Feedback can improve MDs' diabetes care.
TUCSON, ARIZ. -- Providing physicians with semiannual or quarterly feedback on their ability to manage their patients" glycemic control, as reflected by hemoglobin [A.sub.1c] levels, could improve suboptimal diabetes care in primary care settings, Dr. Yar Pye and colleagues reported in a poster at the annual meeting of the...

How informative on medical conditions and their treatments are black-oriented magazines compared to white-oriented magazines?
Abstract: Context: Racial disparities in health care between African-American women and whites may be attributed in part to socio-economic status or lack of insurance but also may be due to lack of the dissemination of medical information via black oriented magazines (BOM). Objective: Comparison of BOM vs. White-oriented magazines'...

Pointshare to Provide Nevada Medicaid Eligibility Data Online.
Online Access to Nevada Medicaid Will Offer Significant Time Savings to Local Medical Communities LAS VEGAS, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Pointshare's Community Healthcare Connection (CHC) division, which focuses on connecting local healthcare communities with secure, online business services, announced today it has signed...

(Not so) gently down the stream: choosing targets to ameliorate health disparities.
Health disparities in the United States exist by race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability status, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status (SES), and geography and can occur in screening, incidence, mortality, survivorship, and treatment. The Framingham Heart Study, for example, found that 35 percent of women suffered a second heart attack...

Conference Board's 2001 Employer Healthcare Conference To Be Held Jan. 22-23 in New York.
Participating Organizations Include Schering-Plough, the Mayo Clinic, Intel, NCR, 3M, HealthGnostics, GPU, Merrill Lynch, Active Health Management, Hewitt Associates, Scient and Others NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Top corporate benefits executives and leading benefits consultants and service providers will examine the latest...

Review of the literature on survey instruments used to collect data on hospital patients' perceptions of care.
Patient evaluations of hospital care can be useful to payers, regulatory bodies, accrediting agencies, hospitals, and consumers. All of these parties can use this information to gauge quality of hospital care from the patients' perspective (Marino, Marino, and Hayes 2000). Hospitals can use this information to focus on specific...

Facts & Comparisons(R) Expands Data Licensing Initiative; Now Offers Drug, Herbal, and Interaction Products in XML Format.
ST. LOUIS, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Facts and Comparisons(R), the pharmacist's primary source of drug information and a provider of professional and patient information products, has expanded its data licensing initiative to offer drug, herbal, and interaction products in XML format for Web Site, CD-Rom, and PDA...

The nature and impact of incontinence in men who have undergone prostate surgery and implications for nursing practice.
ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of this study was to increase knowledge and understanding of the nature and experiences of incontinence in men one or more years post prostate surgery. Methods: This descriptive study used a sample of convenience. Two hundred and twelve male participants who...

yshareit: a project promoting the use of e-mental health resources among young people.
The yshareit project aims to increase awareness of and access to reputable e-mental health resources among young people. Small group workshops were conducted using a triage website to explore youth-relevant e-mental health websites. Participants completed a range of activities aimed at enhancing communication skills and developing ideas for promoting...

Modelling costs of dementia in Australia: evidence, gaps, and needs.
Abstract With the rapid ageing of the Australian population, dementia has emerged as a major health and economic challenge. Consensus exists that the number of people with dementia will grow significantly because the prevalence is strongly correlated with age. However, there are substantial gaps in our understanding...