Emergency Departments Open New Doors to Technology, Patient Service

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Many hospital emergency departments are re-designing their department to focus more on providing services to patients. Giving patients the best care with minimal waiting times could lead to high levels of patient satisfaction. Many patients are also concerned about privacy, so some departments have put walls between all treatment bays with a curtain only in front. Some department directors admit that these changes are partly a marketing ploy to attract more patients to their hospital. In other cases, they are simply concerned about providing the best care to their patients.

Innovations, Hospitals, Emergency medical services, Design and construction

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Lung volume reduction surgery puts a new twist on an old technique

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A clinical trial of lung volume reduction surgery that will begin in the summer of 1997 should answer many of the questions physicians have about this treatment. It involves surgically removing diseased parts of the lung in emphysema patients. There have been anecdotal reports of its effects, but mortality rates have been as high as 26%. Medicare stopped paying for the operation in 1996 until a controlled trial demonstrates its effectiveness. Long-term observational studies have shown that the benefits may only last a few years.

Evaluation, Surgery, Lungs, Emphysema, Pulmonary, Emphysema, Lung surgery

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CAM Research Attempts to Separate Wheat From Chaff

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Over 200 studies on alternative medicine were presented at an international scientific conference on complementary and alternative medicine in San Francisco in May, 2001. The conference drew more than 400 people from 14 countries and 45 of the 50 US states.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Alternative medicine

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