Search Tag: JAMA

ICU Management

New-jama-article-highlights-the-outcome-and-safety-benefits-of-remote-patient-monitoring

2022 12 Apr

Masimo SafetyNet® Reduced Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients Masimo  has announced the findings of a Viewpoint article recently published in the  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)  which highlighted the benefits of remote home patient monitoring, reporting in part on research that used Masimo SafetyNet®, a remote patient management...Read more

ICU Management

Covid-19-online-resources-for-health-care-professionals

2020 23 Apr

Below you can find a summarised overview of online resources with developments, guidelines and recommendations for physicians and medical staff for COVID-19 patients in critical condition (e.g. patients in intensive care), as well as other general resources. ICU Therapy guideline for the treatment of patients with a SARS CoV2 infection Autoren:...Read more

IMAGING Management

Dense-breasts-breast-cancer-risk-and-screening-choices-in-2019

2019 05 Jun

Approximately 50% of women in the United States between the ages of 40 to 74 years old have dense breasts (an estimated 27.6 million women). The recent widespread inclusion of breast density information into screening mammography reports in 36 US states and suggestion to consider supplemental imaging has resulted in creating awareness and leading ...Read more

IMAGING Management

After-5pm-your-doc-may-not-screen-you-for-cancer

2019 28 May

A new study endeavoured to research whether breast and colorectal cancer screening are related to the time of day a patient visits their primary care clinician. As part of this quality improvement study shows, both clinical ordering and patient completion of cancer screening tests decreased later in the day. The study published in JAMA found that...Read more

Executive Health Management

Critical-illness-events-impact-on-patient-outcomes-1

2017 03 Jan

  University of Chicago researchers have found that one patient’s critical illness may play a role in medical setbacks for other patients in the hospital, according to a research letter published in JAMA. The results also show that “critical-illness events” such as cardiac arrests in a hospital unit were also associated with delayed discharge from...Read more

Executive Health Management

Real-cost-of-value-based-care

2016 13 Sep

Three designated outcomes saw significant improvements following implementation of an analytic tool that allocates clinical care costs and quality measures to individual patient encounters according to a study appearing in JAMA .   The three outcomes were total joint replacement, laboratory testing among medical inpatients and sepsis...Read more

Health Management

Breast-cancer-screening-accuracy

2016 01 Jul

Does Changing The Order Of Second Mammograms Reduce Detection? A study in the UK, where two film readers independently evaluate each mammogram for signs of cancer, has found that changing the order of examination between two sets of readings did not result in any significant difference in detecting breast cancer. The study, published in...Read more

Executive Health Management

Which-surgery-is-costing-you-the-most

2016 29 Apr

Approximately 80 percent of admissions, deaths, complications, and inpatient costs related to operative emergency general surgery nationwide can be traced to only seven procedures, according to a study published online by JAMA Surgery . These include colectomy, small-bowel resection, cholecystectomy, operative management of peptic ulcer disease, removal...Read more

IMAGING Management

Jama-conclude-that-3d-mammography-exams-outperform-conventional-mammography

2016 27 Apr

Reducing Recall Rate for Breast Cancer Screening Stands to Decrease Healthcare Costs and Increase Quality of Care for Women Hologic, Inc. has announced that study results published today in a research letter in  JAMA  conclude that breast tomosynthesis (Hologic's Genius™ 3D MAMMOGRAPHY™) exams reduce recall rates, and increase invasive cancer detection...Read more

IMAGING Management

Jama-oncology-supports-effectiveness-of-hologic-s-genius-3d-mammography-exams

2016 19 Feb

Hologic Inc. has announced that a new longitudinal study  published online in advance of print in  JAMA Oncology  reports that women screened for breast cancer over multiple years using Hologic's Genius 3D MAMMOGRAPHY™ exams benefited from a significant drop in costly and stressful recalls. 1 The findings published in  JAMA Oncology  provide longitudinal...Read more

