Articles Tagged With: Medication
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Care Coordination Program Fills Gaps in Social Determinants of Health
An interprofessional care coordination program helps train college students while helping vulnerable communities. The Richmond Health and Wellness Program began in 2012 with the three prongs of education, research, and service. The idea of the health and wellness program was to provide care to people to fill their gaps from social determinants of health.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Presenting with persistent inattentiveness and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity severe enough to interfere with functioning, and occurring in more than one setting, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, with evidence of impairment often continuing into adult years.
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High Blood Pressure Control, Awareness on the Decline Among U.S. Adults
Health groups lament a trend that could undo years of work.
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Focus on Individual Risks to Reduce Patient Falls
Fall prevention is a constant concern for hospitals and health systems, with great costs involved. It is important not to get stuck in the same old way of thinking when it comes to protecting patients. Take the time to re-evaluate your fall prevention program and look for new opportunities to improve this key aspect of patient safety.
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Chicago ED Accelerates Care, Improves Behavioral Health Prescribing Practices
The emergency department at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago has implemented a two-pronged approach aimed at improving the way behavioral health patients are managed. This includes a new risk-stratification process that categorizes patients as low-, moderate-, or high-risk based on their diagnosis, and also promotes using newer-generation antipsychotic drugs.
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Preventing and Treating Medication Overuse Headache
Patients with migraine who have an insufficient response to acute treatment medications, including triptans, risk developing medication overuse headache (MOH). The most successful treatment for MOH is withdrawal of the offending acute pain medications combined with early use of a migraine preventative medication.
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$30 Million Award Upheld for Negligent Treatment of Kidney Disease
Although unsuccessful in this matter, the defendant care provider raised an important defensive tool in medical malpractice actions: comparative negligence. States employ different applications of this legal principle.
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Abortion Access Problems Arise During COVID-19 Pandemic
Some states used the COVID-19 pandemic to stop abortion clinics from operating, saying abortions were nonessential medical services. Lawsuits helped reopen some sites, but abortion access was limited.
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Epilepsy Management
Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide and is responsible for up to 0.5% of the global burden of disease. Although many people learn to handle their epilepsy at home, patients often are brought to the emergency department if they have a seizure in public or it is their first seizure.
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The Pushback to Burdensome Authorization Requirements Has Begun
It is hard to dispute the fact that prior authorization requirements place a heavy burden on both patients and providers. Yet the number of services and medications requiring auths continues to increase. Read on to learn about several trends.