What Are Multidisciplinary Care Teams? Multidisciplinary care teams are composed of healthcare professionals, both clinical and nonclinical, who work together, with the goals of improving patient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Obesity is a complex disease with multifactorial etiology. Multidisciplinary care is an optimal way to support ...

Coverage from the Atlanta meeting of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine, chaired by Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, director of pharmacy services, Emory Healthcare and Emory Winship Cancer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . What the poet John Donne observed about humanity — “no man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ...

Hospitals across the country are implementing quality and patient safety initiatives to prevent patient harm and improve the level of care. With the growing emphasis on quality and safety, the role of ...

The effort to diagnose, treat, and help Zappala get her health and life back spanned over two years. Her successful experience as a patient highlights the collaborative and transformative care offered ...

The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System. To speak of the ethics of care is to highlight a principle as simple as it is ...

Pregnancies for patients on dialysis are high risk and care by a multidisciplinary team is extremely important for a successful birth, explained Silvi Shah, MD, MS, FASN, assistant professor, Division ...

On Jan. 1, CMS will begin implementation of a new alternative payment system for select hospitals. The Transforming Episode Accountability Model will hold participating hospitals responsible for the ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, has ...

Matthew Samore, MD, Chief of the Division of Epidemiology at U of U Health. A multidisciplinary national research team led by University of Utah Health scientists has launched a comprehensive review ...

Prisma Health launched a systemwide program to care for patients with sickle cell disease with two dedicated clinics, one in ...