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1. Report proposes new “vital signs” to measure the nation’s health Doctors use vital signs as a relatively straightforward way to detect an illness or monitor a person’s health. Key ones include blood pressure, body temperature, breathing rate, and heart rate. A report from the newly christened National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) proposes using 15 “vital signs” to track how health care in the United States measures up: life expectancy well-being overweight and obesity addictive behavior unintended pregnancy healthy communities preventive services access to care patient safety evidence-based care care that matches patient goals personal spending burden population spending burden individual engagement community engagement. Why bother creating...
2. Illinois Law Opens Door To Kidney Transplants For Undocumented Immigrants [Access To Care] SOURCE: Health Affairs current issue – Read entire story here. ...
3. The Best Jobs In Healthcare In 2015 SOURCE: Forbes – Health – Read entire story here. ...
4. Analysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital networks The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a... ...
5. Kids and codeine: Eliminating the risk, for safer pain management Leanne Patel, clinical pharmacist and Dr. Anthony Crocco, pediatric emergency physician have led a patient safety initiative at McMaster Children’s Hospital that has eliminated the use of codeine, which can be harmful for some children, in pediatric care at the hospital. For many health care providers, codeine has been somewhat of a household name in the realm of pain management. Codeine, an opioid medication available in various forms, was commonly used to treat mild to moderate pain, and could either be prescribed or purchased without a prescription in some combination products behind the pharmacy counter. In order for codeine to...