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For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak coming near age 65, according to a new study. The results may help doctors and other professionals target this generation with health messages at a time when they are most receptive to hearing them, the…
Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on providing relief from symptoms, pain and stress in order to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
Assisted living facilities allow residents to 'age in place' by adjusting their level of care and services to meet changing needs. For assisted living residents who are dying, hospice care can help facilitate their desire to stay out of hospitals or nursing homes. Commonwealth Fund–supported…
While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, little is known about physician practices' on-the-ground experiences. In this Commonwealth Fund–supported study, researchers examined five practices engaged in efforts to become medical homes…
The AMA Principles for Physician Employment are intended to help physicians, those who employ physicians, and their respective advisors identify and address some of the unique challenges to professionalism and the practice of medicine arising in the face of physician employment. The principles are…
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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients they're handing over—or at least they strive to. In reality, they might not spend enough time talking about the toughest cases, according to a study led by the University of Michigan.
In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles. Beatrice Kalisch, R.N., professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, talks to H&HN Senior Editor Suzanna Hoppszallern about the benefits of collaborative care.
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patients' families, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta significantly reduced infections among its pediatric patients. The campaign started at the 529-bed health care organization in 2006 with the goal to…