Hospital Medicine News

• ASH 2019Myeloma Patients Over Age 70 Can Benefit From Auto-HC Transplant "Age has no implication in terms of the antimyeloma effect of transplant," said one oncologist. Researchers called this largest study of auto-HCT in older adults with multiple myeloma.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2019
• ASH 2019The Next 'Big Thing' for Blood Cancers Featured at ASH 2019 CAR T cells have been center stage at the American Society of Hematology meeting for the last few years, but new technologies are coming that may encroach on their use.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2019
• U of Arizona Offers Free Med School Tuition for Primary Care Students must be Arizona residents and agree to practice primary care in an underserved community in Arizona for at least 2 years after completing their residency.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2019
• MDs in Postgrad Training May Skip Routine Health Care (Reuters Health) - Young physicians in residency programs often miss out on routine medical care and preventive health services even when they take daily prescriptions, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2019
• British Hiker Survives Six-Hour Cardiac Arrest in "Exceptional" Case - Spanish Doctor A 34-year-old British hiker was revived in Spain after a six-hour cardiac arrest brought on by severe hypothermia, with the low mountain temperatures that made her ill also helping to save her life in what a doctor described as an "exceptional case."
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2019
• Rural Hospital Acquisitions May Reduce Patient Services Although hospitals can improve financially when they join larger health systems, the merger may also reduce access to services for patients in rural areas, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2019
• IDF 2019Is Strict Glycemic Control Meaningless for the Elderly? At the International Diabetes Federation 2019 Congress, two experts debate the controversial topic, revealing differing perspectives on benefits vs risks.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2019
• Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Released From Hospital Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was released from a Georgia hospital on Wednesday where he had been undergoing treatment for a urinary tract infection, his spokeswoman said.
  Reuters Health Information, December 04, 2019
• Even in Big Cities, Mobile Stroke Units Save Time and Brain Cells Special ambulances that carry equipment to treat stroke on the spot make a difference even when there are lots of hospitals nearby, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 04, 2019
• UV Lights in Hospitals Could Help Limit Bacteria on Phones Ultraviolet sanitizing devices could be stationed around hospitals to help prevent the spread of bacteria on workers' devices like smartphones, a small Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 04, 2019
• Hospitals Sue HHS Over Price Transparency Rule The complaint alleges that the government lacks authority to require hospitals to reveal insurer-negotiated prices to consumers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• Slight Uptick in National Healthcare Spending in 2018: CMS Although national health expenditures were up a bit, the amount spent on personal healthcare remained the same, and health spending increased less than GDP.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• Pregnancy OK for Those With Prior Uterine Rupture, Dehiscence Despite common wisdom that women with prior uterine rupture or dehiscence should avoid another pregnancy, outcomes were nearly all good in a recent case series.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• Alert FDA Clears Faster Diagnostic Test for MRSA The cobas vivoDx MRSA test uses a new bacteriophage technology based on bioluminescence to detect MRSA from nasal swab samples in 5 hours or less compared with 24 to 48 hours for conventional cultures.
  FDA Approvals, December 05, 2019
• Cognitive Aids May Improve Surgeons' Care of Deteriorating Patients Cognitive aids increased adherence to best practice in the treatment of deteriorating surgical patients in simulation studies, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, December 04, 2019
• FDA Launches Infectious Disease Crowdsourcing App for Clinicians The CURE ID app allows clinicians to share and discuss experiences with difficult-to-treat infectious diseases through a website, a smartphone, or other mobile device.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• Intermittent Fasting Promotes Weight Loss, Improves Lipids Limiting food consumption to a 10-hour window a day, so-called time-restricted eating, promotes weight loss and improves lipids/blood pressure in patients with metabolic syndrome.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• IDF 2019 School of Diabetes Educates Clinicians Who Lack Access The first reported feedback about the International Diabetes Federation program, which launched in 2017, suggests clinicians benefit from the educational modules.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• ACEP 2019'Get Out of the Way DEA,' Physicians Bid to Treat Addiction The waiver needed to prescribe buprenorphine to patients with opioid addiction is hindering treatment, emergency physicians say, but one hospital has developed a program that is working for patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2019
• Tourism in Israel? U.S. Charity's Offer With Gaza Hospital Project Irks Palestinians A U.S. charity building a tent hospital in the Gaza Strip is causing Palestinian unease by offering foreign medical volunteers the opportunity of weekend tourism in Israel, just across the volatile border.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2019