Sentences with phrase «year outcomes of patients»

This study assessed the association of antidepressant prescription at hospital discharge with the one - year outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).

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Novartis (nvs) chief Joe Jiminez has been touting a pricing model that incorporates drugs» real - world outcomes for years, stressing the importance of placing patients before profits; Regeneron (regn) head honcho Len Schliefer had some tough words for fellow panelists from Eli Lilly (lly) and Pfizer (pfe)(who argued that media reports about their own continued reliance on price increases to drive revenues is misleading) during Forbes» event.

To illustrate the issue, over the past 20 years, the cost of a new drug per year of a patient's life has risen from $ 50,000 to $ 250,000 after adjusting for inflation, according to Peter Bach, director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering, who also spoke at the conference.

Top - ranked for both orthopedics and rheumatology for 26 consecutive years, HSS is an engine of research and innovation (112 inventions in 2016 alone), medical education (serving physicians in more than 150 countries) and better patient outcomes (Net Promoter Score of 92).

Jain elaborated on those successes in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, noting the efficiencies lead to better outcomes for patients, who can more reliably receive routine medical care and stay out of emergency rooms; doctors, who can more easily manage patients» chronic conditions; and cost - savings for the broader medical system, as managing chronic disease is substantially cheaper than repeated ER visits.

9:45 AM — 10:05 AM Discover Why Fast Company Named Omada the Most Innovative Company of the Year Meet Omada Health: With 87M consumers at risk of diabetes, 75,000 patients treated, 3 years of outcomes data, NetPromoter scores in the 90's, 70 + clients, and looming reimbursement by Medicare for its diabetes prevention online social network, -LSB-...]

Meet Omada Health: With 87M consumers at risk of diabetes, 75,000 patients treated, 3 years of outcomes data, NetPromoter scores in the 90's, 70 + clients, and looming reimbursement by Medicare for its diabetes prevention online social network, Omada has «cracked the code» on integrating consumer technology, medical coaching and big data at scale.

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) investigated the care given to 820 patients over 80 years of age, who died within 30 days of surgery being performed on them.

Let me point to 10 things that I sketched out this morning: too much money spent on administration and bureaucracy and not enough on front - line patient care; too little patient - centric information to inform decision making; too little innovation; too little clinical input into decision making; too much inertia and hostility to reform, as we have seen today; too much process - driven target culture distorting clinical decision making; falling productivity; poor outcomes across a range of clinical indicators; too often, weak commissioning of servicing; and widening health inequalities in the past 10 years, in addition to the scandals that occurred in Staffordshire and Kent.

Dr. Oktay noted that «the outcome for patients with metastatic breast cancer hasn't improved in the past 30 years despite the development of targeted therapies.

The study, entitled COMET (Comparison of Operative to Medical Endocrine Therapy) for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens health care decisions.

In contrast to previous studies of access to care in Massachusetts that have relied on patient surveys, which the authors say may be subject to potential biases due to patient recall or other factors, the new study is one of the few to rely on objectively measured outcomes and was based on nearly every hospital admission occurring in Massachusetts and the comparison states for nearly two years before and two years after the reform was implemented.

The UB researchers are conducting a longitudinal, five - year study of these patients focused on the relationship between cerebral microbleeds, advances in magnetic resonance imaging and clinical outcomes.

«By reducing bleeding with comparable rates of MACCE and stent thrombosis, bivalirudin significantly improved overall 30 - day and one year outcomes, compared with both heparin alone and heparin plus tirofiban in patients with AMI undergoing primary PCI,» said Gregg W. Stone, MD, the study's senior author.

Averaged over a four - year follow - up period, operatively treated patients at least 80 years of age, had significantly greater improvement in all primary and secondary outcome measures compared with patients at least 80 years of age who received nonsurgical treatment.

Analysis of data from nine randomised trials involving 6756 patients (1729 older than 80 years of age) showed that alteplase treatment significantly increased the odds of a good stroke outcome (no significant disability 3 - 6 months after stroke), with faster treatment offering the best chance of recovery.

After both groups were re-examined at intervals of six months, one year and two years, the patient outcomes appeared to be equal.

The benefits of surgery in patients at least 80 years of age were similar to those in younger patients, except for the outcome measures of pain and physical function, which were higher in the under age 80 group.

Although some research has suggested that the use of the anticoagulant warfarin for atrial fibrillation among patients with chronic kidney disease would increase the risk of death or stroke, a study that included more than 24,000 patients found a lower l - year risk of the combined outcomes of death, heart attack or stroke without a higher risk of bleeding, according to a study in the March 5 issue of JAMA.

In a new study, a hospital surveillance program focusing on reducing the risks of sepsis, known as the two - stage Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system, was found to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes, such as death and hospice discharge for sepsis patients, by 30 % over the course of one year.

The researchers compared hemoglobin levels of these patients and their outcomes within one year of surgery.

«Fifty per cent of the patients in our study have survived two years since their diagnosis — this is very encouraging and we are very positive about the outcome,» says Dr. Shenouda.

Patients who underwent open - heart surgery in the afternoon experienced better health outcomes compared to those who got operated on in the morning, study authors found after six years of observing nearly 600 patients who underwent heart valve replPatients who underwent open - heart surgery in the afternoon experienced better health outcomes compared to those who got operated on in the morning, study authors found after six years of observing nearly 600 patients who underwent heart valve replpatients who underwent heart valve replacement.

Steve: You — in the cystic fibrosis section of the book — you profile a doctor who is explaining to one of his patients that the difference between feeling good 99.5 and 99.95 percent of the time on any given day, works out to completely different outcomes over the course of a year.

