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Clinical Care
'Pittsburgh Atlas' Maps Out US Trauma Care
The map divides the nation into 326 referral regions that link patient home counties to hospital counties and allow multiple patient home counties to join to the same hospital county.
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Alabama hospital shooting leaves employee, suspected gunman dead
A person was killed and another wounded Wednesday in a shooting at the UAB Hospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, police and hospital officials said. The suspect gunman was found dead.
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How to Cut Costs and Improve Outcomes in the ICU
Two hospitals have demonstrably cut length of stay and improved survivorship among the most vulnerable of patients. Meanwhile, they've increased capacity and improved care.
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At hospital, father calls daughter, but phone just rings and rings…
Andrew Pollack stood outside the hospital Wednesday afternoon with a firm grip on his cell phone, anxiously waiting to hear the words “we found her.” Pollack and his wife were searching for their...
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Study: US personnel suffered 'symptoms resembling brain injury' in Cuba
Doctors remain baffled by concussion-like symptoms that manifested in US government personnel while they were on assignment in Havana, Cuba.
Nursing
Author, nurse brings words of comfort to UMC nurses following 1 October
Nurses care for those who are sick and in pain -- but who takes care of them? UMC took care of their own Wednesday by holding a special presentation for nurses who worked through the Oct. 1 mass...
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Physician Reporting Not Linked to Fewer Crash Hospitalizations for Dementia Patients
Hospitalized drivers aged 60 to 69 in states with in-person renewal laws were 38% less likely to have dementia than drivers in states without such laws.
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'Truly massive and catastrophic': Portland doctor spends 2 hours helping Amtrak victims
Dr. Nathan Selden, a pediatric neurosurgeon at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, was on his way to Seattle with his son when an Amtrak train derailed, sending several cars onto Interstate 5...
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Witnessing terror event can lead to daily migraines
Study done in young survivors of 2011 mass shooting in Norway.
Innovation
Triage Video Game Helps Docs Improve Trauma-Recognition Skills
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) observed significant improvement in the triaging abilities of physicians who played an educational video game compared to those who...
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Hospital employee killed 2 women who tried to blackmail him over sex solicitation, witness says
A 33-year-old man fatally shot two women at a bank in Willow Park on Saturday after they tried to extort money from him, a witness told police.
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1 in 10 Given Naloxone by EMS Die Within a Year
"Once we save people, we have to talk seriously about next steps," says Scott Weiner, MD, FACEP, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Brigham Comprehensive Opioid...