- Donna Marie Curran of MSKCC was quoted in an article published by Nurse.com about the impact that oncology nurses have on guiding head and neck cancer patients through survivorship struggles.
- MSKCC was featured in a PRWeb announcement for saving $1 million per year in energy costs.
- A recent MSKCC study found men and women who had ever used 100 cigarettes in their lifetime were 1.45 times as likely as non tobacco users to die from gastric cancer after curative surgical resection.
Resource Highlights: NHRQ State Snapshots
If you’re a fan of interactive maps, you will enjoy the NHRQ State Snapshots page provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The latest data for the State Snapshots is from 2010 (data comes from the National Healthcare Quality Report) and consists of information on a range of healthcare interests. For example, New York state is strong in preventive measures but weak in respiratory disease measures. You can look up any state in the US to compare measures in the given fields. You can also see how your state fairs on average in these healthcare measures. Aside from the breakdown of fields, each state is ranked on a scale from VERY WEAK to VERY STRONG. So, whether you’re looking for a specific ranking in a field or an overall average of how your state is doing, the NHRQ State Snapshots may be able to help.
Blog Buzz: July 28 – August 3
Here are a few blog highlights from this week:
One aspect of the Affordable Care Act that is the buzz of many a blog these days is the expected doctor shortage due to the influx of 33 million currently uninsured Americans who will enter the healthcare system in 2014, as well as the economic advantages for medical students choosing specialized fields over primary care. WSJ’s Health Blog, NY Times and the Washington Post’s Wonkblog have more on this.
Ed Yong over at Not Exactly Rocket Science had an interesting recent post about a cancer drug that has been discovered to “awaken” dormant HIV cells, which could provide a big step forward in the evolution of HIV treatment.
Shhhhh! Dr. Pauline Chen of the NY Times’ Well blog discusses the effect of hospital noise on patient recovery.
NLM has just introduced a new search feature that allows searchers to look for structured abstracts in PubMed.