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Just shy of about 6% of people who visit an emergency department will not be correctly diagnosed, a federal agency study led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins has shown. Can computer-based decision support tools help bring that number down? …
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About one in 18 people who visit an emergency department will receive an incorrect diagnosis, a study led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins for the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reveals. Newman-Toker says of that number, very …
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Your chance of having a diagnosis missed when you visit an emergency department is 5.7%, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins has found. Newman-Toker says further analysis revealed the kinds of …
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When you go to an emergency department are you concerned that your health issue won’t be properly diagnosed? A study by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led by David Newman-Toker at Johns Hopkins has found the actual …
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Identifying loss of smell in an older adult may result in strategies to prevent frailty or even preoperative regimens to reduce risk. That’s according to Nicholas Rowan, an otolaryngologist at Johns Hopkins and one author of a study correlating smell …
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Frailty is a condition that develops among older adults characterized by weight loss, inactivity, weakness, slow walking speed and exhaustion. Now a Johns Hopkins study shows that declining ability to smell may predict the development of frailty. Otolaryngologist Nicholas Rowan, …
