We spend 18 percent of our national gross domestic product on health care. As health care spending continues to grow and as we appropriately drive the health care system toward a payment system that ...

Patterns of Resuscitation Care and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Advanced Cancer Good communication can be associated with better end-of-life outcomes. The US Oncology ...

Chronic illness care has evolved into a multi‐faceted approach that integrates healthcare delivery with patient self‐management to address long‐term conditions such as diabetes, depression and ...

Measuring patient weight is considered a routine assessment that is frequently delegated to unregistered staff. Yet patient weight is a fundamental part of nutrition assessment and may be used to ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

Black patients face higher odds of having their credibility questioned in EHRs compared to White patients, potentially affecting care quality. Less than 1% of EHR notes contained language undermining ...

This is part 1 of a six-part series on patient assessment procedures. It discusses the calculation and use of body mass index (BMI). This is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that is ...

New Assay Evaluates Neutralizing Anti-IFN-β in Individuals Afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis Groundbreaking news concerning multiple sclerosis (MS) appeared in the mainstream media earlier this year ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that ultrasensitive ctDNA assays significantly enhance prognosis for large B-cell lymphoma, outperforming traditional PET assessments.