First identified by Stevens and Johnson in 1922, SJS and TEN are now recognized as disorders with a continuum of severity, from milder forms (SJS) to the most severe (TEN). SJS/TEN is associated with ...

This article explores the congruence between payer patient assignment and quality performance and the implications for incentive payments in alternative payment models. Objectives: To assess the ...

It is well known that both scarcity of resources and expectations of efficacy influence preferences and decisions in healthcare. But how do these two factors (scarcity and expectations) affect when ...

Determined to achieve meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR), hospitals and health systems will increasingly adopt clinical information technology between now and 2015. This is certainly a ...

A team of Harvard University researchers has developed what they say is an easy-to-use classification system for evaluating individual teeth that could help standardize caries assessment, simplify ...

More than one-third of total knee replacements in the United States were classified as “inappropriate” using a patient classification system developed and validated in Spain, according to a study ...

Phase II Trial of Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: NRG Oncology/GOG Study 279 Consecutive patients with head and ...

Randomized Phase II Trial Evaluating Two Sequential Treatments in First Line of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Results of the PANOPTIMOX-PRODIGE 35 Trial Newly diagnosed patients enrolled on the COG ...

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is developing a new bed classification system to help ease severe overcrowding, but the board ...