Chemotherapy side effects: A new category of drug offers relief of nausea and vomiting for about half of patients undergoing chemotherapy. And while the new drug is costly, its use can eliminate other expenses associated with chemo side effects while helping patients feel a whole lot better during treatment.
Water shortage? With water rates rising at a double-digit pace, an increasing number of hospitals and health systems are turning to high-tech devices to conserve water resources. One Boston engineering firm guarantees health care clients a savings of 20% to 40%.
Reducing hospitalization for threatened preterm labor: A new laboratory test for preterm labor helps determine which women are unlikely to deliver soon, avoiding unnecessary hospital stays. A clinical study conducted at a New Mexico hospital shows the test saved $486,000 in a 12-month period.
Coordinated HMO care reduces costs for patients with AIDS. Although HMOs get a bad rap, a surprising study from Boston University found that a comprehensive system of managed care can do a better job of avoiding hospitalization and reducing health care costs than traditional fee-for-service plans--without negatively impacting patient satisfaction, health status, or level of function.
Telemedicine is no longer pie-in-the-sky technology, but already at work saving hefty sums of money and improving care in the clinical setting. Through a cable television system in Kansas, nurse practitioners are able to see up to four times as many patients as is possible with in-person home care visits. And at Boston's Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, premature babies are monitored by a device that works over the Internet, avoiding the $2,000 per day cost of the neonatal ICU.
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