Federal protocols plus local follow-through is key to hospitals' terrorism readiness, experts say
The September 11 terrorist attacks and October's wave of anthrax cases have forced hospitals and health systems to examine their emergency preparedness from a new perspective. When it comes to planning for possible shortages of critical drugs and the need for biodefense, experts say the right mix of federal guidance and local implementation is key.
Jenny Goins, interim head of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, says employers need the same visibility into medical benefits that a new Department of Labor rule gives them into PBM compensation.
People with ADHD had a 70% higher risk of death from any cause in a 19-study meta-analysis, with excess deaths from suicide, injury and natural causes.
Bronchiectasis affected 221.6 per 100,000 people in the U.S. over five years, which is higher than earlier national estimates, according to a study published in CHEST.
Adding Sunharbo (asundexian), a first-in-class factor XI inhibitor, to single or dual antiplatelet therapy reduces ischemic stroke risk without increasing the risk of major bleeding.