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Anchor lead: Nationally, rates of autopsy continue to fall, Elizabeth Tracey reports Rates of autopsy continue to fall nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Jody Hooper, deputy director of autopsy at Johns Hopkins, says there are multiple …
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Anchor lead: Can surgical checklists reduce harm? Elizabeth Tracey reports The World Health Organization introduced a safe surgery checklist in 2008, and now new research concludes that if used properly, the checklist could reduce preventable harms relative to surgery more …
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Anchor lead: Can safety and quality data in healthcare reveal flaws in the system? Elizabeth Tracey reports How easily can outcome measures for healthcare be overcome so results look better than they are? Fairly easily, as one surgeon revealed recently …
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Anchor lead: Why do hospitals provide safety and quality measures publicly? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should hospitals provide quality and safety data to patients and families easily and transparently? Johns Hopkins Medicine says yes, with a website devoted to this purpose. …
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Have you been tested for HIV? Many people in the United States haven’t, even though current recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend it. And now that the same agency has issued guidelines calling for immediate treatment …
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Anchor lead: Immediate treatment is just one part of a strategy to control HIV infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports. Everyone should be tested for HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended some time ago. Joseph Cofrancesco, an HIV expert …
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Anchor lead: A clinical trial called START proves the benefits of early HIV treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports The START trial, undertaken by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, studied the risks and benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy as …
