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Study: Race influences opioid prescriptions in the ED
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareAfrican-Americans who seek care for back or abdominal pain in the nation's emergency rooms are less likely to receive opioid pain relievers than white patients who presented with the same symptoms. That's the finding of a new study conducted by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco. Published Aug. 8 in PLOS ONE, the study looked at five years' worth of data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
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Specialist medical homes: Keeping patients out of the hospital
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationSpecialty medical homes provide a tremendous opportunity to control costs with better management of complications and the prevention of hospitalizations. Lawrence Kosinski, M.D., a gastroenterologist, has been successful at doing just this for his Crohn's disease patients, and his accomplishments were highlighted in a recent H&HN article.
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Organ transplantation districts being redrawn to correct geographic disparity
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareThe United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has proposed changes to the United States' transplant system in an attempt to reduce the geographic disparity that makes it more difficult to get liver transplants in some areas of the country. At present, organs are shared among 11 districts in the nation. The proposal seeks to reduce the number of districts to eight districts with redrawn borders. Changing the districts' boundaries would create a better ratio of available livers to waiting recipients.
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Russia: The next HEMS growth market
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareThe success of the helicopter EMS model in the U.S. is prompting its emulation worldwide. While many nations have had this service for years, only now are they making a serious effort to develop it on a meaningful scale. One prime growth market: Russia. Anyone who has watched a YouTube video of Russian drivers can see how the need for helicopter EMS in the country would be acute.
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Nurse leaders: Bridging the gaps between generations
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationIn 2016, there are three generations at the heart of the American nursing workforce: the baby boomers, Generation X and the millennials. These nurses interface daily in myriad settings, and the quality of that interface is crucial to patient satisfaction, nurse satisfaction and the creation of a positive workplace culture.
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Diagnostic detective unravels brain mysteries
Terry Lynam Medical & Allied HealthcareOne of the few physicians in the United States with extensive training in both neurology and neuropathology, Souhel Najjar, M.D., diagnoses the most elusive neurological conditions. It's all about looking at things from the patient's perspective, he says.
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Use of health IT and online services remains low with seniors
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe news is in, and research suggests what we may have already known. Individuals 65 years and older do not use the internet for their healthcare searches, and the number adopting digital health tools remains low, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the Medical Association.
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Slowing the spread of Zika virus in the US
Katina Hernandez Medical & Allied HealthcareOne word has consistently dominated news outlets worldwide this summer: Zika. And it is with good reason. The mosquito-borne virus has spread to more than 60 countries and territories, and cases have reached epidemic levels in Central and South America and throughout the Caribbean.
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Researchers find on-off switch between sleep and wakefulness
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareSufficient sleep is increasingly being recognized as an essential aspect of chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with increased risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke and frequent mental distress. Insufficient sleep also impairs cognitive performance, which can increase the likelihood of traffic accidents, industrial accidents, medical errors and loss of work productivity.
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Growing concerns for labor standards in nursing
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationLabor issues among nurses are not a new topic. Considering there is little legislative oversight surrounding staffing and healthcare's current financial instability, the tension between nurses and their employers will continue to be present. However, the tension seems to be on the rise in recent years.
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