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Study: Organ transplant recipients more likely to die from melanoma
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareA recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology has determined that people who receive organ transplants are three times more likely to die from melanoma. Healthcare professionals have long known that transplant recipients were more likely to develop melanoma — the most aggressive type of skin cancer — than the general population.
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Using positivity when speaking out about nursing
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationMost everyone has caught wind of the firestorm that erupted when Joy Behar of The View denigrated nurses by mocking a heartfelt monologue performed by a contestant during the Miss America pageant. A recent MultiBriefs Exclusive by Joan Spitrey, RN, adroitly encapsulates the situation, offering a balanced assessment of the reaction to Behar's faux pas.
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Saturation nation: Are we nearing the end of HEMS fleet expansion?
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareIs the expansion party over for helicopter EMS? Increasingly, the tea leaves are pointing in that direction. As the nation's fleet has expanded dramatically in the last decade — nearly tripling to 900 EMS helicopters — utilization rates have plunged while per-transport costs have skyrocketed.
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Delaware mandates that students study organ donation
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareDelaware has become the latest state to mandate that students study organ donation as part of health education classes. The move is intended to dispel myths surrounding organ donation and potentially decrease the number of Delaware residents on organ waiting lists, which include some 300 people waiting for livers and kidneys.
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Survey paints positive view of telemedicine market
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHIMSS Analytics recently published a new report, "Essentials Brief: Telemedicine Study" — a survey of health IT executives that finds an increase in the adoption of telemedicine solutions and services, from 54.5 percent in 2014 to 57.7 percent in 2015. Small, but sizable. FierceHealthIT reports that the Web-based study included responses from nearly 270 executives, IT professionals, clinicians, department heads and ambulatory physicians.
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What’s to blame for the recent bubonic plague uptick?
Katina Hernandez Medical & Allied HealthcareA Michigan resident recently became the 14th person this year to contract the plague, the same disease that was responsible for the Black Death pandemic in Europe in the 1300s. Although the plague has never officially been eradicated, instances of infection usually remain low in the U.S., averaging around seven cases per year.
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Daraprim: The $750 generic tablet?
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalImagine driving to the gas station, filling your tank and being told the total is $200,000. That is about parallel to the price increase instituted by Turing Pharmaceuticals for their newly-acquired toxoplasmosis drug, Daraprim (pyrimethamine). One day this 60-year-old drug was selling for a modest $13.50 per tablet. The next day it was commanding an impressive $750 a pop.
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Air pollution and its effect on the heart
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareSmog in urban areas has been a concern for a long time because of the problems it can cause for our lungs. As it turns out, tiny pollution particles in the air can lead to big problems for our hearts as well.
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Building PT ambassadors: Educate potential customers
Tannus Quatre Medical & Allied HealthcareThere are a few things I can say with confidence about physical therapists. The first is that we're helpers. We got into this profession to help people. We do it every day and every way under the sun. We love people, and — generally speaking — people love us, too.
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Nursing is my talent
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationDuring the talent portion of last weekend's Miss America pageant, Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson, gave an emotional monologue describing her experience as a nurse. It was a beautiful delivery detailing her emotional experience with an Alzheimer's patient. She described what many nurses have the opportunity to experience everyday — to touch a life in need.
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