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Single best practice to prevent DVT reduces hospital costs by more than $1.5 million annually
A major challenge facing today's health care community is to find ways to lower costs without compromising clinical quality. Taking that challenge to task, researchers at Medstar Health and Georgetown University School of ...
Surgery
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Chronic pain ranks well below drug addiction as a major health problem in new poll
A new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America shows only 18% of respondents believe chronic pain is a major health problem, even though a majority of Americans (63%) say they know someone who experienced ...
Medications
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Increased rates of hospitalization linked to elder abuse, researchers find
Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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New Mayo software identifies and stratifies risk posed by lung nodules
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs. Results from a pilot study of ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Hospital group says 'alarm fatigue' can be deadly
(AP)—Constantly beeping alarms in hospitals are being linked to patient deaths and other dangers in a new alert from the Joint Commission.
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Writing can be a therapy after a traumatic stress
This study demonstrates that writing therapy resulted in significant and substantial short-term reductions in post traumatic symptoms (PTS) and comorbid depressive symptoms. Writing therapy is an evidence-based treatment ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2013 |
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New findings point to the importance of illness behavior
A paper by a group of Italian investigators in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new data on the role of illness behavior in determining the illness impact.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 04, 2013 |
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Fed gov to cover 100% of new Medicaid enrollees under ACA
(HealthDay)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs of certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries under the Affordable ...
Health
Apr 04, 2013 |
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Vt. is first state to post health insurance rates (Update)
(AP)—Vermont has become the first state to let people without health insurance see how much they would pay to get coverage through the federal health overhaul beginning next year.
Health
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Diabetes care for African-Americans can be improved
(HealthDay)—For African-Americans with type 2 diabetes, health care-promoted interventions targeting patients, the health care system, or both, can improve the quality of care, according to a review and ...
Diabetes
Apr 01, 2013 |
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AAP updates medicaid policy statement with ACA changes
(HealthDay)—The implications of the expansion of Medicaid resulting from implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on children are discussed in a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
Pediatrics
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Hispanics live longest, whites shortest among dialysis patients
Among kidney failure patients on dialysis, Hispanics tend to live the longest and Whites the shortest, with Blacks' survival time in between these two, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania would increase federal revenue to the state, study finds
Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania under the Affordable Care Act would boost federal revenue to the state by more than $2 billion annually and provide 340,000 residents with health insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
Health
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct
(AP)—The nation's leading group of financial risk analysts says medical claims costs—the biggest driver of insurance premiums—will jump an average 32 percent for individual policies under President Barack Obama's health ...
Health
Mar 26, 2013 |
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MU program helps health care workers move past tragedy
When a patient dies unexpectedly, whether suddenly or after a long illness, the loss can hit loved ones hard. In some of these cases, health care workers can be affected deeply due to the emotional bonding ...
Health
Mar 26, 2013 |
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