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Hospitals should have strong processes for communicating with post-acute-care providers

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases working to increase screening, vaccination in those at risk

Between 2010 and 2016, gun murders accounted for more than 70 percent of all homicides

Associated with reduced barriers to communication in surgical ICU patient presentations

Odds of having one or more infarcts also increased with more rapidly declining SBP slope over time

Living in country with more managers offering help for depression tied to higher presenteeism

Prehospital administration of thawed plasma reduces mortality versus standard-care resuscitation

Oral administration of BCX7353 at dose of ≥125 mg results in lower rate of attacks versus placebo

Health care professionals should generally report foodborne illness to county, city health department

Practices need to incorporate efforts to double check reimbursement against contracts

Organizations representing over 700,000 providers oppose efforts to limit Title-X program

Achieving WHO targets for diagnosis, treatment by 2030 will be cost-effective at $103 per QALY

Patient was eventually diagnosed with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

Adoption of the guidelines would label more than half of 45- to 75-year-olds as having hypertension

Patient satisfaction can be improved by reducing long wait times, improving communication

Recommendations include screening for all born from 1945 to 1975, all-oral treatment regimens

A total of 77 people were sickened across nine states; 36 were hospitalized

Finding could be a game-changer for the treatment of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s

Findings based on pre-post study of coal and oil power plant retirements

Small changes in health behaviors seen for partners of those newly diagnosed with diabetes