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  • For V.A. Hospitals (and Patients), a Major Health Victory

    January 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Although patients go to hospitals to receive medical care, many Americans will acquire infections that did not already have them. The United States as a whole has made modest progress at reducing the rates of hospital-acquired infections. Spearheading the efforts, the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers have devised anti-MRSA strategies to keep patients safe.

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  • One Hospital Tells Bronx's Sick: You Call Us, We'll Call You

    June 03, 2014 |

    WNYC |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Hospitals in New York improve healthcare quality and reduce medical costs by staying in frequent contact with patients requiring frequent or long-term care. Montefiore's Accountable Care Organization pulls in care providers from across the medical and social spectrum to improve patient health while curbing expenses.

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  • In Delivery Rooms, Reducing Births of Convenience

    May 07, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The rate of Cesarean sections is on the rise in the United States, despite the higher risks of hysterectomy, hemorrhage, and infection, as well as the elevated expense. San Francisco General’s maternity ward, however, stands as an outlier by following evidence-based medicine that suggests decreasing C-sections and has also shifted from a pay-per-service incentive for the doctors to a salary or shift position.

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  • Reducing Early Elective Deliveries

    March 12, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    Reducing cases of early birth deliveries shouldn’t have been hard — at least, they should have been easier to change than many other harmful practices. But it was - until hospitals started introducing models for change, creating accountability and changing payment systems. This article looks at a range of solutions happening across the country that serve as a model for other healthcare providers.

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  • Riverside Med Center drastically cuts infection rates

    January 31, 2014 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pasadena, California

    Infection rates - once kept private by hospitals - are now public record in 32 states, California included. This new transparency - coupled with Medicare now docking payments to hospitals that don’t meet quality measures - is prompting innovation at many hospitals with high infection rates.

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  • To Make Hospitals Less Deadly, a Dose of Data

    December 04, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Available statistics on hospital safety don’t tell the public what they need to know to make informed decisions. A dose of data to increase transparency and accountability could be the answer.

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  • Caring for mentally ill: 3 counties' success stories

    October 06, 2013 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Yakima, Washington

    There is a mental-health capacity crisis gripping Washington state. The area’s response approach, crafted over two decades, centers on a set of intensive outpatient and early-intervention programs aimed at preventing hospitalizations.

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  • Revealing a Health Care Secret: The Price

    July 31, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    An Oklahoma surgery center made news by posting its prices online – a revolutionary idea in an industry where consumers normally are buying blind. This is a big reason health care costs so much, but recent months have seen great advances in transparency.

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  • Facebook Raises The Status Of Organ Donation, Study Shows

    June 18, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Medical professionals say that there is a shortage of organs available for patients awaiting transplants. The first step towards the solution involves increasing awareness of organ donation as a viable and compassionate option. In 2012, the social media platform Facebook collaborated with surgeons to create the Organ Donor option—and, one year later, the number of organ donors increased five times.

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  • The Sense of an Ending

    May 20, 2013 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    More than five million Americans have Alzheimer’s or similar illnesses, and that number is growing as the population ages - without any immediate prospect of a cure, advocacy groups have begun promoting ways to offer people with dementia a comfortable decline instead of imposing on them a medical model of care, which seeks to defer death through escalating interventions. An Arizona nursing home offers new ways to care for people with dementia.

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