Decision-Making Preferences After AMI
In recent years, experts have called for greater participation by patients in medical...
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Hospital Medicine
An Update on CAD in Women
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality for men and women in the United...
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Surgical Readmissions and Quality of Care
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top...
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International Stroke Conference 2014
New research is being presented at the ISC 2014, the annual International Stroke Conference, from...
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Reality Check: Hospital Patient Safety Scores
Imagine you are sick and live in the upper Manhattan section of New York City. Your doctor tells...
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Insomnia & Healthcare Use in Older Adults
Insomnia affects approximately half of all older adults. Research suggests that insomnia may be...
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ED Information Systems and Patient Safety
Throughout the United States, emergency department information systems (EDISs) have been developed...
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Guidance on Alternative Therapies for Lowering BP
Hypertension affects about 26% of adults worldwide and ranks as the leading chronic risk factor...
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Promoting Sleep in the ICU
Delirium in the ICU has been well studied and is associated with poor patient outcomes. Other...
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Fist Bumps Instead of Handshakes?
Some well-intentioned researchers from West Virginia University published a small study claiming...
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The Singing Nurse
Patients who heard him as he walked the halls belting out old love songs and Broadway hits started...
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Summary of New Healthcare Attire Guidelines
Are banning wrist watches and providing hooks for white coats realistic solutions for reducing...
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Needle-Free Vaccines
One hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we’re still using them to...
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A Data-Driven Approach for Nurse Staffing
Unplanned nurse turnover is a primary threat to a hospital’s sustainability. Foremost, the price...
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Combating Malnutrition
With as many as one in three patients entering the hospital malnourished, physicians and other...
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The Modern Surgery Department Chairmen
At hospitals throughout the country, surgery department chairmen have an important leadership role...
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Predicting Stroke Risk in Patients With ACS
Clinical outcomes after stroke can be devastating and include high risks of mortality and severe...
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Surveying the COPD Scene
In 2010, COPD surpassed stroke to become the third leading cause of death in the United States,...
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