Affordable Care Act Has Improved Access to Care, Affordability
However, gaps in access to care and affordability still seen, especially for low-income adults
Digital Imaging-Based Screening Can Cut ROP Exams
Reduction in number of ROP examinations, but increase in total number of interventions
Nursing Conditions Tied to Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
Better work environments, decreased patient-to-nurse ratios up survival
Over Half of U.S. States Ill Prepared for Disease Outbreaks
Efforts needed to boost ability to respond to viruses, superbug threats
Industry Outpacing NIH in Funding Research
Analysis finds studies paid for by private sector increasing, while U.S.-sponsored trials decline
Roughly Half of U.S. Hospitals Require Staff Flu Vaccination
And only 1.3 percent of VA hospitals mandate vaccination for health care workers
Dose-Linked Pulmonary Complications After FFP Infusion
In warfarin reversal, highest risk with more than three units of fresh frozen plasma
New Model of Inpatient Care Can Improve Outcomes
Model aims to up interprofessional collaboration, data-driven decisions, provide leadership
Central Venous Pressure-Guided Hydration Beneficial in CKD, CHF
Reduced risk of contrast-induced nephropathy with no increase in acute heart failure
Accuracy of Clinical Diagnosis in TIA Called Into Question
Acute infarction on DWI seen in similar numbers of patients clinically diagnosed as TIA, TNA
