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Researchers from Harvard Medical School examined antibiotic use in a group of elderly, demented patients residing in 21 nursing homes in the Boston Area, focusing on the weeks prior to death.
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The incidence of chicken pox has decreased dramatically in the United States since implementation of a universal vaccination program in 1995.
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World health authorities and the European equivalent of the CDC alerted doctors and the public that Influenza A strains circulating in Europe this winter appear to be increasing resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Previously, oseltamivir-resistant strains occurred with less than 1% frequency.
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Folk remedies for various medical conditions are commonly used throughout the world, many of which probably have a biological basis for their efficacy not recognized by "Western" doctors.
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Risk managers and patient safety experts often run into resistance from physicians when they advocate electronic prescription systems, known as e-prescribing, even though the patient safety benefits are clear. But now a new survey suggests that physicians may be coming around.
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Risk managers who fret so much about compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) should worry at least that much about the potential liability from state laws addressing data breaches, say experts on personal data security.
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A hospital in New York City is being sued by a former patient who says staff forced him to undergo a rectal examination even after he vehemently refused and fought the doctor and nurses, who then sedated him and went ahead with the exam.
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A renewed focus on safety issues with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines has upped the ante for risk managers, says the leading authority on this issue.
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