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Anchor lead: Teamwork is key to reducing burnout in healthcare, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many healthcare professionals report becoming burned out in the workplace, but no one more than nurses in the ICU, a recent study reported. One-quarter of the nurses …
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Anchor lead: Geography significantly impacts longevity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Wealth matters when it comes to longevity, a recent study looking at national data shows, but where you live is also very important. Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg …
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Anchor lead: Even slightly overweight people are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports A very large study following young men for almost two decades shows that even when people are at the high end of normal weights, …
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Anchor lead: Better measures are needed to assess patient safety, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patient safety could get a huge boost with better tools to measure it. That’s according to Peter Pronovost, a patient safety expert at Johns Hopkins and author …
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Anchor lead: Much resistance has emerged regarding new rules for paying many cancer doctors, Elizabeth Tracey reports Oncologists who deliver chemotherapy in clinics and offices around the country are protesting new proposed rules from CMS, which handles payments under Medicare …