The one - year outcome of in - hospital morbidity and mortality was similar between diastolic and systolic heart failure patients.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Philip Cowen, MRC Clinical Scientist, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, says: «The key observation that might eventually justify the use of a drug like psilocybin in treatment - resistant depression is demonstration of sustained benefit in patients who previously have experienced years of symptoms despite conventional treatments, which makes longer - term outcomes particularly important.

Both one and two year rates of adverse outcomes compared favorably with historical performance criteria established among medically managed patients with aortic stenosis.

With the exception of a slight difference in bowel function, investigators found that HRQoL outcomes for patients on AS were no different than those in men without prostate cancer during the three years of followup.

TORONTO, May 12, 2016 — A new Canadian study focusing on caregiver outcomes of critically ill patients reveals that caregivers of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors, who have received mechanical ventilation for a minimum of seven days, are at a high risk of developing clinical depression persisting up to one year after discharge.

In the $ 1.47 million, four - year grant called â $ œBiomarkers of Ischemic Outcomes in Intracranial Stenosisâ $ (BIOSIS), Emory researchers are analyzing blood samples from 451 patients from around the country who were enrolled in a study known as SAMMPRIS (Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis), the first randomized, multicenter clinical trial designed to test whether stenting intracranial arteries would prevent recurrent stroke.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

Immunochemotherapy and rituximab maintenance have improved patient outcomes in recent years, but 20 % of patients will see disease progression within 2 years of their initial treatment, according to the data.

There were also no clear differences in the association between statin use and outcomes in analyses stratified by age older or younger than 55, 60, 65, or 70 years, with very similar estimates from 7 trials (eTable 6 in the Supplement).14, 19,20,26,29,31,35 None of the trials that enrolled patients older than 75 years18, 20,22,23,27,29 reported results in this subgroup.

In terms of long - ranging undesired outcomes, Dr. Lee says a patient should still be aware of leaking, capsular contracture and ALCL — all of which can develop in 5 or 10 years after surgery.

In patients with a prior heart attack and diabetes, chelation therapy reduced bad outcomes in the five years of follow - up by nearly 40 %.

Although it is often suggested that children with epilepsy who are benefiting from ketogenic dietary therapy continue this for at least two years, duration of treatment could be shorter in patients with infantile spasms who become seizure - free; one study reported no adverse effect on seizure outcomes and less risk of growth disturbances when treatment was tapered down after 8 months (15).

One study has assessed long term outcomes of 68 LGS patients over a mean follow up period of 19 years: of the 19 who tried diet therapy, 5 maintained seizure freedom on the traditional ketogenic diet and one on MAD (13).

This year, Australian psychologist Dr Michael De Manincor, shared outcomes of a study he conducted to test the effects of yoga practice on patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Dietary guidelines for patients with diabetes mellitus were revised by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) earlier this year.1 The ADA recommends that the composition of the diet be individualized on the basis of a nutritional assessment and the outcomes desired.

JAMA even recently published an article discussing its utility in weight loss and type 2 diabetes, both closely related to several common cancers like breast and prostate cancer.9 This effect, in itself, may improve cancer outcomes since weight gain is associated with an increased risk of recurrence and death, thus the mediccal should seriously consider the ketogenic diet, periodic ketosis, or simply low - carb to help patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight and healthy metabolic status.10 After years of taking continuous shots for their views, the modern day pioneers like Jeff Volek are finally receiving some vindication.

This year, the Florida Veterinary Medical Association (FVMA) is launching an affiliate entity, the Florida Association of Veterinary Practice Managers (FAVPM), to recognize the outstanding contributions veterinary practice managers (VPMs) make to the veterinary profession and to ensure that these integral members of the veterinary team are given the resources they need to excel in their field, provide the best possible outcomes for their patients, and maintain a healthy, productive, and profitable environment in their practice.

More recently, he has worked as a staff surgeon at Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center of Hawaii in Honolulu and Gallatin Veterinary Hospital in Bozeman, MT. Dr. Rohn has learned over the years that a team approach and 24 - hour care provide the best patient outcomes, and he is very excited to join this level of care and bring his expertise to the pets of southern Arizona.

I believe my expertise and years of management would prove me to be an asset to any hospital or homecare agency as well as any insurance company looking to contain cost while providing quality care to patients with improved outcomes.

Accomplishments Project Management * Initiated and executed several Hospital Engagement Network Projects which resulted in Improved Patient * Outcomes including decrease in Early Expected Delivery by 15 % and Improvement in Early Recognition of Sepsis * by 32 % in one year * Trained Hospital Staff in Team STEPPS concepts resulting in 40 % decrease in adverse event over two years * Implemented successful Patient Satisfaction In...

Greenlight Photoselective Vaporisation of the Prostate in 133 High Surgical Risk Patients: A 5 - Year Outcome Study

Low self - esteem also seems predictive of the poor outcome of treatment in such disorders, as has been found in a recent 4 - year prospective follow - up study among adolescent in - patients with bulimic characteristics (van der Ham et al., 1998).

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) A one - year follow - up was conducted on patients who received amitriptyline hydrochloride and / or Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), each alone and in combination, as part of a four - month clinical trial.

In addition, OPA has funded a three - year project to develop a patient - reported outcome performance measure, which will focus on filling another critical gap in performance measures (that is, the need for validated measures of client experience with contraceptive services).

A study of individual cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the benefits were reduced over time, suggesting the need for booster sessions to sustain the gains.19 As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patients.

2 Due largely to patient death, sample attrition at the one - year follow - up was higher for two of the other outcomes — patient functional status and satisfaction with care.