More is not always better when it comes to hospital care. The same interventions that could save one patient's life could lead to no benefit, higher hospital bills and even injury for another.
Apr 18, 2023
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A new study from researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, has shed new light on the best strategies hospitals can use for medication reconciliation, the ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Australia's My Health Record is a national, integrated electronic record, intended to overcome the problem of having personal health information "siloed" in different systems.
Mar 3, 2023
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Pediatric patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) may face additional challenges when they present to an emergency room. However, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that a multidisciplinary ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Many rural and community emergency departments lack access to pediatric specialty care physicians. So, when an acutely ill child is seen in one of these facilities, they are typically transferred to regional pediatric centers ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Hundreds of rural hospitals across the United States are teetering on the edge of closure, with their financial status increasingly in peril, a new report reveals.
Jan 16, 2023
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Emergency departments that have the highest levels of coordination of health care, personnel, procedures and medical equipment needed to care for ill and injured children have far higher rates of survival than hospitals with ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Earlier this year, Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received.
Dec 28, 2022
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"Deceased, deceased," a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with COVID patients.
Dec 23, 2022
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A large study found that myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was rare but higher in younger males, especially after the second mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine, suggesting that vaccine type, age and sex should be considered ...
Nov 21, 2022
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