CMS adds infection data to Hospital Compare website
The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services a(CMS) announced Tuesday it will add hospital infection rate data to its consumer website, Hospital Compare.
CMS said it is adding information on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), the most serious of all healthcare-associated infections, resulting in thousands of deaths each year and nearly $700 million in added costs to the U.S. healthcare system.
[See also: U.S. healthcare performance score declines.]
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Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties
Cancer treatment can be brutal for patients. Many of the tools we have-- chemotherapy , radiation--are big, blunt weapons that deal punishing blows to healthy tissues along with cancerous ones. So the hunt has been on for more and more finely targeted therapies that will attack malignant cells yet minimize damage to patients#39; bodies. [More] (Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology)
