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Medical groups revise lung cancer CT screening guidelines
Amid debate over the merits of annual CT scans to look for lung cancer in smokers, three medical groups are recommending them for one particular group: current or former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74.
Text messaging improves flu vaccination rates
Text message reminders to parents about vaccinating their children against the flu are more effective than traditional mail or phone notification methods, according to a study published in the
JAMA: Physicians behave badly online
Hospitals need to implement strong ethical rules for physicians' online behavior--and now. That's the upshot of a study published recently in Journal of the American Medical Association. The study
Online rewards key to effectiveness of apps for your hospital's patients
Many health CIOs are trying to tease out or develop health apps that are useful, rather than simply entertaining--and thus worthy of being provided as part of clinical therapies. And recent research
Study: Children may outgrow chronic conditions
Chronic conditions may be more fluid than the term "chronic" suggests, according to findings from a February JAMA article. Chronic conditions such as obesity, asthma, diabetes or attention-deficit
Journal editors propose stricter conflict-of-interest disclosures
A group of medical journal editors has proposed that the industry use a tough new conflict-of-interest disclosure form which asks authors for far more detail than is currently submitted by authors.
SPOTLIGHT: JAMA loosens rule silencing those alleging conflicts of interest
Traditionally, the Journal of the American Medical Association has had a policy in place demanding that those alleging that study authors had undisclosed financial conflicts keep their mouths
Leapfrog safe practices survey may have captured 'excessive noise'
A survey of hospital performance conducted by the Leapfrog Group in 2006 may suffer from "excessive noise" according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Safe
JAMA article implores medical groups to refuse industry money
In an article in Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, a group of leading doctors shared their opinion that medical associations such as the American College of Cardiology, the
Study: Nursing homes unprepared for pandemics
If your hospital is counting on having help from nursing homes when emergencies hit, think again. A new study suggests that more than half of nursing homes won't be prepared to accept hospital
