Program Coaxes Hospitals to See Treatments Under Their Noses
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The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.
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Greater numbers of seriously ill patients could get experimental medicines under proposed federal guidelines released yesterday that would allow drug companies to charge for the medicines.
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A city program that provides health care to the uninsured and is partly funded by businesses can continue at least until a lawsuit challenging the program is resolved, a federal appeals court ruled.
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The Massachusetts Hospital Association is expected to unveil an ambitious program today to improve patient safety in the state's 105 hospitals, including public posting of nurses' workloads at individual hospitals and the number of hours each day they spend directly caring for patients.
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New hospice programs give patients medical comfort while allowing for sophisticated medical treatments.
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Greater numbers of seriously ill patients could get experimental medicines under proposed federal guidelines released Monday that also would allow drug companies to charge for the medicines.
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Doctors  and weather forecasters work together to cut hospital admissions for chest patients.
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Two local hospitals are taking part in a program run by the China Disease Prevention and Control Center and a US-based medical company in an effort to establish the nation&#39;s first guidelines on hand hygiene in hospitals.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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Patients could be offered therapies such as acupuncture on the NHS under plans being considered by the assembly government.
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A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study. What's more, many of those with conflicts rarely or never disclose their financial ties, researchers found.
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Within five years, physicians could be able to access patients&#39; records from any hospital or doctors&#39; office in the state under a new ``eHealth&#39;&#39; initiative financed with an infusion
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The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient.
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Cancer patients can often feel baffled when offered a choice of treatments, a study has suggested.
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Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab programs that allow thousands of U.S. physicians to keep their addictions hidden from their patients.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.