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Clinical Care
Expert: CMS Takes Significant Step to Improve Sepsis Care in 2024 IPPS Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make SEP-1 sepsis care bundle a pay-for-performance measure.
Clinical Care
Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased CA's Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates
The rate peaked at 13.2 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021, nearly double the rate from two decades ago.
Clinical Care
Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center
James Eason, MD, who earned acclaim by operating on Steve Jobs, led the transplant center named in his honor at...
Clinical Care
Gun Violence Costs U.S. Healthcare $1B+ Annually
That figure does not include hundreds of millions of dollars spent for patients' months-long recovery costs.
Pharma
Florida Study Links Cannabis to 386 Deaths Over 6 Years
Although the findings raise concerns, the figures for cannabis-related deaths in Florida pale when compared with opioid- and alcohol-related deaths.
Telehealth
Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom
Along with social isolation came the rapid introduction of remote access to everything from work to workouts.
Clinical Care
Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
Older adults contemplating major surgery often aren't sure whether to proceed.
Clinical Care
Donorcycles: Organ Donations, Transplants Spike During Big Motorcycle Rallies
Researchers urge the transplant community not to 'squander' the opportunity to harvest organs during mass rallies.
Covid-19
Researchers Link 266K Avertable Deaths to COVID Vaccination Rates
The U.S. saw 111 deaths per 100,000 population, more than double the COVID mortality rate of other wealthy nations.
Clinical Care
Researchers: Improve End-of-Life Care in Emergency Departments
In a new study, deaths in U.S. emergency departments were estimated to account for 11.3% of total deaths from 2010...
Clinical Care
Frailty and Probable Dementia Risk Factors for Mortality After Major Surgery for Older Adults
Researchers examined 1,193 major surgeries involving 992 community-living older adults from 2011 to 2017.
Covid-19
COVID Stripped 3 Years from California Life Expectancy
The gap between the state's wealthiest and poorest widened by an additional four years over the two-year span.