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Burden of Neurological Disorders Rises at Children's Hospitals
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: Hospitalizations for children with neurological impairment rose significantly at children’s hospitals from 11.7% in 1997 to 13.5%...
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Survey: U.S., Older Docs More Skeptical of Health IT
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- Jane Anderson
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IOM Calls for Research on E-Cigs, Tobacco Lozenges
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
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Native American Teens at High Risk for Substance Abuse
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: More than one-third of teenagers reported using drugs and/or alcohol in the past year, with adolescents of Native American, white,...
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Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction Models Work Poorly
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: Most models that predict the risk of hospital readmission work poorly, even though clinicians and policy makers increasingly are...
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Hair Stylists Report Looking for Suspicious Lesions
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: A total of 37% of the hair professionals surveyed had scanned more than half of their customers’ scalps, 29% had scanned more than...
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Mental Distress Associated With Lack of Health Insurance
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: People who have frequent mental distress are more likely to be uninsured.Data Source: The study used data from the 1993 through...
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Court Upholds Doctors' Right to Discuss Firearms
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
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Bacteria Hitch a Ride on Hospital Uniforms
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
Major Finding: A total of 63% of doctors’ and nurses’ uniforms contained potentially pathogenic bacteria in at least one place.Data Source: A...
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U.S. Doctors' Admin Costs Quadruple Canadians'
- Author:
- Jane Anderson
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- Jane Anderson
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U.S. Doctors' Administrative Costs Quadruple Canadians'
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- Jane Anderson
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HHS Mandates Copay-Free Contraception, With Exceptions
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- Jane Anderson
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CMS Issues Final Rule on Inpatient Payments : Hospitals will begin measuring readmission rates for acute MI, heart failure, and pneumonia.
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- Jane Anderson
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CMS Inpatient Rule Hammers 'Excessive' Readmissions, Ups Hospital Payments
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- Jane Anderson
The CMS’s final rule to update Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system rates includes the following:Reporting measures for the rates of...