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Wellness education at Northwest Hospital & Medical includes a variety of activities and educational opportunities promoting prevention and self care of many health conditions.

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#Cycling program for #Parkinsons at @NWHospSeattle, great kickstart when you want to get yourself moving http://tinyurl.com/3zwsvwm

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10 ways to improve the patient experience at hospitals

medcitynews.com — “Hospitals looking for ways for innovative ideas to improve patients' experience might want to consult their staff. Read about Penn Medicine's innovation challenge.View full resource at medcitynews.com

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Chicago hospital group to drop sweetened drinks - chicagotribune.com

chicagotribune.com — “Vanguard Health Chicago is phasing out of all "sugar-loaded beverages,'' including soda, sports and energy drinks.View full resource at chicagotribune.com

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Higher-Ed Board Mulls Access for Caribbean Med School — Higher education | The Texas Tribune

texastribune.org — “The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board today will consider whether to open the doors of Texas hospitals to a for-profit university from the Caribbean, and the state's public medical schools are on edge.View full resource at texastribune.org

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Tx Higher Ed Board should so no to off-shore med school http://t.co/R7xNyHVd

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Medicare Trust Fund solvent through 2024

nephrologynews.com — “The Medicare Trustees Report released today shows that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is expected to remain solvent until 2024, the same as last year’s estimate, but action is needed to secure its long-term future, federal officials said.View full resource at nephrologynews.com

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Medicare Trust Fund solvent through 2024: The new Trustees Report shows that action is needed to secure its future.http://ht.ly/augMa

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Culture Change in the Bristol Emergency Department - Life in the ER

emergencydocs.typepad.com — “After five months of helping to manage the emergency department at Bristol Hospital, it is tempting to talk about the various changes in the department - our metrics, efficiencies, ongoing efforts to improve throughput, or our relations with nursing, ancillary services, and other departments within the hospital. But I fall...View full resource at emergencydocs.typepad.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 24, 2012 at 2:16 pm By:

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Culture change in the emergency department (a report from our ED in Bristol, CT): http://t.co/UKcXv5ix #ERpartner #healthcare

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Health ministry eyes crackdown on 'legal herbs' used as drugs? ????(????)

mainichi.jp — “At least 77 people have been delivered to hospitals in Tokyo this year after smokingView full resource at mainichi.jp

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Health ministry eyes crackdown on 'legal herbs' used as drugs http://t.co/EWNJYQCR

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Women & Infants named lead center in 14-site study of cytomegalovirus

news-medical.net — “Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, through its participation in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, has been named the lead center in a 14-site, $25 million study of cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common infection during pregnancy.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Women & Infants named lead center in 14-site study of cytomegalovirus: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island,... http://t.co/VsH5xjUE

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Fewer complications, better outcomes with robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery

eurekalert.org — “Robot-assisted surgery is now both more common and far more successful than radical "open" surgery to treat prostate cancer in the United States, according to a new Henry Ford Hospital study published in the current issue of the medical journal European Urology.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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AAAS Fewer complications, better outcomes with robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery http://t.co/Gh8qNXAe

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ICDs may increase risk of complications in patients with infective endocarditis

news-medical.net — “Patients with infective endocarditis involving implanted cardiac devices experience a high rate of complications such as valve infections, heart failure, and persistent bacteremia, and high in-hospital and 1-year mortality rates, particularly if there is valve involvement, according to a study in the April 25 issue of JAMA.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Appendix Removal Cost Varies Wildly | ThirdAge

thirdage.com — “  What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator - or a house. It's a common, straightforward operation, so you might expect charges to be similar no matter where the surgery takes place. Yet a California study found huge disparities in patients' bills - $1,500 to $180,000, with an average of $33,000. The researchers and other experts say the results aren't unique to California and illustrate a broView full resource at thirdage.com

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Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with 2009 H1N1 Influenza Infection

hindawi.com — “Objective. 2009 H1N1 virus is a new virus that was firstly detected in April 2009. This virus spreads from human to human and causes a worldwide disease. This paper aimed to review the clinical and epidemiological properties of patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza who were hospitalized and monitored at Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. Setting. A 1000-bed teaching hospital in Eskisehir, Turkey. Patients-Methods. Between 05 November 2009–01 February 2010, 106 patients withView full resource at hindawi.com

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Dr. Gudin Discusses Doctor Shoppers

painlive.com — “Jeffrey A. Gudin, MD, Director, Pain Management Center, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ, discusses doctor shoppers and how a clinician can recognize drug seeking behavior in patients.View full resource at painlive.com

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Kids in the delivery room? - Health & wellness - The Boston Globe

bostonglobe.com — “A growing number of hospitals say they are fielding requests from families to have children present during delivery and relaxing policies to accommodate them. The practice is not entirely new — siblings have attended births since the resurgence of midwives, who encourage family participation, in the 1980s. But it has not been widespread, and it’s even rarer to have preschoolers in the delivery room. Recently, siblings as young as 2 have attended births at Brigham and Women’s and Emerson hospitalView full resource at bostonglobe.com

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Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma: report

health.yahoo.net — “LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has attempted to communicate with family members at his hospital bedside, the BBC reported on Saturday.View full resource at health.yahoo.net

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Series starts Sun. in N.C. papers, "Prognosis: Profits," Nonprofit hospitals make big $ saddling patients w/big bills: http://t.co/Gry4n4aV

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