The review included three RCTs, with a total of 347 healthcare professionals. All studies needed to assess the professionals before and after communication skills training, measuring changes in behavior and skills using objective and validated scales. The RCTs included administration of communication skills training where the control group received usual or alternative training to the intervent...

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role in shaping the face of American healthcare. As an industry rooted in innovation, its continued evolution is inherent. With major patent expirations looming and thin product pipelines, the industry now must consider new directions to maintain growth and stability. Follow-on biologics, derived from living organisms and marketed after the patent ...

The demand for well-educated and skilled healthcare providers has never been greater. As a result, enrollment is expanding in academic settings that prepare advanced practice nurses for primary care and acute care roles. The growth in programs has led to a corresponding increased demand for clinical mentors and preceptors. The preceptors and sites must meet standards established by the academic...

RHCMS (Regional Healthcare Center Management System) is an Internet-based simulation training system for Regional Healthcare-Centers (RHCs) managers. The system is based on an integrative model, designed and developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts, for the purpose of training and developing RHCs' managers. This model involves the study of the following fields: healthcare management, b...

BACKGROUND Hip fractures require operation within 36-48 h, and they are most common in the elderly. A high International Normalized Ratio should be corrected before surgery. In the current study, we analyzed the budget impact of various warfarin reversal approaches. METHODS Four reversal strategies were chosen for the budget impact analysis: the temporary withholding of warfarin, administrati...

CONTEXT The recurrence of past security breaches in healthcare showed that lessons had not been effectively learned across different healthcare organisations. Recent studies have identified the need to improve learning from incidents and to share security knowledge to prevent future attacks. Generic Security Templates (GSTs) have been proposed to facilitate this knowledge transfer. The objectiv...

●● ● ●Optimize IT resources by consolidating storage for increased utilization, streamlined administration and greater efficiency Technology is ushering in a new world of possibilities for smarter healthcare. Provider organizations have unprecedented opportunities to become increasingly patient-centered and information-driven—a combination that holds the promise of more personalized patient car...

Successfully reporting meaningful use of electronic health records to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can be a challenging process, particularly for healthcare organizations with large numbers of eligible professionals. This case report describes a successful meaningful use attestation process undertaken at a major academic medical center. It identifies best practices in the area...

1Department of Plasma Proteins, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2Van Creveld Laboratory of UMC-Utrecht and Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 3Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and 4Departments of Medicine and Research, Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical Sch...

Burnout is a growing epidemic among professional healthcare students. Unaddressed burnout has been shown to have psychological and performance related detriments. The purpose of this scoping literature review was to investigate the prevalence of burnout and its effects on the psychological, professional, empathetic ability, and academic acuity of graduate healthcare students. Inclusion criteria...