Benzodiazepines (antianxiety medications) and quetiapine (an antipsychotic medication) are subject to abuse in prison. Quetiapine is also expensive and has serious side effects. The prescription of these medications in prison for anxiety and insomnia is not the preferred choice. In order to reduce these prescriptions, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-University Correctiona...

Concentrations (MICs) and Treatment Failure among Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Blood Stream Infections (MRSA-BSI) at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) Tilahun Amdissa Gemtessa, MD; Trini Ann Mathew, MD, MPH, FACP; Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, PharmD; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT; Division of Inf...

Background Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran has developed a new version of health urban posts called Urban Community Health Center (UCHC) with primary aim of improving primary health care (PHC) in urban areas. The aim of present study was to evaluate this newly developed model of UCHC in Ghaleno, a suburban region of Shiraz, Iran in 2014. Methods Besides descriptive analysis of for...

Single-cell and segregated housing are established risk factors for suicide in prison. The importance of these factors together may represent a disproportionate risk and are both modifiable. We tallied the housing locations and single- versus double-cell status of the 26 inmates who committed suicide in the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) from 2005 through 2011, and compared the su...

Dear Editor, Over the past three decades, the Iranian health system has undergone a wide range of reforms. This period has been associated with changes that have helped improve Iran’s health system. The most visible breakthrough has been the establishment and improvement of Primary Health Care (PHC) with an emphasis on rural regions (i.e. rural health centers and rural Health Houses), which rep...

Family physician (FP) is a suggested model for controlling Iran health system challenges such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mental illnesses, and HIV-AIDS besides urbanization, and elderly issues. Although FP is a legal commitment, it faces several obstacles such as lack of infrastructure, diversity of insurances, and unwillingness of senior health policy makers about it. (SUMS) is a pil...