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Weekly Stroke Clinics 'Not Capable' Of Meeting Minimum Standards
Outpatient clinics in District General Hospitals operating on a weekly basis are not able to reach minimum standards for treating patients who have suffered a stroke, according to a new audit published by the Royal College of Physicians. The study, published in Clinical Medicine journal, assessed the timeliness with which an urgent access neurovascular clinic was able to evaluate possible stroke victims between 2000 and 2006. Data showed that the clinic was not able to reach the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke"s recommendation that patients who may have suffered a minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) receive urgent evaluation within one week.
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HIVMA Supports Public Plan Option To Ensure Patients' Needs Are Met
As Congress drafts health care reform legislation, HIV clinicians urge lawmakers to include a public plan option to ensure affordable access to comprehensive care for HIV patients - nearly 30 percent of whom have no insurance. The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) believes that a public plan option can help offer everyone the chance to benefit from early and reliable access to lifesaving HIV care and treatment.
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Intervention Helps Reduce Pain And Depression
For patients who experience pain and depression, common co-existing conditions, an intervention that included individually tailored antidepressant therapy and a pain self-management program resulted in greater improvement in the symptoms of these conditions than patients who received usual care, according to a study in the May 27 issue of JAMA.
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More Community Health Care Now, That's The Remedy For Our Ailing Hospitals, Australia

In response to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on hospitals, Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) said the best remedy for Australia"s hospitals is to keep people out of them. "Hospital waiting lists will continue to blow out unless governments act now to give Australians access to quick and effective health care in their communities," ANF Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said. The ANF want community health centres expanded to all areas of Australia. "Let"s get working on building community health centres where people can get quick and effective health care from a range of health professionals, appropriate to the needs of each community," Ms Kearney said. "If there is a young community with lots of new families emphasise maternity services and maternal and child health care, if it is older have more aged care services." We need community health care centres that will not only treat illnesses but can also keep people healthy through: - Community health and lifestyle programs; - Managing chronic disease; and - Targeted health services. The report shows that 9% of hospital admissions are preventable, keeping people out of hospital is the thing that will reduce the pressure. The ANF, with 170,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice for nurses and midwives in Australia. Australian Nursing Federation


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