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Electronic Health Records Shown to Improve the Quality of Patient Care
October 9, 2012 A new study provides compelling evidence that commercially available electronic health records are associated with better physician ... > full story -
Economic Abuse Affects Maternal Mental Health, Parenting
October 3, 2012 Mothers who experience economic and psychological abuse during the first year of a relationship with their child's father are more likely to become depressed and spank the child in year five, ... > full story -
New Analysis of U.S. Presidential Candidates' Health Care Plans Estimates Uninsured by 2022
October 2, 2012 The number of uninsured individuals is estimated to increase in every state and to 72 million nationwide -- with children and low- and middle-income Americans particularly hard hit -- under Governor ... > full story -
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Restricting Nuclear Power Has Little Effect on the Cost of Climate Policies
October 1, 2012 By applying a global energy-economy computer simulation that fully captures the competition between alternative power supply technologies, a team of scientists analyzed trade-offs between nuclear and ... > full story -
Patient-Led Advocacy Has Changed How U.S. Government Funds Medical Research
October 1, 2012 Patient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the U.S. government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most ... > full story -
Local Funding Supports Open Access Sequencing of the Puerto Rican Parrot Genome
September 28, 2012 The critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. A genomic sequencing project, funded by community donations, has just ... > full story -
Dollars for Donors: Many Support Financial Incentives to Encourage Organ Donation
September 27, 2012 Most Canadians view financial incentives for deceased kidney donation to be acceptable, according to a new study. Nearly half of the general public in Canada also find it acceptable for living kidney ... > full story -
Large Donors Are Forcing the World Health Organization to Reform, Expert Says
September 25, 2012 The current practice of large donors is forcing the World Health Organization and the World Bank to reflect on how to reform to remain more appealing to the wider set of stakeholders and interests at ... > full story -
Population Aging Will Have Long-Term Implications for Economy
September 25, 2012 The aging of the US population will have broad economic consequences for the country, particularly for federal programs that support the elderly, and its long-term effects on all generations will be ... > full story -
Survival of Safety-Net Hospitals at Risk
September 20, 2012 Many public safety-net hospitals are likely to face increasing financial and competitive pressures stemming in part from the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, according to ... > full story
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