Tag: Patient Care
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Chicago Fire Department and Northwestern Medicine Physicians Practice for Emergencies
Northwestern Medicine physicians and nurses collaborated with the Chicago Fire Department to develop practice scenarios that will enhance communication between paramedics and physicians as well as continuity of care for patients.
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Probing Patient Beliefs About Painkiller Addiction
Emergency department patients have a range of beliefs and attitudes about the risk of becoming addicted to prescribed opioids, according to a recent study authored by a Feinberg medical student.
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Evaluating Exercise to Reduce Cognitive Decline
Older adults who exercised regularly did not have better cognitive function than those who attended health education workshops, according to a study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME.
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Study Reconsiders Statin Therapy for Patients in Palliative Care Setting
A multicenter clinical trial suggests that stopping statin medication therapy is safe and maybe beneficial for quality of life and reduction in medication costs for patients in the palliative care setting.
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Seniors At High Risk For Readmission After Ambulatory Surgery
Older patients who have surgery are much more likely to be readmitted to the hospital than younger patients, regardless of their health before surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Assessing the Accuracy of Hospital Quality Measurements
An Affordable Care Act program to reduce hospital-acquired conditions more frequently penalized hospitals if they had accreditations, offered advanced services, were major teaching institutions and performed better on other quality measures, showed a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Three Northwestern Medicine Hospitals Among “America’s Best Hospitals” in 2015 U.S. News Ranking
Northwestern Medicine hospitals continue to earn national recognition as part of the U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Hospitals.
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Clinical Trial Shows Efficacy of New Psoriasis Medication
Northwestern Medicine investigators published the results of a clinical trial showing that a new psoriasis drug called guselkumab has greater efficacy than the current standard of care.
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Joining Forces for Digestive Health
Faculty Stephen Hanauer, MD, and Scott Strong, MD, co-lead Northwestern Medicine’s Digestive Health Center, which aligns physicians, surgeons and other healthcare providers to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
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Moving Beyond Cancer
The impossible is possible when cancer survivors are monitored by medical professionals who know their specialized needs.
