Sorgente: The rise of direct-to-consumer testing: is the NHS paying the price? | The BMJ
Archivi tag: overdiagnosis/overtreatment
Mal di schiena: troppi interventi inutili. La Lombardia dice basta – Corriere.it
I rimborsi massimi per interventi per mal di schiena scendono da 19.700 a 7.600 euro, tranne che per le patologie più gravi.
Sorgente: Mal di schiena: troppi interventi inutili. La Lombardia dice basta – Corriere.it
Mal di schiena: troppi interventi inutili. La Lombardia dice basta – Corriere.it
I rimborsi massimi per interventi per mal di schiena scendono da 19.700 a 7.600 euro, tranne che per le patologie più gravi.
Sorgente: Mal di schiena: troppi interventi inutili. La Lombardia dice basta – Corriere.it
Quasi 400 procedure cliniche che medici e infermieri ritengono efficaci sono inutili o dannose per il paziente | Nurse Times
Quasi 400 pratiche sanitarie che la maggior parte degli operatori sanitari ritengono corrette sarebbero inefficaci nel migliorare la salute del paziente.
Perioperative Outcomes and Trends in the Use of Robotic Colectomy for Medicare Beneficiaries From 2010 Through 2016 | Colorectal Surgery | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network
This population-based cohort study of Medicaid recipients examines the trends in and outcomes of the use of robotic, laparoscopic, and open colectomy in the United States.
Sorgente: Robotics Against the Evidence | Colorectal Surgery | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network
Conflitti d’interesse in medicina – SaluteInternazionale
Gianna MilanoNegli anni la soglia di sicurezza nel sangue per il colesterolo è stata via via abbassata da linee guida (tutt’altro che limpide), ampliando a dismisura il bacino dei candidati al consumo delle statine.
Sorgente: Conflitti d’interesse in medicina – SaluteInternazionale
It’s time to recognise self care as an integral component of health systems | The BMJChronic care model
Empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everyone The space given to self care in health policies and national healthcare does not acknowledge how people take care of their health or the potential self care has for improving health and wellbeing. Although so much of public health messaging is about self care, the benign neglect in healthcare policies stems, at least in part, from an evidence base that is patchy at best. However, in recent years, interest has been growing in the production of evidence reviews and guidelines for self care. A single definition of self care is not straightforward given the range of health problems, diagnoses, and treatments that it covers and the varying degrees of complexity involved that require different skills, understanding, and health literacy. Most self care happens outside the formal health system and should not be medicalised. However, when self care and healthcare intersect there is potential to amplify their benefits for the health of individuals and populations. For example, HIV self testing could increase coverage and self management of abortion could improve maternal health outcomes. Although it is tempting
Sorgente: It’s time to recognise self care as an integral component of health systems | The BMJ
A Documentary Explores What Happens When Doctors Make Mistakes | Time Errore medico
A new documentary delves into one of the scariest types of human errors — those made by doctors and medical staff
Sorgente: A Documentary Explores What Happens When Doctors Make Mistakes | Time
renalgate 