Ibrahim M Abbass, RPh, PhD University of Texas School of Public Health, Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, Houston, Texas Trudy M. Krause, DrPH, CPHQ University of Texas School of Public Health, Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, Houston, Texas Salim S. Virani MD, PhD Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. … Read more
Abstract Purpose: The evaluation of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is inefficient and costly. Previous studies of an age/sex/gene expression score (ASGES) in this diagnostic workup have shown a 96% negative predictive value, as well as an 85% decreased likelihood of cardiac referral among low-score outpatients at 45 days. The objective was to explore the one-year … Read more
Can Computers ‘Do No Harm’? Health information technology is improving patient safety. It can also help to create new kinds of errors, which may potentially harm patients in a phenomenon some are calling “e-iatrogenesis.” Timothy Kelley Retail Gets Some Respect Not too long ago, retail health clinics were viewed with wariness—and worse—by other health care … Read more
Many hospitals already have some variety of emergency diagnostic and treatment units. HMOs and physicians should welcome this level of care. EMERGENCY CARE Sooner or later, somebody with a sharp eye for the bottom line was going to notice: From the early ’70s until today, the average length of a patient’s stay in an emergency … Read more
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