Rehabilitation outcomes among frail older adults in the United States - Falvey JR, Ye JZ, Parker EA, Beamer BA, Addison O.
BACKGROUND: Current rehabilitation care paradigms are not well aligned with the needs of frail older adults, but the resultant impact on rehabilitation outcomes is unclear. Understanding how frailty may impact rehabilitation outcomes, and understanding som...
Source: SafetyLit - September 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Can the Inflation Reduction Act bring down drug prices?
SOM ’s Fiona Scott Morton, an expert on competition in the healthcare industry, weighs in on its potential effects — and how to get prices under control.
Source: Yale Science and Health News - August 30, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

CMS Issues Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care for Long-Term Care Residents
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued updates to its guidance on the minimum health and safety standards that long-term care (LTC) facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS also updated and developed new guidance in the State Operations Manual (SOM) to address issues that significantly affect LTC residents. The surveyors who use these resources to perform nursing home inspections are responsible for determining whether facilities are complying with the CMS requirements.
Source: Caring for the Ages - August 1, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Spotlight on Policy Source Type: news

SomnoMed posts record Q4 and delivers on FY22 revenue guidance
PLANO, Texas, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SomnoMed Limited (ASX " SOM " , or the Company), a leading company in the provision of oral appliance treatment solutions for sleep-related breathing disorders and obstructive sleep apnea ( ' OSA ' ), is pleased to provide its quarterly activities report for the period ended 30 June 2022 (Q4 FY22).SomnoMed posts record Q4 and delivers on FY22 revenue guidance.HighlightsRecord quarterly revenue of $21.3 million for Q4 FY22, +32% (+32% in constant currency) versus the previous corresponding period (pcp). On an underlying basis, when excluding the Q4 FY21 COVID-1...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - July 29, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

A new evaluation approach to control maritime transportation accidents: a study case at the Straits of Malacca - Md Hanafiah R, Zainon NS, Karim NH, Abdul Rahman NSF, Behforouzi M, Soltani HR.
The Strait of Malacca (SOM) has a high vessel traffic density, making it a bustling region with a significant risk of accidents. The safety of navigation will be jeopardised as trading and the number of vessels passing through the chokepoint increase. Addi...
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Drug use behaviors, trauma, and emotional affect following the overdose of a social network member: a qualitative investigation - Macmadu A, Frueh L, Collins AB, Newman R, Barnett NP, Rich JD, Clark MA, Marshall BDL.
BACKGROUND: Scant research has examined the influence of overdoses occurring in social networks (i.e., knowing someone who has overdosed) on individual overdose risk. We sought to characterize drug use behaviors of individuals following the overdose of som...
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Neural network model for recognition and classification of types of interactions in road traffic - Efremov S, Kochetova T.
The article presents neural network for recognition of driving strategies based on interactions between drivers in road traffic. It analyzes the architecture of the model implemented as a self-organizing map (SOM), consisting of a group of neural networks ...
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

ECR: What's the truth about interpretation errors?
VIENNA - Errors or missed findings on radiology exams are a reality, with som...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Patient experience key to quality improvement Checklist limits adverse events in interventional radiology Is it medical negligence to interpret an image quickly? Reducing diagnostic error in radiology starts with education Oncology imaging errors are the most common cause of lawsuits
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 15, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Gender differences in bullying reflect societal gender inequality: a multilevel study with adolescents in 46 countries - Cosma A, Bjereld Y, Elgar FJ, Richardson C, Bilz L, Craig W, Augustine L, Molcho M, Malinowska-Cie ślik M, Walsh SD.
PURPOSE: Social patterns in bullying show consistent gender differences in adolescent perpetration and victimization with large cross-national variations. Previous research shows associations between societal gender inequality and gender differences in som...
Source: SafetyLit - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Fit note support from the Society of Occupational Medicine and RPS pharmacy guide
Guidance and supportive resources haven been developed for healthcare professionals and employers who can issue fit notes. The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) ishosting a free webinar onmaking
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 6, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Characteristics of suicidal attacks in pregnancy; a multicenter study - Akg ün Kavurmaci S, Hortu, Ilgen O, Gülbahar A.
BACKGROUND: Maternal death, fetal death and suicidal attack (SA), each one of these topics are an important public health problem. A suicide attack attempt during pregnancy includes all these important issues together and requires additional attention. Som...
Source: SafetyLit - May 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of injury prevention towards lateral ankle sprain among amateur football players in Brunei - Som MAHHM, Vasanthi RK, Subramaniam A, Nadzalan AM.
This study ...
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Alcohol and cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic among transgender, gender-diverse, and cisgender adults in Canada - Som é NH, Shokoohi M, Shield KD, Wells S, Hamilton HA, Elton-Marshall T, Abramovich A.
This study examined whether heavy episodic drinking (HED), cannabis use, and subjective changes in alcohol and cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic differ between transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) and cisgender adults. METHODS: ...
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Gates Foundation grants support SOM-led masking and vaccination initiative
The new grants are fueling the expansion of a Yale SOM faculty-led initiative to promote mask-wearing and rural COVID vaccine delivery in the developing world.
Source: Yale Science and Health News - December 20, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Experience of sexual orientation microaggression among young adult lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in Taiwan: its related factors and association with mental health problems - Tsai CS, Huang YT, Yen CF.
Experiences of sexual orientation microaggression (SOM) are prevalent in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals. The aims of this quantitative cross-sectional survey study were to examine the factors, including demographics, sexual orientation charac...
Source: SafetyLit - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

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