Annals of Emergency Medicine
Serial Inebriate Programs
What to do About Homeless Alcoholics in the Emergency Department
June 2007
Sending Low-Acuity Patients Away From the ED
Closing the Door or Stemming the Tide?
March 2007
Emergency department flow and the boarded patient
How to get admitted patients upstairs
January 2007
Billing unveiled:
Calculating the value of emergency physician work
October 2006
Pharmacy Practice News
“Big guns” approach urged for battling resistant bugs
June 2007
Student pharmacists tutor patients on new drug benefit
Recognizing that clinical pharmacists are an untapped resource for helping seniors understand their drug benefits under Medicare Part D, California’s pharmacy schools are training their students to educate and advocate for patients around the state.
February 2007
read article »
CMS Okays Unlocked Drug Carts in Some Cases
February 2007
Anesthesiology News
For obstetric pain, new guidelines focus on communication and pain control
May 2007
New Trach Tube Formula May Simplify Placement for Peds
April 2007
Health Facilities Management
California hospitals brace for cost of seismic retrofits
June 2007
Climbing materials costs force project financing changes
When El Camino Hospital in California’s Silicon Valley got approval from voters three years ago to rebuild and expand its facility, planners were looking at a $450 million project.
October 2006
read article»
Tulane Hospital rebuilds after Katrina’s devastation
April 2006
Hospitals and Health Networks
The journal of the American Hospital Association
Working together to rebuild orthopedics a joint effort
For decades, hospitals and orthopedic surgeons maintained a mutually beneficial relationship that produced ample profits from inpatient procedures such as hip and knee replacements. But in recent years those profits have shriveled as Medicare tightened the belt on big-ticket surgical procedures.
January 2007
read article»
What Nurses Want
There’s a hidden generation gap among nurses and it’s causing friction every day between Boomer workhorses and Xers who expect more balance from their lives.
March 2005
read article»
To Be or Not to Be Vaccinated: The Smallpox Controversy Plays Out in California Hospitals
When the smallpox scare hit, hospitals had to decide whether to take the government’s advice to have all healthcare workers vaccinated. Two hospitals in Pasadena, California, find themselves taking divergent paths in response.
read article»
Getting in the Game:
Researchers, employers use game to teach people about the dynamics of insurance.
December 15, 2004
Patient Safety:
Executive walkarounds uncover safety issues and send a positive message to staff.
April 16, 2004
RN to CIO:
High-tech nurses bridge hospitals’ cultural divide.
February 17, 2004
Scanning for Profit:
Cashing in on latest technology isn’t always automatic, health centers and hospitals learn.
February 17, 2004
Trustee
An American Hospital Association magazine for hospital trustees
The conundrum of public boards
Similarly, public hospital trustees do all the things other trustees do, except they carry the responsibility of their community’s health care safety net and do their work in the public eye.
July 2007
read article»
The costs and benefits of IT.
2006
Shining a Light on Hospital Charges.
September 2006
Information Technology May Not Be ‘It’ For Patient Safety Processes Outweigh Computers in Improving Quality
February 2006
Making a Commitment to IT
When hospital trustees face the inevitable task of choosing how they’ll spend many millions of dollars to upgrade computer systems, it’s a little more challenging than picking what color their iPod should be.
read article»
Looking Harder:
The audit committee under Sarbanes-Oxley.
January 1, 2005
Hospital Finance:
What Every Board Needs to Know.
June 1, 2004
Hippocrates
a magazine for primary care physicians, no longer published
Prescribing a Healthy Social Life: A robust social network is important in healing — and staying well
Explores the scientific evidence behind the health benefits of social support, and ways primary care doctors can promote it.
read article»
Can Support Groups Heal? Common sense and limited data suggest peers can help
It seems there’s a support group for every possible condition, and research indicates many of them are improving their members’ health.
read article»
Alternative Talk: How to get your patients to open up about complementary care
It’s dangerous when patients keep their doctors in the dark about herbs and supplements they might be using; this article gives physicians tips on how to get that information.
read article»
NCRR Reporter
A magazine describing research funded by the NIH.
Adjusting Asthma Treatment
Researchers zero in on more effective therapy.
Fall 2001
read article»
The Tick-Tock of a Mouse’s Heart
Mouse models are helping scientific investigators better understand what makes muscles such as the heart tick.
Spring 2000
read article»