Nearly half of older adults improve in cognition or walking over time

A steady slide into frailty is the story many people tell themselves about old age. The numbers in a long-running federal ...

Study finds 45% of adults 65 and older improved over 12 years

Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists ...
Healio

Study: Voretigene neparvovec offers sustained light sensitivity improvement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PERCEIVE real-world study showed sustained improvement in light sensitivity at 5 years in patients treated ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Study Finds Quality Improvement May Improve Eye Care Appointment Scheduling

Application of quality improvement methodology by a multidisciplinary team could improve the efficiency of outpatient ophthalmology appointment scheduling. Scheduling of emergency referrals in ...
Becker's ASC

Study: Improvement Initiatives Needed for Elderly Patients Undergoing GI Surgery

Study: Improvement Initiatives Needed for Elderly Patients Undergoing GI Surgery A study in the Archives of Surgery found that morbidity and mortality were elevated among elderly patients undergoing ...
EurekAlert!

Study finds school improvement plan (SIP) templates continue to be enacted out of compliance rather than as mechanism for spurring and sustaining improvement efforts in schools

The U.S. federal government and many SEAs, scholars, and practitioners have developed a range of resources over the last 30 years to aid educators in crafting high-quality SIPs, from targeted ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Improvement Needed in Study Interventions to Better Skin Self-examination Adherence

The study, using an adaption of the World Health Organization framework for adherence, characterized strategies built into the design, conduct, and reporting of melanoma trials, offering insights into ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study: Quality Improvement Intervention Slashes Infection Rates

A quality improvement intervention reduced nosocomial infection rates in a pediatric intensive care unit, according to a study in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Researchers evaluated the effect of ...