Hospital infections is not only extremely dangerous to a patient's health, but expensive as well, according to a recent article in the Columbus Dispatch. The Journal of American Medical Association Internal Medicine estimates the annual cost of five...
Month: September 2013
1 in 4 Heart Disease Deaths Preventable
About 1 in 4 deaths of heart disease could be averted with better prevention efforts and treatment, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart disease is the leading killer in the United States; it accounts for nearly...
Senior Housing Alternative to Nursing Home Care
National Church Residences, the nation's largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing for senior citizens, will now offer health care along with medical care and other services to elderly patients where they live, according to a recent article in The Columbus...
Shortage of Educators, Not Enough Nurses
Nurses will be more in demand than ever when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect next year, but a lack of educators has led to a nationwide nursing shortage, according to a recent NBC News article. Nurses will take on the lion's share of work when millions...
Transitional Care for Patients Reduces Hospital Readmissions
Implementing a transitional care program for patients from hospital to home could reduce readmission rates up to 20 percent, according to a recent study. Researchers found that helping people recently released from the hospital understand how to care for...