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Anchor lead: Outcomes are better when nurses are more educated, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hospitals staffed with more nurse assistants relative to those with more registered nurses see many more adverse outcomes for patients, a recent study in the British Medical …
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This week’s topics include frailty and postoperative risk, smoking, age and myocardial infarction, sports and cardiovascular mortality, and artificial intelligence and diabetic retinopathy. Program notes: 0:37 AI and diabetic retinopathy 1:37 Showed over 60,000 images to a computer 2:37 Device …
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Anchor lead: Putting resources in one place helps those who care for adolescents, Elizabeth Tracey reports Y2CONNECT is the name of a comprehensive, online resource also accessible by smartphone apps that brings together programs designed to keep teenagers healthy and …
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Anchor lead: Does learning lead to repair of injury in stroke patients? Elizabeth Tracey reports Use of a video game-like training program for people who’ve had a stroke shows that training really doesn’t impact repair of the brain damage but …
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Anchor lead: Physician assistants may soon provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re hospitalized and most of your care is provided by a physician assistant, or PA, should you be worried? No, a study …
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Anchor lead: What happens when physician assistants provide more care for patients in the hospital? Elizabeth Tracey reports Physician assistants who have been specially trained can safely provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, a study by Henry Michtalik …
