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  • Connecting your medical data could be the next big payoff

    September 12, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts

    As new Medicare requirements and expenses change, new start-ups are stepping up to move the hospital industry to share data more easily and break down the silos that keep care from being efficient for both patient and provider. The new strategies are helping to coordinate care and services for the highest-risk patients, but there are still concerns that the data sharing is not a long-term solution.

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  • This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That's Very Rare.

    August 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Eight California hospitals use government funds to play for the E.D. Bridge program. They dispense buprenorphine on demand in an effort to address the gap in care between withdrawals and entry into rehabilitation programs. Then the hospital connects patients to larger treatment centers for ongoing care. A Yale-New Haven Hospital study shows that patients given a dose of buprenorphine in the emergency room are twice as likely to be in treatment a month later.

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  • Why this hospital treats its local neighborhood like a patient

    August 16, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus is treating its patients both inside the hospital and in their community by helping to fund the construction of affordable housing and a workforce initiative that is creating jobs. Through these actions, the hospital recognizes that to properly care for their patients they need to not only address their personal health but also the social determinants of heath.

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  • To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

    July 29, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Pomona, California

    A collaborative of California hospitals has developed standard procedures for situations that threaten a mother’s life during childbirth as well as a “toolkit” of everything staff need for a rapid response. As a result, maternal death rates fell by 55% over the first seven years of the collaborative.

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  • A Boston hospital promotes patient health with its own rooftop farm

    July 28, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston Medical Center is growing food on the roof. Their rooftop garden produces fresh fruits and vegetables for the hospital. The cafeteria serves patients fresh, healthy meals and teaches employees how to manage farm to table practices.

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  • Compassionate Mental Health Reform Began With Taking Off the Handcuffs

    July 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    After a brutal incident led to a violent attack and the death of his son, Senator Creigh Deeds was determined to reform the mental health system in Virginia. The Deeds commission passed a series of reforms, among them a law that created a registry of open psychiatric beds, a transportation program so that people don’t have to be detained by police, and a program that offers housing for people with mental illness.

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  • Can community design take the loneliness and angst out of aging?

    July 19, 2018 |

    Missoula Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    By 2025, 25% of Montana’s population is expected to be over the age of 65. Bill Thomas and Kavan Peterson are two leaders in approaching how to improve the experience of aging, in Montana and around the globe. They have tried many approaches, but what unites them all is using creative design tactics to make a more positive living experience for the elderly. By focusing on integrating architecture, culture, and technology, nursing homes can be transformed, loneliness can decrease, and aging people’s quality of health and life can improve.

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  • New cancer test machine cuts diagnostic costs

    July 10, 2018 |

    Business Daily |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Kenya is among the first countries in African to have a cancer test machine that will help cut the time and cost it takes to diagnose cancer. A medical laboratory services firm acquired the IDYLLA lab machine that allows doctors to test for genetic markers for certain kinds of cancer, which helps doctors pinpoint specific medicines more accurately. That means fewer side effects and better chances for survival and cures.

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  • ‘We'll be safe': How one family found a home with help from Seattle's Popsicle Place

    June 25, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Popsicle Palace, an organization that serves the Seattle area, provides housing for families with chronically ill children who are experiencing homelessness. The program designs rooms for children with compromised immune systems and also helps to transition families to single-family housing and out of homelessness.

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  • Prescribing Opioids: How Many Are Too Many?

    June 19, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Doctors at Johns Hopkins and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School are striving to establish new guidelines that are specific to surgical procedure and patient circumstance for prescribing opioids. The general consensus is this: every patient's needs must be assessed individually, alternatives to opiates should always be considered first, and no patients with acute pain should ever be sent home with more than a few days' worth of opiates.

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