Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2012
Treatment Guidelines for diabetes Mellitus from 2007 to 2011 have been reviewed and not all of seem to have the same views. So the question goes as to how much to rely on them. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: August 2, 2011
For the first time since 2001, the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatrics Society have updated their guidelines for preventing falls in older people. The update includes two notable changes: One recommends tai chi — the meditative, slow-motion Chinese exercise — as an effective way to prevent falls, while another suggests that doctors review […]
Posted by: admin on: August 1, 2011
The concept of establishing “medical homes” emerged in the health-care reform debate as a way to improve health-care quality and efficiency and cut costs. The patient-centered medical home tends to the health of the whole person, involving a team that’s responsible for the patient’s care. That includes coordinated, integrated care among primary care, specialists […]
Posted by: admin on: August 1, 2011
Young, healthy patients with early-stage colon cancer are more likely to be overtreated, whereas older, uninsured patients with higher-risk disease tend to be undertreated, according to an analysis of 236,964 cases. Treatment guideline adherence has been proposed as a potential measure of the quality of cancer care. Colon cancer guideline adherence is a potentially attractive […]