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Marijuana Use and Pregnancy
Marijuana use in pregnancy increased 62% from 2002 to 2014, especially among women 18-25 years of age.
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Laborists: How Will It Affect Care?
A recent study has shown a decrease in rates of induction, cesarean section, and preterm birth in hospitals after instituting a laborist model, compared with matched-control hospitals using the traditional model.
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Who Needs an Endometrial Biopsy?
In this retrospective cohort study of premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding, obesity, as opposed to age, was the most significant predictor of complex hyperplasia or cancer on endometrial biopsy.
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Did You Remember to Take Your Hormone Replacement? The Treatment May Not Help
Women randomized to receive postmenopausal oral estradiol therapy did not show improved memory, executive function, or global cognition, and timing of initiation of hormonal treatment did not affect the outcome.
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Rigorous Report Details Health Benefits, Drawbacks of Marijuana Use
It’s considered one of the most comprehensive studies on the subject.
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Major Culture Shift Improves Quality and Safety
Quality improvement leaders at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, ID, faced a problem familiar to their counterparts at hospitals across the country: They would identify opportunities for improvement and find evidence-based solutions, but the effort would fall flat because there was no buy-in from others.
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Hopkins Command Center Improves Quality with Coordination
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is improving quality and patient safety with a state-of-the-art, advanced control center that coordinates care throughout the facility, bringing together many department representatives who can work efficiently with real-time data.
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Hospitals Can Now Factor Socioeconomic Status into Readmissions
Hospitals have long complained that assessments of their readmission rates do not take into account the socioeconomic factors that can influence them, resulting in facilities serving the neediest patients taking a financial hit when they don’t meet national standards. That is about to change with the introduction of a law that allows hospitals to factor in that information when determining readmission rates.
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Time to Use Big Data for Quality Improvement
Quality professionals have been told for years, regularly and with great enthusiasm, that they should use “big data” to radically improve quality and outcomes, but many found that doing so was a challenge and didn’t live up to expectations. -
March 8 is Deadline for Giving MOON to Patients
CMS has set March 8 as the date on which hospitals are required to give patients receiving observation services the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice.