//www.pyrotek-europe.com/Medical-economics-news/ en-us The latest news on health administration, medical and health economics During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have purchased small devices called pulse oximeters for use in their home—based on well-intentioned recommendations from health care providers and the media. Pulse oximeters are devices, usually placed on a person's finger, used to noninvasively measure oxygen levels in the blood. Clinics and hospitals, for example, use them regularly to screen newborns for heart defects after birth.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-health-inequality-black-people-pulse.html bob88体育平台登录 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:50:02 EST news530184677 These findings validate the significance of the previously described first threshold—the point when the damage to the acinar cells of the pancreas is sufficient to trigger the infamous inflammatory cascade (Barreto and Saccone, 2010)—while highlighting the importance of a second threshold, namely the point when a person develops clinical symptoms of the disease sufficient to warrant going to hospital.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-insights-pancreatitis.html Surgery Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:29:24 EST news529853360 The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has innovated in response to the pandemic, providing not only vaccines but also therapies to treat people with COVID-19. But an outdated law designed to spur development of lifesaving drugs risks making new treatments—for COVID-19 as well as other diseases—unaffordable for many Americans.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-price-drug-based-therapeutic-benefits.html Medications Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:50:02 EST news529839260 New data released this week by Australian researchers reveals the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period on aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote regions.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-impact-covid-lockdown-aeromedical.html Cardiology Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:40:01 EST news529745405 Financial toxicity (FT) is associated with worse quality of life (QOL) for breast cancer patients after mastectomy or lumpectomy, according to a study published online Dec. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-financial-toxicity-linked-quality-life.html Oncology & Cancer Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:40:01 EST news529744710 (HealthDay)—You have probably seen the social media posts: Your good friend's co-worker is raising money online to help pay for cancer treatments or another friend needs funds to pay medical bills after a car crash.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-crowdsourcing-billions-families-hard-medical.html Medical economics Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:04:59 EST news529679095 The Endocrine Society is calling on policymakers to include government negotiation as part of an overall strategy to reduce insulin prices in its updated position statement published today in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-endocrine-society-policies-out-of-pocket.html Medical economics Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:09:29 EST news529668566 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reduced income inequality, with a larger decrease in states that expanded Medicaid, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-income-inequality-states.html bob88体育平台登录 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:06:07 EST news529578360 An important concern in the COVID-19 pandemic is providing optimum individual patient care, while at the same time preventing the collapse of the healthcare system. A particular feature of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is that there is often a drastic deterioration in the patient's condition seven to 10 days into the illness. In order to allow for this phase, even patients with comparatively mild symptoms are kept in hospital for an extended period before they are discharged. As well as increasing the infection risk for staff, the treatment of such COVID-19 patients takes up valuable resources that are urgently needed for other hospitalized patients. "Although our knowledge about the virus is increasing daily, we do not yet have reliable decision-making aids to support earlier discharge," points out Alice Assinger from MedUni Vienna's Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-covid-relieve-pressure-healthcare.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:32:03 EST news529572710 After the initial excitement following the authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccines, a harsh reality set in. People who want a vaccine can't get it, some counties have more than others and older people are camping out for it the way they once might have for tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-vaccine-reveal-unexpected-weak-link.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:30:01 EST news529323417 Primary care physicians spend an average of 18.0 minutes with their patients, according to a study published in the January issue of Medical Care.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-pcps-average-minutes-patient.html Health Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:00:10 EST news529322405 With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-drug-makers-prices-prescription-drugs.html Medications Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:30:01 EST news529239387 Ted Howard started taking Truvada a few years ago because he wanted to protect himself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But the daily pill was so pricey he was seriously thinking about giving it up.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-health-full-expensive-hiv-prevention-drugs.html Medical economics Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:00:02 EST news529170809 (HealthDay)—Research brings grim findings for these economically tough times: People who must move because they can't make the rent often miss out on needed medical care.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-evictions-trigger-health.html Medical economics Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:52:33 EST news529170748 Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-health-percent.html Medical economics Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:30:04 EST news529146663 冠状病毒hospitalizat 131000破纪录ions were recorded in the United States on Tuesday. In hard-hit Los Angeles County, hospitals began running out of oxygen and paramedics were told not to bring patients to a hospital if they showed little hope of survival.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-covid-hospitalizations-high-california-hospitals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:20:01 EST news529146656 People are living longer than ever. The average age of the population is increasing. Yet the number of people with multiple chronic health problems, called multimorbidity, is also growing.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-socioeconomic-status-health-problems.html Health Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:10:04 EST news529056447 A health care venture conceived by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan to attack soaring costs is dissolving.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-health-corporate-giants.html Medical economics Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:08:43 EST news528998919 A pair of recent studies from Oregon State University found that Oregon's Medicaid expansion in 2014 has led to increased prenatal care among low-income women, as well as improved health outcomes for newborn babies.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-oregon-medicaid-expansion-prenatal-access.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:02:08 EST news528980525 (HealthDay)—From 2014 to 2019, there was a decrease in the number of medical oncologists accepting industry payments, but the per-physician payment value increased for high-value payments, according to a report published online Dec. 30 in JAMA Oncology.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-oncologists-industry-payments.html Oncology & Cancer Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:57:16 EST news528980234 Even the most privileged people in the United States with the best access to health care are sicker and more likely to die than average folks in other developed nations, a new study finds.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2021-01-rich-americans-dont-world-class-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:09:23 EST news528973753 With its dozen intensive care beds already full, Cullman Regional Medical Center began looking desperately for options as more and more COVID-19 patients showed up.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-bathtub-alabama-slammed-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:38:20 EST news528547072 California's top health official said hospitals in hard-hit Los Angeles County are turning to "crisis care" and bracing for the coronavirus surge to worsen in the new year, as he extended strict stay-home orders Tuesday in areas where intensive care units have few beds.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-california-lockdowns-hospitals-limit.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:37:37 EST news528547000 Just like with drug costs, the amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for diagnostic tests and office visits for neurologic conditions has risen over 15 years, according to a new study published in the December 23, 2020, online issue of issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, funded by the American Academy of Neurology, found that people enrolled in high-deductible health plans were more likely to have high out-of-pocket costs than people in other types of plans.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-neurology-patients-out-of-pocket-office.html Neuroscience Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:00:01 EST news527931013 Immunizing children against chickenpox would save money, but offering shingles vaccinations to all 65-year-olds would not. These are examples of findings in a University of Gothenburg thesis exploring the cost-effectiveness of Sweden's national vaccination programs.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-cost-effective-national-vaccination.html Medical economics Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:10:56 EST news527947853 New research shows that a majority of European anaesthesiologists and intensive care specialists believe that precious intensive care (ICU) capacity should be shared between nations during international emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing countries with excess capacity to help those that are being overwhelmed at any particular moment.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-covid-pandemic-shown-precious-intensive.html Medical economics Wed, 23 Dec 2020 03:23:26 EST news527916188 The US Senate passed the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act as part of a broad year-end legislative package, extending Medicare coverage of life saving immunosuppressive medications for the life of the kidney transplant. An estimated 375 adult kidney transplant recipients lose their transplant every year due to a lack of coverage of immunosuppressive medications after the prior 36-month Medicare coverage period. The policy change follows decades of advocacy by ASN members.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-congress-immunosuppressive-drug-coverage-expansion.html Surgery Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:04:43 EST news527864677 Researchers saw a fourfold decline in the rate of patients who needed to go back to the hospital after total hip or knee replacements if they were enrolled in a program that used wearable step counters and conversational text messaging to keep tabs on recovery. The study was published in JAMA Network Open today.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-remote-4x-decline-hospital-joint.html Surgery Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:00:07 EST news527755424 Scientists in protective clothing work in a high-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-singapore-shot-arm-global-drug.html Medical economics Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:10:01 EST news527689811 Sign-ups for "Obamacare" health insurance plans are trending more than 6% higher amid surging coronavirus cases and deepening economic misery, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the government.//www.pyrotek-europe.com/news/2020-12-obamacare-enrollment-covid-pandemic-deepens.html Medical economics Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:39:26 EST news527575163