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New research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, confirms for the first time that some individuals genetically are more sensitive to pain than others. The research also shows that patients really are capable of accurately reporting the pain they feel.
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For 13 years in a row, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) has landed at the top spot on the rehab section of U.S. News & World Reports annual list of the best hospitals in America. No other hospital in any specialty consistently has been ranked No. 1. What could be so special in Chicago to garner this honor?
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In tight economic times, injury prevention is an economic necessity. Consider this: Medical costs for workers compensation claims involving lost time from work rose by 12% in 2002. Payment for lost wages rose by 7%, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will use a complaint-driven process to enforce the transactions and code sets provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act after the Oct. 16 implementation deadline and will focus on using voluntary compliance
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A pioneering robotic device being tested at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago could change the way therapists retrain patients with paralysis to walk.
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The best way to help children cope with the stress of a procedure or hospital stay is to let them practice in advance, says Emily Fazio, CCLS, a child life specialist in day surgery at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
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A hospital stay can be very stressful for children and their families. However, there are many ways pediatric facilities ease stress that other health care institutions can model when serving a pediatric population.
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A Hmong language video on the prevention and proper treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) now is available as a VHS cas-sette or CD-ROM to all health care facilities with Hmong clients.
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The Access Project and the National Health Law Program have developed a resource to help health care providers and others ensure that people with limited English proficiency receive appropriate language assistance services in medical settings, which is called the Language Services Action Kit.
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B.J. Hansen-Wingert, MS, RN, patient education specialist for OhioHealth in Columbus, is a one-person department with its own budget.