IS QUANTITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUALITY?

Understanding quality improvement is more important now than ever before.

With provider payments being adjusted for performance and emphasis being placed on value-based care, large health care systems are already developing the resources necessary to pursue quality improvement (QI) in their practices. This article explains why smaller and/or rural practices also need to learn about and implement QI.

Fetal Vegf Genotype is More Important for Abortion Risk than Mother Genotype

Background VEGF gene has been reported to be related with many diseases and recurrent pregnancy loss in various studies. VEGF polymorphisms are risk factors for pregnancy losses, and generally studies report only women’s genetic analyses. To evaluate the association between VEGF A C405G, C460T, C936T and C2578A polymorphisms and spontaneous abortion, we studied the genotypes of spontaneously a...

Comments on potential health effects of MRI-induced DNA lesions: quality is more important to consider than quantity

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used in cardiology to detect heart disease and guide therapy. It is mooted to be a safer alternative to imaging techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) or coronary angiographic imaging. However, there has recently been an increased interest in the potential long-term health risks of MRI, especially in the light of the controversy resul...

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

A Imagination is more important than knowledge