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Program May Hold Promise for Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions
July 22, 2013 — Recent federal legislation imposes financial penalties on hospitals that experience excessive patient readmissions within 30 days. A new study looks at the potential of a program designed to improve ... > full story -
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Potential for MERS Coronavirus to Spread Internationally
July 19, 2013 — The life-threatening MERS coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East could spread faster and wider during two international mass gatherings involving millions of people in the next few months, ... > full story -
A Constitutional Right to Health Care: Many Countries Have It, but Not the U.S.
July 19, 2013 — More than half of the world's countries have some degree of a guaranteed, specific right to public health and medical care for their citizens written into their national constitutions. The United ... > full story -
Missed Diagnoses and Drug Errors Make Up Bulk of Primary Care Malpractice Claims
July 19, 2013 — Missed diagnoses -- particularly of cancer, heart attack, and meningitis -- and drug errors make up the bulk of malpractice claims brought against doctors in primary care, finds a new ... > full story -
Recommended Calorie Information on Menus Does Not Improve Consumer Choices
July 18, 2013 — Researchers recently put menu labels to the test by investigating whether providing diners with recommended calorie intake information along with the menu items caloric content would improve their ... > full story -
Electronic Health Records Help Fight Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
July 18, 2013 — Using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to automate the immunization data shared between health providers and public health agencies enables physicians to assist individual patients faster and ... > full story -
Cost of Treating Dizziness in the Emergency Room Soars
July 17, 2013 — Emergency room visits for severe dizziness have grown exponentially in recent years, with costs topping $3.9 billion in 2011 and projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2015. The investigators say ... > full story -
Electronic Health Records Slow the Rise of Healthcare Costs
July 15, 2013 — Use of electronic health records can reduce the costs of outpatient care by roughly 3 percent, compared to relying on traditional paper ... > full story -
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Promise of 'Human Computing Power' Via Crowdsourcing to Speed Medical Research
July 12, 2013 — Utilizing crowdsourcing in medical research can improve the quality, cost, and speed of a research project while engaging large segments of the public and creating novel ... > full story -
A Hidden Epidemic: Street Children Show High Levels of Drug Use
July 12, 2013 — A review of fifty studies of drug use among street children in 22 countries sheds new light on the magnitude of the problem, the causes and health consequences of drug use among street ... > full story
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