News articles tagged with 'hospitals'
Pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds in England, especially children's units
— 25 Jul 2009 00:16 | HealthExperts in intensive care and anaesthesia have predicted that the current swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds and ventilators in England, with hospitals on the South... — full story
17 million US children live more than an hour away from trauma care
— 4 Jun 2009 13:01 | HealthMore than 17 million U.S. children live more than an hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving paediatric trauma centre, according to a new study by researchers at... — full story
Limiting work hours of medical residents could cost 1.6 billion annually
— 21 May 2009 12:12 | HealthNew recommendations to limit the work hours of medical residents could cost the nation's teaching hospitals about $1.6 billion annually to hire substitute workers, according to a new... — full story
Educational initiatives improve quality of care delivery
— 15 May 2009 11:23 | HealthA study of targeted educational initiatives between the clinical staff at Fox Chase Cancer Centre and the hospitals within their Partners program suggest that educational interventions... — full story
Influenza pandemic planning needed to assure adequate care for pregnant women
— 14 May 2009 09:43 | HealthPregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but more planning must be done to ensure that they receive priority treatment should an outbreak occur, according... — full story
Policies on organ donation after cardiac death vary considerably among hospitals
— 13 May 2009 01:32 | HealthAlthough a large number of children's hospitals have developed or are developing policies regarding organ donation after cardiac death, there is considerable variation among policies,... — full story
Putting 'effect' into comparative-effectiveness research
— 7 May 2009 11:06 | HealthWith the federal government putting $1.1 billion into comparative-effectiveness research, two Baylor College of Medicine researchers advocate investing in finding ways to put that science... — full story
Tide turns in fight to keep MRI scanners operating
— 9 Apr 2009 14:52 | HealthFurther pressure has been applied to the European Commission to amend the Physical Agents (EMF) Directive which, if adopted into national legislation, would drastically curtail the... — full story
Many of medical professionals are subject to insults and threats
— 1 Apr 2009 11:50 | HealthResearchers from the University of Zaragoza have studied violence suffered by medical professionals whilst carrying out their profession. The data show that 11% of doctors have been... — full story
Respiratory risk from hospital cleaning fluids
— 27 Mar 2009 14:20 | HealthCleaning fluids used in hospitals may pose a health risk to both staff and patients. A pilot study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health has found that... — full story