'And' vs. 'Then': What words in online reviews tell us about hospital visits
Can simple words like "and" or "then" in online reviews help health care providers learn about their patients' experiences?
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Weathering change: Fewer cold fatalities, more heat emergencies in California
As temperatures rise, California is experiencing fewer deaths from cold temperatures, which outweigh increased deaths from extreme heat. However, hotter temperatures sharply increase emergency department visits—a previously ...
Jul 30, 2025
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Emergency diagnoses linked to poorer outcomes across a wide range of conditions
Patients diagnosed with conditions after an emergency hospital admission or an emergency room visit face a higher risk of death than those diagnosed in nonemergency settings, according to a large population-based study by ...
Aug 25, 2026
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Telemedicine intervention fails to reduce nursing home hospitalizations, study finds
Implementing an intersectoral, telemedicine-based intervention in nursing homes did not lead to a statistically significant reduction in patient hospitalizations, according to a prospective, multicenter cluster-randomized ...
Aug 21, 2026
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Brexit reshaped the UK health care workforce but failed to ease doctor shortages, research finds
The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union (EU) was associated with major changes in health care worker migration and worsening physician shortages in England, according to a new study published in JAMA Health ...
Aug 21, 2026
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What Ukraine's wartime blood supply transformation can teach the US
At the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine was hit with a 40% surge in demand for blood for its civilians and military personnel. Despite damaged health care facilities, supply chain disruptions and population displacement, ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Waiting for a bed, but not for care: Emergency department boarding study finds wide variation in handoffs
Every day across the country, patients wait hours or days in clogged emergency departments for a hospital bed to open—a well-known crisis called boarding. Now, a new study published in JAMA looks more closely at what happens ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Improving inpatient diabetes care with team approach that puts safety first
UC Davis Health has significantly and sustainably improved inpatient glycemic care through a coordinated, system-wide approach, according to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Care. The article describes ...
Aug 11, 2026
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Report: AI adoption by health systems is outpacing governance, infrastructure and strategy
Health systems and hospitals are widely adopting AI solutions in administrative and clinical workflows, but there are significant gaps in strategy, validation, testing environments and success measurement, according to a ...
Aug 6, 2026
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Widely used early warning score may help guide the urgency of antibiotic treatment for suspected sepsis
A study of nearly 100,000 adults treated for suspected infection suggests that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a score based on routinely collected vital signs that is widely used to identify patients at risk of ...
Aug 6, 2026
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