The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned the Beacon Award for Excellence between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013. The Beacon Award for Excellence lauds hospital ...
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A new assessment tool published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective. Published as "The Key Principles and ...
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Although the field of science keeps advancing, it may be the simple telephone that helps save more lives. Anita Kinney, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Population Sciences at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, and ...
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Today's headlines include progress reports on health exchanges in Washington state and New York as well as poll results on Virginia's Medicaid Expansion. Kaiser Health News: Insuring Your Health: Advocates Worry That Drug Company ...
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Researchers consider infant mortality to be a key indicator of population health. Currently, the United States ranks 27th among industrialized nations in infant mortality, but rates within the U.S. vary significantly by race, socioeconomic ...
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LHC Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), a national provider of home health, hospice and comprehensive post-acute healthcare services, announced today that it has signed a definitive stock purchase agreement with BioScrip®, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) to ...
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A group of prominent healthcare experts including bioethicists, pharmacists, policymakers and cancer specialists have proposed concrete steps for preventing and managing a nightmare scenario that is becoming all too common: shortages of ...
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House Republicans are considering linking their support for raising the national debt to a repeal of the health law's risk corridors, which helps mitigate risk for insurers. In other news, lawmakers continue to weigh proposals to change how ...
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New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections. Injections of one type of progesterone, a ...
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Top-Performing Multi-Specialty Medical Group Features More Than 2,100 Physicians in the Los Angeles Area To help ensure greater access to quality health care for newly enrolled members of Covered California™ in the greater Los ...
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"Bacon by Brad Smoliak" bacon spread sold in Alberta is being recalled due to potentially permitting the growth of clostridium botulinum, the bacterium which casues botulism, according to CBC News. The problem was detected through testing ...
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Omron Electronic Components Europe is serving today's mobile workforce with the launch of a new market driven website that is as easy to use from a smartphone and tablet as from a traditional PC. The new website combines specific content ...
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Add AT&T to the list of high tech companies seeking to increase their visibility in the medical device industry: The Dallas–based telecommunications giant has appointed digital health notable Eric Topol, MD, as its new chief medical ...
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EOS imaging (Paris:EOSI) (NYSE Euronext, FR0011191766 - EOSI), the pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, today announced the installation of the EOS imaging system at Shriners Hospitals for Children® in Philadelphia. This fourth ...
India is currently the fifth largest economy of the world and is developing at a fast pace. The maximum growth is reported from the construction sector and minimum growth is observed from the agriculture sector. The primary industrial ...