hospitalization data Articles
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Application of loglinear modelling to inpatient data for temporomandibular joint disorder claimants
The primary purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the application of loglinear modelling to the analysis of inpatient hospital claims data for TMD claimants. The database of a major medical insurer was used to study 1,819 patients who were diagnosed and treated for TMD along with their Non-TMD matches. Using loglinear modelling, it was found that Major Diagnostic Categories and TMD were not ...
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Ranking Prescribed Pharmaceuticals in Terms of Environmental Risk: Inclusion of Hospital Data and the Importance of Regular Review
A newly available dataset on pharmaceuticals used in Scottish hospitals enabled an Environmental Risk Assessment that includes hospital consumption of pharmaceuticals, as previous UK rankings have been based on community prescription only. As health and the environment are devolved issues for the Scottish government, it is in any case merited to consider a Scottish ranking separately; regional ...
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Managing clinical knowledge among hospital nurses
Knowledge Management (KM) tools and processes, while established in many industries, are relatively new to healthcare. Healthcare organisations resemble virtual organisations that build flexible and dynamic care networks of multiple medical providers and professionals to address a patient's needs. This research studies the major factors impacting clinical KM strategy and processes in the floor ...
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Mortality from selected diseases that can be transmitted by water – United States, 2003–2009
Diseases spread by water are caused by fecal–oral, contact, inhalation, or other routes, resulting in illnesses affecting multiple body systems. We selected 13 pathogens or syndromes implicated in waterborne disease outbreaks or other well-documented waterborne transmission (acute otitis externa, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), free-living ameba, Giardia, Hepatitis ...
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Indonesia Hospital Expo
Indonesia Hospital Expo in Jakarta is a fast growing regional show with 28,000-30,000 visitors. It is cited by Indonesian healthcare companies and medical distributors as the main Indonesian healthcare show that they attend. Indonesian International Hospital Expo will provide the best opportunity for medical equipment players to introduce their products and innovations besides exchange of ...
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Comparison of obstetric anal sphincter injuries in nulliparous women before and after introduction of the EPISCISSORS-60 at two hospitals in the United Kingdom
Aim: To assess whether the introduction of episiotomy scissors specially designed to achieve a cutting angle of 60°, EPISCISSORS-60®, in two hospitals in the UK would result in a reduction in obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) in nulliparous women. Methods: A structured training program for all doctors and midwives provided a theoretical framework around OASIS including risk ...
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Indonesia Hospital Expo
Home Exhibition Indonesia Hospital Expo Indonesia Hospital Expo Indonesian International Hospital Expo in Jakarta is a fast growing regional show with 28,000-30,000 visitors. It is cited by Indonesian healthcare companies and medical distributors as the main Indonesian healthcare show that they attend. Indonesian International Hospital Expo will provide the best opportunity for medical equipment ...
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6 Best Practices to Help Achieve DSCSA Compliance
Many hospitals struggle to achieve optimal compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). The challenge to comply seems to come from an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of the regulations, which is understandable given the Act’s complexity. DSCSA was put in place to protect consumers from harmful drugs, such as those that are stolen or contaminated. The Act outlines ...
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RARE ANSWERS™: A System to Improve Patient Outcomes - Case study
At Alexion, our mission is to transform the lives of people affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions. In addition to developing and delivering life-changing medicines, this mission drives us to seek opportunities to advance innovative solutions to system-wide challenges faced by rare disease patients, such as the “diagnostic odyssey.” What is the Diagnostic Odyssey? ...
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Robust cybersecurity protection for hospitals requires a combination of education and technology tools
Across industries, the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving significant investment in projects that integrate smart devices, big data, analytics, and other digitization-related tools. Healthcare institutions are no exception. Hospitals benefit from this advanced connectivity through increased efficiencies, lower costs, and better patient care. As more building infrastructure gets connected; ...
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Technology acquisition decision making revisited: lessons learned in an age of environmental uncertainty
High technology medical innovation remains implicated as one of the most significant driving forces behind the high costs of health care in the USA. In addition, health care organisations are faced with an increasingly complex and uncertain environment. How do these factors interrelate to affect decisions made to acquire high cost medical technology? Data was collected from hospitals in three ...
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A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: the importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water
The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for cholera during an outbreak in Nigeria. Cases were defined as recent onset of acute diarrhoea with dehydration in a patient hospitalised at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kano City. Meningitis patients admitted concurrently at the same hospital were recruited as unmatched controls. Data were collected on age, sex, place of residence, ...
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Productivity and its components in Tunisian public hospitals
This paper analyses the productivity and efficiency of the Tunisian public hospitals over the period from 2000 to 2007. We obtain estimates of productivity using the bootstrapped Malmquist index, and a truncated regression model is used to examine how external factors impact the level of productivity and its components (i.e. (a) the bed occupancy ratio which represents the hospital capacity ...
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Universal Diagnostics Initiates Observational Study in the US to Evaluate Cell Free DNA Blood Test for Adenomas and Colorectal Cancer
SEVILLE, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Diagnostics (UDX), an in-vitro diagnostics company developing minimally-invasive, blood-based solutions for detecting cancer early, announced today that it has started a prospective, multi-center observational study in the US for its investigational advanced adenoma (precursor lesions) and colorectal cancer (CRC) detection blood test. UDX is performing ...
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Ancora Heart Announces Positive Safety and Efficacy Data from Study of First-of-Its-Kind Investigational Heart Failure Therapy
Interim study results from systolic heart failure patients treated with percutaneous therapy designed to improve left ventricular function presented at TCT 2019 Santa Clara, Calif.–September 25, 2019–Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, today announced results from an interim analysis of heart failure patients treated in the CorCinch FMR ...
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Kurin, Inc. honored by MD Tech Review in annual listing of top Infection Control solutions
The New Standard for Blood Culture Collection Sepsis, is a life-threatening condition caused when the body’s response to an infection goes out of balance, which triggers changes that damage other organs. This deadly infection affects almost 1.7 million people a year in the U.S. and kills nearly 270,000 people. To date, blood cultures remain the gold standard for determining if a patient ...
By Kurin, Inc.
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Israeli hospital pilots rapid diagnostics of blood cancer with Sight Diagnostics
Israeli-founded firm Sight Diagnostics, the company that uses AI and cutting-edge hardware to deliver rapid, complete blood count results, has signed a new research agreement with Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center to identify the possibility of blood cancer using a combination of images and data collected from Sight’s OLO device and patient clinical information provided by the ...
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Cost-Effectiveness of Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization for Patients with No-Option Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia: an Exploratory Analysis Based on the PROMISE I Study
Abstract Background. As the most advanced stage of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is associated with a high risk of lower-limb loss and mortality. Percutaneous deep vein arterialization (pDVA) is a promising new treatment alternative for CLTI patients who cannot be treated with conventional revascularization techniques. Our study objective was to ...
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Newly Released FDA Guidelines for Sepsis Detection & what it Means for Hospitals
Executive Brief On September 28, 2022, the FDA released Clinical Decision Support, Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff. This guidance is long overdue, and with it comes the elimination of any protections for EHRs, or any other vendors, to pretend it’s OK to sell or deploy solutions for patient monitoring and care for life-threatening conditions like sepsis, that ...
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