News tagged with safety net hospitals
Will safety net hospitals survive health reform?
(AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Safety net health centers struggle to meet demand
(AP) -- The health care safety net is straining. Just look at Jeffrey Taylor's parking lot. Taylor oversees a community health center for the poor in this suburb a dozen miles east of downtown Atlanta. The center, a modest ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11
(AP) -- Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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3 Questions: Amy Glasmeier on rebuilding after disaster hits
The recent series of tornados and floods in America has severely damaged many communities, from the Midwest to the South, and left them with enormous rebuilding tasks. Amy Glasmeier, head of MIT’s Department ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Computerized systems reduce psychiatric drug errors
Coupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerized method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's psychiatric unit, suggests new Johns ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 21, 2011 |
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3 in 4 domestic violence victims go unidentified in emergency rooms, study shows
More than three quarters of domestic violence victims who report the incidents to police seek health care in emergency rooms, but most of them are never identified as being victims of abuse during their hospital visit. These ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies: study
The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Aging with grace: In-home assessments lead to better care, lower health costs
The March 2011 issue of the journal Heath Affairs highlights an evidence-based model of geriatric care management developed, implemented and tested by researchers and clinicians from Indiana University, the Regenstrief Instit ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Feds checking post-vaccine seizures in young kids
(AP) -- Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Many vulnerable patients have poor access to trauma care
A significant portion of the U.S. population does not have access to trauma care within an hours' drive, with certain vulnerable groups at higher risk of worse access, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Medicaid cuts: teeth pulled, transplant called off
(AP) -- In Illinois, a pharmacist closes his business because of late Medicaid payments. In Arizona, a young father's liver transplant is canceled because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In California, ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Study shows patient navigations improve mammography rates in minority women
A new research study conducted by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that patient navigation services significantly improve biennial mammography screening rates among inner city women. The results, published ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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