity among medical or...
Full-day preschool programs linked to improved overall student performance
1. Full-day (7 hour) preschool programs resulted in marked improvement in academic performance at the end of the school year...
β-blockers linked to improved survival in preserved ejection fraction heart failure
1. β-blockers were associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). 2. There...
Hospice associated with reduced healthcare utilization in cancer patients
1. Individuals with poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care had fewer hospital admissions, intensive care unit stays, invasive procedures, and...
Adding sargramostim to ipilimumab may improve survival in advanced melanoma
1. Adding sargramostim to ipilimumab for advanced melanoma resulted in improvement in overall survival and fewer adverse events when compared...
Non-obstructive coronary artery disease linked with increased heart attacks, death
1. Patients with non-obstructive coronary obstructive disease (CAD) had a significantly higher risk of developing an MI within the next...
Adding trained interventionists to primary care results in weight loss
1. Primary care visits supplemented by sessions with trained interventionists resulted in greater patient weight loss than primary care visits...
Price transparency leads to lower claims payments by patients and insurers
1. Individuals who searched for services using a price transparency service prior to receiving care had lower claims payments made...
Skilled nursing facility ratings linked to readmission and death rates
1. Approximately 21% of skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharges were followed by hospital readmission and 4.7% of SNF discharges were...
Frozen fecal transplant effective for Clostridium difficile infection
1. A frozen fecal microbiotia transplant was effective in resolving diarrhea in individuals with refractory or recurrent Clostridium difficile infection....
