‘We need to get better at marketing primary care’
News Professor Trish Greenhalgh told delegates at the WONCA World Conference that more needs to be done to address public and political perceptions. Professor Trish Greenhalgh…
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Health Care
In nearly every corner of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus – in clinics, in classrooms, in offices, and in laboratories – faculty members and students are thinking about…
Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care
Español Create your own plan NIA’s new email series, Ready, Set, Plan! A Weekly Guide to Advance Care Planning, will help you start planning for your future health care over…
CDC Presents Core Elements for Sepsis Programs
Sepsis, which is defined as life threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection, 1 is a leading cause of mortality and hospitalizations in the United States and…
The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England
Quantifying the number of hospital-acquired infections Inferential approach We estimate the total number of hospital-acquired infections in trust i (combining observed and unobserved infections), zi, by applying Bayes’ formula: $$P(z_i|\,y_i,\rm\pi…
Anxiety vs. stress: The right definition will lead to better mental-health care
“It seems like every new patient includes anxiety in their personal medical history,” says a co-author of this article on patients in his family practice. But when commenting on their…
Understanding Disease vs. Disorder, Condition vs. Syndrome
“Disease,” “disorder,” “condition,” and “syndrome” seem like interchangeable terms, but they all refer to specific health states. Determining which of these is affecting your health always begins with an analysis…
a generation-defining advancement in healthcare
Datavant SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Data logistics — securely and compliantly moving useful health data from where it sits to where it is needed — is…
‘Goblin mode’: new Oxford word of the year speaks to the times | Language
“Goblin mode” has been chosen by the public as the 2022 Oxford word of the year. The term, which refers to “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy,…
Johns Hopkins pulls ‘lesbian’ definition after uproar over use of ‘non-men’ instead of ‘women’
Johns Hopkins University removed an online glossary of LGBTQ terms and identities this week after its definition of the word “lesbian” used the term “non-men” to refer to women and…