Increasing emphasis is being placed on the development of authentic instruments for assessing the competence of health professionals. Patients offer a unique perspective for assessing aspects of ...

We spend 18 percent of our national gross domestic product on health care. As health care spending continues to grow and as we appropriately drive the health care system toward a payment system that ...

Patterns of Resuscitation Care and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Advanced Cancer Good communication can be associated with better end-of-life outcomes. The US Oncology ...

More than half of patients with functional class (FC) II pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have intermediate or high risk of disease progression according to objective assessments, but many are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pain is a “key driver” of patients’ perceptions regarding disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, with ...

Measuring patient weight is considered a routine assessment that is frequently delegated to unregistered staff. Yet patient weight is a fundamental part of nutrition assessment and may be used to ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

WASHINGTON (WTTG) – The D.C. fire department is investigating two of its firefighters after they failed to notice a patient they were caring for had a serious gunshot wound. The initial assessment was ...

In this new analysis, investigators found significant agreement between in-person and remote assessments. Patients with mild to moderate psoriasis can be accurately assessed using photographs and ...

A higher threshold for patient global assessment — 2 cm rather than 1 cm — increases agreement between Boolean and index-based rheumatoid arthritis remission criteria, according to data published in ...