Category: Health Newsfeed
February 13, 2017 – Big Data
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Anchor lead: Helping to improve heart valve replacement is one benefit of big data, Elizabeth Tracey reports Discerning the differences between two types of devices used when someone has a valve in their heart replaced is now possible with the …
February 10, 2017 – Coronary Ca and BP
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Anchor lead: Can a coronary calcium scan help decide if you need blood pressure medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Coronary calcium scans are looking for deposits on the inside of the heart’s arteries, and they can be helpful in determining someone’s …
February 9, 2017 – Cardiac Care App
February 8, 2016 – In Hospital CPR
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Anchor lead: Can CPR in hospitals be streamlined? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people who are hospitalized have a heart attack, inserting instruments to assist their breathing is most often standard issue. But now a new study calls that practice into …
February 7, 2017 – Where They Are
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Anchor lead: A new approach to healthcare is helping those with complex needs, Elizabeth Tracey reports Meeting patients where they are is one central tenet of a Johns Hopkins program designed to help patients avoid readmission to the hospital and …
February 6, 2017 – Win-Win
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Anchor lead: Taking a comprehensive approach to complex patients helps everyone, Elizabeth Tracey reports ‘Super user’ is the term used to describe people who make frequent use of the emergency department and are often hospitalized and rehospitalized. Now a Johns …