Scoring System Helps Predict Post-Hospital Mortality
For now, researchers see this as a tool for hospital comparisons, not patient care
Utility Score Can Help Predict Mortality in ICU Patients
Inverted U-shaped relationship for willingness-to-pay by ICU doctor and utility score
Morbidity, Mortality Up for Patients With Delirium in ICU
Researchers recommend screening and monitoring for delirium in all critically ill patients
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed
Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
Statin + Ezetimibe May Benefit After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Lowering of LDL cholesterol levels, improved cardiovascular outcomes for simvastatin + ezetimibe
CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up
And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
TBI Linked to Parkinson’s Risk in Patients Aged ≥55 Years
Dose-response associations identified for traumatic brain injury severity and frequency
U.S. Organ Donation System Needs ‘Disruptive Innovation’
It's time to reward people willing to save a stranger, researchers say
May 2015 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for May 2015. This roundup includes the...
AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs
Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