ICU Management

Study-mismatch-between-dnr-orders-and-patient-prognosis

2015 22 Sep

Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are often established for patients whose prognosis is poor. Now new research published in JAMA finds that almost two-thirds of patients with the worst prognosis after in-hospital cardiac arrest did not have DNR orders. “Among patients with a low likelihood of favourable neurological survival after in-hospital cardiac...Read more

IT Management

Ehr-products-usability-testing-standards-ignored

2015 08 Sep

Researchers in the U.S. have discovered that vendors were not adhering to usability testing standards for electronic health record (EHR) products. This lack of adherence to usability testing may be a major factor contributing to the poor usability of many EHRs, leading to user frustration and safety risks, according to the research published in JAMA...Read more

Executive Health Management

Why-most-clinicians-work-while-sick

2015 11 Jul

A recent study shows that many physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs), including registered nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants, report to work while being sick despite recognising this can put patients at risk. In a survey of attending physicians and APCs at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, respondents reported...Read more

IMAGING Management

Screening-mammography-more-small-cancers-suggest-overdiagnosis

2015 07 Jul

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that screening mammography was associated with increased diagnosis of small cancers, but not with significant changes in breast cancer mortality or a decreased incidence of larger breast cancers. Researchers say the increased incidence of small cancers may be the result of overdiagnosis. The researchers...Read more

Executive Health Management

Some-preoperative-tests-still-common-despite-low-value

2015 14 Jun

While guidelines from professional associations have sought to discourage use of certain preoperative tests considered to be of low value and high cost, there have been no significant changes over a 14-year period in the rates of several kinds of these pre-surgical tests. The findings are from a new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center...Read more

IMAGING Management

How-effective-are-decision-support-systems

2015 02 Jun

Computerised clinical decision support (CDS) systems are intended to enhance decision-making for better delivery of care. However, a study on the use of CDS systems regarding orders for advanced diagnostic imaging shows that the systems failed to identify relevant appropriateness criteria for the majority of orders. “Implementing CDS systems in real-world...Read more

IMAGING Management

Lower-smoking-rate-but-higher-lung-cancer-mortality

2015 26 Feb

A decrease in smoking rates may mean that many people who could have benefited from early detection of lung cancer are dying because they do not qualify for low-dose CT scans, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study reported in JAMA . Lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography is recommended for high-risk individuals by professional associations,...Read more

ICU Management

Predicting-disability-and-death-after-the-icu

2015 11 Feb

Although an increasing number of older adults are surviving visits to hospital intensive care units (ICUs), many emerge with disabilities such as impaired walking and poor overall function. Interestingly, a Yale School of Medicine study has shown that that the level of disability the year before an ICU visit can predict post-ICU disability and death....Read more

IT Management

How-3d-printing-is-reshaping-medical-practice

2014 08 Dec

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is increasingly being used in medical practice, but its implications for healthcare may be complex, according to a commentary published in JAMA . Although questions remain about how best to use the technology, experts say that 3D printing is already changing patient care. In fact, 3D printing has been used in dentistry...Read more

ICU Management

Immunonutrition-no-proven-benefit

2014 05 Aug

There have been many questions surrounding the use of immune-modulating nutrients as to whether specific critically ill populations may benefit from it; whether the administration of multiple potential immunologic modulating agents would alter the individual effects of each agent; or whether enteral and parenteral administration may result in differential...Read more

Cardiology Management

Beta-blockers-no-improved-outcomes-for-heart-bypass-patients

2014 18 Jun

A new retrospective analysis of patient data suggests that the preoperative use of beta-blockers does not improve outcomes for all patients who undergo nonemergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Patients who had not experienced a heart attack in the three weeks prior to surgery, and who did not exhibit other high-risk symptoms, had...Read more

Cardiology Management

Postoperative-kidney-injury-less-likely-in-off-pump-heart-bypass-patients

2014 02 Jun

Patients requiring coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations may be less likely to incur acute postoperative kidney injuries when they are not put on a heart-lung machine (off-pump procedure). However, kidney function one year after surgery is not better preserved compared to on-pump patients. These findings are reported in JAMA’s June 4 issue...Read more