Health Market Inquiry slams current hospital licencing processes
Different regulations, approaches and criteria used by
provincial departments for the issuing of licences for the development of new
private hospitals are major obstacles to the...
Copper-coated uniforms could reduce infection outbreaks in hospitals
Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals could soon be
wearing uniforms brushed with tiny copper nanoparticles to reduce the spread of
bacterial infections and viruses, such as ...
Study ties clot lysis time to heart attack, CVD death risk...
Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom have reported on their findings from an investigation as to whether or not there...
Only two weeks left to submit practice cost studies
With the deadline looming for healthcare professionals to
complete the surveys for current practice cost studies as required by SAMA and
the SAPPF, doctors have been...
Premature dementia risk may be up in survivors of heart defects
A study published online this week in Circulation has suggested that congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with increased risk of dementia in adults..
Carina...
Blood assay, ultrasound combo leads to better liver cancer detection
Pairing ultrasound with a blood test to detect high alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels demonstrated up to a 40 percent improvement in detecting early-stage liver...
EHRs not sufficient to ensure success in value-based care
Electronic health records (EHRs) are not sufficient to
ensure success in value-based care, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Noting that many leaders of physician...
Blood test cuts time to diagnosis of candidemia
A new blood test seems to perform as well as, if not better
than, traditional blood cultures at detecting candidemia that commonly strikes
hospital patients, according...
Pre-op breathing training prevents post-op pneumonia
Researchers at Launceston General Hospital (Australia), the University of Melbourne (UNIMELB; Parkville, Australia), and other institutions conducted a study to assess the efficacy of...
Book now for SASA workshops
SASA will be hosting several important workshops on 3 and 4
April before the start of its 2018 annual congress to be held from 4-8...
Too few retinal infarction patients receive follow-up imaging
A new study shows that only 8% of patients with a retinal infarction are seen by a neurologist even though they are at high...
MRI appears safe in patients with cardiac devices
No long-term clinically significant adverse events were reported in a recent evaluation of the safety of MRI performed with the use of a prespecified...
SASA and HPCSA Health Committee discuss wellness support for professionals
The South African Society for Anaesthesiologists’ (SASA) Wellness
in Anaesthesia Support Group has met with the HPCSA Health Committee to explore
possible areas of collaboration and...
Perfusion imaging of stroke victims improves emergency treatment
A new study suggests that advanced brain imaging can identify stroke patients that could benefit from restoring blood flow in an extended treatment window.
Researchers...
Antibiotic-resistant plasmids flourish in hospital plumbing
Antibiotic-resistant organisms can be found in multiple
locations in a hospital – on countertops and doorknobs, on computers and in
sinks, and even inside the plumbing....
Study links childhood kidney disease history to ESRD risk in adulthood
A history of childhood kidney disease is associated with increased risk for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in adulthood, a study published in the Feb....
Chlorinated lipids predict lung injury and death in sepsis patients
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight, scientists have found
that elevated levels of chlorinated lipids are linked to sepsis, lung injury
and...
Hearing loss common among heart failure patients
Nearly three-quarters of patients aged 70 or older with heart failure (HF) have hearing loss, a research letter published online in the current JAMA Otolaryngology-Head...