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December 12, 2018 – jCHIP
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Anchor lead: A comprehensive approach to healthcare benefits all, Elizabeth Tracey reports A program known as J-ChiP, for Johns Hopkins Community Partnership, not only saves millions of dollars in healthcare costs for people with chronic illness, it creates an entire …
December 11, 2018 – Reducing ED Use
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Anchor lead: Efforts to reduce ED crowding don’t seem to be helping, Elizabeth Tracey reports Emergency departments are more crowded than ever, with some patients waiting many hours to be seen, a recent study concluded. Patricia Davidson, dean of the …
December 10, 2018 – Reducing Violence
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Anchor lead: Nurses are taking the lead in reducing violence against health care providers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Violence against health care providers is a big problem that just keeps getting bigger, federal data indicate. Now nurses are taking the lead …
December 7, 2018 – Cervical Screening
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Anchor lead: New guidelines on screening for cervical cancer have been released, Elizabeth Tracey reports Cervical cancer screening is a success story in the United States, with cancers detected early and more widespread disease largely avoided. Now the United States …
December 6, 2018 – Open Surgery Benefit
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Anchor lead: When it comes to surgery for cervical cancer, traditional methods may be best, Elizabeth Tracey reports Cervical cancer may be best treated with an open, traditional type surgery rather than more minimally invasive approaches, two recent studies in …
December 5, 2018 – Blood Pressure Med and Lung Cancer
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Anchor lead: Does one class of medicines for blood pressure cause an increased risk for lung cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Do people who take a common class of blood pressure medicines known as ACE inhibitors have a greater risk for …
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