Daily non-political popular news in brief.
SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
05-17-2007 · EurekAlert!Imagine paramedics mobilizing a team of cardiologists and nurses within minutes of arriving at the home of a person who is having a heart attack, simply by pressing a button that sends an electrocardiogram over a wireless network. That's what's being done at a Newark, N.J., medical center, and it's dramatically improving the quality of care, according to a study honored as the best abstract presented at the 30th annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
Read more »
Keywords: scai, highlights, study, wireless, technology, speed, care, heart, attack, patients, highlight, patient
« Previous | Next »
Similar news on "SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients":
- Due to cost, heart attack patients often avoid follow-up care and medication
03-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
A lack of funds to pay for medical treatment and prescriptions is common among heart attack patients and leads to a worse recovery, more angina, poorer quality of life and higher risk of re-hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Published in the March 14 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study sought to determine if self-reported financial barriers to health care services or medication were associated with worse patient outcomes.
Similar news · Read more »
- New study reports improved treatment and reduced mortality for patients with heart failure
05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
UCLA researchers tracked heart failure in-hospital patient trends from 2002 to 2004 for 285 hospitals nationwide and found significant changes in treatment patterns and quality-of-care indicators that paralleled improvements in clinical outcomes and mortality.
Similar news · Read more »
- Mayo Clinic says new process to treat heart patients quickly saves lives, heart damage
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mayo Clinic has designed a new system to speed critical care to acute heart attack patients that dramatically reduces the time that elapses before patients undergo a life-saving procedure -- by as much as 45 percent in some cases.
Similar news · Read more »
- Go team -- 2 kinds of teamwork improves care for chronic heart failure
02-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Active patient involvement during treatment of chronic heart failure, coupled with partnership with healthcare team members to provide care consistent with evidence-based guidelines, dramatically improves quality of care for chronic heart failure patients according to a study by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and the Roudebush VA Medical Center.
Similar news · Read more »
- Coordinated care means faster treatment for rural heart attack patients
08-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Heart attack patients as far as 150 miles away from a 24-hour emergency heart care center were able to receive treatment for blocked arteries within or faster than current recommended time frames, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Similar news · Read more »
- Study finds limitations in publicly reported quality-of-care indicators for heart-failure patients
01-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers reported that all five standard hospital-based performance measures used to gauge quality-of-care for hospitalized heart-failure patients may not be the best benchmarks since none were significant predictors of patient mortality during the critical first 60 to 90 days immediately following hospital discharge.
Similar news · Read more »
- Remote device allows cardiologist to monitor patients daily at their homes
01-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
An easy-to-use in home monitoring device for patients is changing the way doctors monitor the health of patients with implanted defibrillators. Rush University Medical Center is participating in a pilot study of the Latitude Patient Management system to determine if the wireless home monitoring system can decrease hospitalizations for heart failure.
Similar news · Read more »
- Heart attack patients with financial barriers have poorer recovery and quality of life
03-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
About one in five heart attack patients report having financial barriers to health care services, and these patients are more likely to have a lower quality of life and increased rate of rehospitalization, according to a study in the March 14 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on access to care.
Similar news · Read more »
- Statewide program helps improve quality of care for heart attack
11-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Implementation of a program in North Carolina to increase the rate of coronary reperfusion for heart attack significantly improved the quality of care these patients received, according to a study in JAMA being released early online to coincide with its release at the American Heart Association's annual meeting. The study will be published in the Nov. 28 print issue of JAMA.
Similar news · Read more »
- Studies highlight advances in diagnosis, medical therapy
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Three studies being presented today at the American College of Cardiology’s Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2007 highlight the breadth of research propelling advances in clinical cardiology. One study explores the best medical and interventional treatment for patients with acute coronary syndromes, the second demonstrates the long-lasting promise of non-surgical approaches to the repair of heart valves, and the third highlights a new drug-exercise combination that improves image quality and reduces side effects.
Similar news · Read more »
