Search results for "Risk Assessment"
Predicting heart disease with markers is risky undertaking
The current debate around the value of CRP for CHD risk assessment could be considered a warm-up for things to come. ... An additive, incremental approach to CHD risk assessment could conceivably drive up health care costs with little return on the
February 2009
EHR era ushers in stricter privacy, security
Experts are advising physicians to conduct a risk assessment, encrypt their electronic files, update their business associate agreements, and train their staff in order to be ready for audits and avoid ... A good risk assessment should uncover any
April 2010
New privacy rules may distract doctors from patient care
From what I can tell by reading the article and the rules, my practice will be responsible for a risk assessment program for health data. ... I don't want him spending a lot of time worrying if his storage locker is secure enough, if his "data risk
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Risk-reducing surgeries may spare lives following breast cancer
QD: News Every Day--Risk-reducing surgeries may spare lives following breast cancer. ... of hereditary risk assessment.
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Obesity trumps adiposity for cardiovascular risk
Rather, because excess adiposity is a major determinant of the intermediate risk factors noted above, our findings underscore the importance of controlling adiposity to help prevent cardiovascular disease.". ... Still, the authors said, adiposity remains
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Coronary artery calcium the new risk marker that matters most
But measuring coronary artery calcium is expensive and exposes individuals to radiation, so its use for coronary risk assessment requires further evaluation. ... index, 19.3% overall [39.3% in those at intermediate risk, by Framingham]).
July 2020
ZIP codes of medical destiny
An article just published in Annals of Internal Medicine reported health outcomes in nearly 110,000 people who had undergone cardiac risk assessment in the Cleveland Clinic Health System. ... The researchers applied the Pooled Cohort Equations Risk Model
July 2020
CONFERENCE COVERAGE Information plus documentation a must for informed ...
sioned in the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention’s Interim Guidance onHealth Risk. ... visits. The College strongly recommendedthat the health risk assessment shouldreceive additional RVUs because of theadditional work and practice expense it
December 2011
Changes coming for colon cancer screening
Potential paths to a higher-value colon cancer screening system include developing alternative screening technologies, refining risk assessment and surveillance, and lowering the cost of sedation. ... What we need is a system for risk stratification.”.
July 2014
A multidisciplinary, multifaceted approach to C. difficile prevention works
difficile hospital infection control plan based on a risk assessment; (2) monitor hospital-wide morbidity and mortality associated with C.
July 2020