{"id":33416,"date":"2015-02-23T12:47:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=33416"},"modified":"2015-02-23T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:48:22","slug":"the-bmj-today-expanding-limiting-and-personalising-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/02\/23\/the-bmj-today-expanding-limiting-and-personalising-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: Expanding, limiting, and personalising healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/hospital_ward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-33419\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/hospital_ward-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"hospital_ward\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Does early discharge increase the risk of complications and death? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h696\">A cohort study from Sweden<\/a> in patients over 50 with hip fracture found an increased risk of death in patients who stayed in hospital for 10 days or fewer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h440\">Expanding coverage of health insurance in Massachusetts<\/a> increased access to knee and hip replacement and reduced disparities related to race and ethnicity but not income.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 NHS England figures show that nearly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h977\">a fifth of patients<\/a> with cancer do not start treatment within 62 days of being urgently referred.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The US Food and Drug Administration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h997\">has warned that duodenoscopes can be an infection risk<\/a> despite meticulous cleaning owing to their complex structure.<a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/smoker_close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-33420\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/smoker_close-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"smoker_close\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h1022\">Controversial plans<\/a> by the Devon clinical commissioning group to limit surgery for smokers and morbidly obese patients had the unpredictable but financially helpful effect of reducing referrals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 New subgroup analyses from old trials take us one step closer to results that matter to individuals\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h553\">Rafael Perera<\/a> and Richard J Stevens discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h454\">a recent post hoc analysis<\/a> of The Diabetes Prevention Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/endgames_bmjtoday.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33417\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/endgames_bmjtoday.gif\" alt=\"endgames_bmjtoday\" width=\"180\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h648\">Our latest anatomy quiz<\/a> asks you to identify structures of the lower neck on axial contrast enhanced computed tomography.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sarah Payton<\/strong> is a technical editor at The BMJ.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research \u2022 Does early discharge increase the risk of complications and death? 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