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We’d already guessed there was a problem at the health post—we hadn’t received the last several monthly statistical reports. As a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republi c...
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One constant public policy challenge is that some things that people fervently believe to be true—often based on their personal observations—just aren’t so. Take the myth that most s enior...
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Today’s Managing Health Care Costs Indicator is $36,000
Statistics and facts are fine –and we should have evidence-based health care policyBut sometimes we need a story to remind us what&r squo...
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By Amy M. Collins, associate editor As I watch my grandmother navigate the murky waters of her Alzheimer’s disease, it continues to surprise me that parts of her brain work at warp speed, while other...
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What happens it's the doctor who commits suicide? Sadly, physicians--as a group--have a higher suicide rate than other professionals. Here's the story of one doctor and the effects of his death on his student...
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Today’s Managing Health Care Cost Indicator is $19.8 billion
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The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on h ospital...
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What if every doctor learned from a music teacher? Could a "coach" bring back the intellectual vibrancy from medical-school days for one doctor, the way a music teacher inspires constant growth?
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According to Stateline.org (a news site of the nonprofit Pew Center on the States), with the Super Bowl taking place this Sunday in Indianapolis, the state of Indiana has decided to toughen up its hum an...
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By Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief Amanda Trujillo, MSN, RN, is a nurse who until recently worked at Banner Del Webb Hospital in Sun City, Arizona, until she was fired for, as she claims, just doin g...
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