Patient Engagement Can Cut Costs, Improve Outcomes
Initiatives can decrease hospital visits, cut morbidity and mortality, up treatment adherence
January 2015 Briefing – Pulmonology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for January 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
CDC: ~8 Percent of U.S. Adults Nonadherent Due to Rx Costs
Patients skipping doses, taking less medication or delaying filling prescriptions
Sleeping Well in Middle Age May Pay Off Later in Life
Better functioning reported decades afterward, researchers find
Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Higher Risk of Hypertension
Risk up with regularly taking longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep
Benefit of Noninvasive Tests in Non-MI Chest Pain Questioned
Such screenings don't predict who will have a future cardiovascular event, researchers report
Chlorhexidine Bathing Doesn’t Cut Health Care-Linked Infections
No difference in primary outcome for bathing with chlorhexidine versus nonantimicrobial cloth
Sedation Protocol Doesn’t Reduce Duration of Ventilation in PICU
No reduction in duration of mechanical ventilation for children with sedation protocol versus usual care
STS: Blood Transfusions in CABG Could Raise Pneumonia Risk
But overall rate under 4 percent
Early Alert Intervention Cuts Heart Failure Readmission
Significant reduction in 30-day readmission after implementation of early alert system
