Despite a Diagnosis, Many Kidney Patients Remain Unaware
Researchers surveyed 401 people with kidney disease attending a nephrology clinic. More than 75% of participants had stage 3 chronic kidney disease or above. While 94% of patients surveyed were aware they had a kidney “problem,” more than 30% were unaware they had a serious, potentially life–threatening disease
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Fewer Patients in I.C.U. Getting Blood Infections
Although bloodstream infections caused by tubes inserted into major blood vessels of intensive care patients showed a big drop from 2001 to 2009, researchers reported unacceptably high rates of the same type of infections in other hospital wards and in people receiving dialysis for kidney failure.
Agencies Consider New Kidney Transplant Rules
The rules that determine who goes to the top of the list for a kidney transplant could change dramatically under an idea working its way through federal health agencies. Some transplant specialists and medical ethicists say the idea — which is under discussion and hasn’t been formally proposed to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network — is likely to be controversial if it is eventually adopted.
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Announces New Collaboration And Responds To Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposals At HIMSS11
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), in the midst of its annual all-member meeting and dozens of stakeholder meetings at HIMSS11 in Orlando, FL, last week, announced the newly formed EHR Vendor Communications Workgroup. The overarching goal of the new workgroup is to ensure that adoption and use of health HIT selected by the providers results in improved efficiencies, usability, healthcare quality, clinical decision support, and better outcomes.
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