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AIDS Alert asked Sevgi O. Aral, PhD, associate director for science in the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to discuss a recent study presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Her study, poster 841, investigated predictors of sexual risk taking on the Internet. Aral discusses the findings and the public health implications in this Q&A interview.
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Although the most common reasons for hospitalization among HIV patients in six hospitals nationwide are for comorbidities, there remains a significant rate of hospitalization for opportunistic illnesses, a new study says.
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CMS to slow payments of noncompliant claims; 10 most common health care mistakes by seniors; Self-disclosure reduces penalties; Improving outcomes in pain management.
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A recent ruling in Healey v. Thompson may mean that home health agencies (HHAs) will be required to provide notice to Medicare patients whenever services are reduced or discontinued for any reason.
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Do nurses at your agency complain they are overworked and understaffed? If so, you may have a bigger problem than retention on your hands compelling new evidence suggests poor nursing conditions put patients in danger.
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If information is power, and data are information, then home health managers may be the most powerful people in the world. Or should we say, home health managers are the most overwhelmed people in the world?
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Have you ever had to leave a trauma patients side to obtain needed supplies? At University of Utah Hospital Clinics in Salt Lake City, a trauma pack is used to keep the trauma nurse in the trauma bay with the patient.
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An elderly woman presents with a chief complaint of constipation, with few symptoms of acute abdomen. Would you suspect appendicitis in this patient?
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Do you want to increase satisfaction scores, improve patient care, and boost staff retention all in one shot? Consider switching to a team model of nursing.
