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NewsPharmacists key to reducing infections, hospitalizations
Add pharmacists to the list of care givers, hospitals and consumer groups that will help the Health & Human Services' national patient safety collaboration save more than 60,000 lives and up to Read more...
How hospital pharmacist communication prevents readmissions
Patients who don't take their prescribed medication cost the U.S. healthcare system anywhere from $250 billion and $300 billion a year in ER visits and inpatient hospitalization, leading some Read more...
Bedside exams may work better than CT scans
In most cases, patients who have had open brain surgery get a CT scan within a day of the procedure--an expense the health system has borne on the assumption that the costly scan is the best way to Read more...
ALSO NOTED: U of Miami suffers massive patient data loss; Loyola U sets $1B strategic plan; and much more...
> The University of Miami School of Medicine has lost data backup tapes containing data on 2.1 million patients. Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Study Shows Metallic Stent Gives Long-Term Relief from Ureteral BlockageAdvanced stent sustains drainage, allows for one stent placement in 12 months SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A 29-month clinical study1 demonstrated the long-term success of Cook Medical’s Read more >> |
