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New electronic sepsis alert system drastically reduces missed diagnoses
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareUsing an electronic sepsis alert (ESA) can reduce missed sepsis diagnoses by 76 percent, according to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Doctors in the United States treat more than 75,000 children for severe sepsis each year. Severe sepsis is associated with substantial morbidity, up to 20 percent mortality, and accounts for more than $4.8 billion in U.S. healthcare expenditures.
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Would tax credits for organ donation violate federal law?
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareNew Jersey is the first state in the U.S. considering "no strings attached" tax credits for organ and blood donors.
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Insurer exits leave holes in the marketplace as uncertainty spreads
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAnthem health insurance plans will not be serving Ohio residents through the Affordable Care Act in 2018, the company recently announced. As a result, 10,500 Ohioans will lose their plans. According to reports, residents in 20 mostly rural counties will be without an option for buying individual coverage on the exchange unless another insurer decides to offer plans there in the coming months. The news might be tough to take for citizens in these rural areas, which already traditionally lack proper access to care.
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More faculty needed to ease the nursing shortage
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationThe United States has endured multiple periods of nursing shortages. However, experts predict the impending shortage will be unlike any that has been seen previously. According to employment projections for 2012-2022 from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total employment of RNs and APRNs by 2022 will increase by more than 570,000 jobs. But taking into account the landfall retirement of baby boomers, there will be a need of 1.13 million new RNs by 2022.
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Study: One-third of the world’s population is overweight
Jessica Taylor Medical & Allied HealthcareSince 1980, the number of obese people has doubled worldwide and is continuing to rise, according to new research. The study, published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine, stated that about a third of the global population is obese.
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Gray hair may predict risk of coronary artery disease in men
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareWe can all probably remember the day we found our first gray hair — some of us as early as high school or college, and some of us in our 30s or 40s. Beyond the beauty and age implications of gray hair, there may be health concerns we should worry about — especially men.
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Report: ACA results in ‘substantial coverage gains’ in California
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationSelf-employed workers and small business employees in California have seen expanded health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a recent report from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (CLRE). The brief draws on data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
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Creating a culture of safety in nursing
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationContrary to what some may imagine, the construction and manufacturing industries do not have the highest rate of on-the-job injuries. In fact, hospitals hold this dubious distinction, and this should be great cause for concern among nursing and medical leaders.
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Study of baby teeth finds link between autism and environmental exposures
Carolina Pickens Oral & Dental HealthcareResearchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partnered with Sweden's Karolinska Institutet to study the baby teeth of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their study, "Fetal and postnatal metal dysregulation in autism," was published in Nature Communications in April. It detailed that biomarkers in the layers of the ASD patients' teeth revealed they were exposed to higher concentrations of lead and other neurotoxins in utero and within the first months of life.
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The effect of PTSD on the heart
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareSuffering a traumatic event and having underlying cardiac or systemic risks can result in even greater risk to health and risk of mortality. Roughly 8 percent of the population will suffer a traumatic event in their lifetime, and in any given year 8 million adults manifest post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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