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In-Hospital Addiction Navigation Slashes Readmission

Bedside intervention significantly cut ED, inpatient readmission rates

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Op-Ed: We All Agree Hospital Consolidation Needs More Oversight

HHS Secretary Becerra's confirmation offers a rare opportunity for bipartisan action

Op-Ed: This Physician Has Had Enough of Anti-Asian Hate

And you should too

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Stripped of Hospital Privileges, St. Louis Cardiologists Go to Court

Suit against SSM Health seeks $50 million if former status not restored

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Refractory IBD: The Case for Doubling Up on Drugs

Meta-analysis suggests select patients can avoid surgery

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Was This Doctor Wrongly Terminated?

Mark Haganman, DO, says he was fired for raising concerns about COVID safety practices

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Op-Ed: Compassion Goes a Long Way in Medical Education

Every trainee deserves a "Hillary"

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No Murder Charge in Alleged Mercy Killing; Anti-Vaxxers Gain New Allies; COVID-21?

This past week in healthcare investigations

Star Surgeon Took Family Medical Leave. Then She Was Fired

Courtney Stephenson, DO, whose young daughter was seriously ill, sues Atrium Health

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Redfield: COVID-19 Was in Wuhan in September or October 2019

Former CDC director also tells CNN that the virus likely escaped from a lab

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Being a Doctor Is My 'Heart-Song'

Even if it's not always easy

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VA's Medical Supply Chain Needs Reform, Lawmakers Told

Agency is still using manual spreadsheets to track some supplies

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Model: Give COVID-19 Vaccine to All Patients Before Surgery

Prioritizing surgical patient population could avert more COVID deaths

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Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands

Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin

What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study?

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway

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Sale Aimed at Saving Chicago Safety Net Hospital OK'd

But activists and community leaders remain wary of rushed process

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Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va.

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

Cardiologist Coughs Up $2M for Unnecessary Procedures

Dinesh Shah, MD, allegedly billed for tests that were unnecessary or never done

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Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 番茄社区's sources

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COVID Strokes: Rates, Types, Disparities

The latest stroke data from the pandemic illuminates patterns

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A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

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Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

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Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

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Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

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Intermediate-Dose Clot Prevention Flops for Severe COVID

Prophylactic anticoagulation reigns in the ICU

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'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed

Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more

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Novel Vasoregulator Explored for Acute Ischemic Strokes

Early results may signal benefit for those not treated with thrombectomy

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No Help From Extra Hydration to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Trial may settle whether aggressive, laborious procedure is justified

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Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

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Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy?

Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines

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COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

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He Impersonated a Doctor. Now He's Close to Becoming One

But can he clear the last hurdle?

Health Systems See Opportunity in Mission Health Exodus

As physicians leave North Carolina non-profit, competing systems are broadening their footprints

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Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice?

ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did

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Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques

But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world?

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The Nurses Are Not Alright

Four in 10 nurses under age 34 are isolated, lonely, or depressed

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HIV, High-Risk Pregnancy and Coronavirus

Outcomes support case for pregnant women to be vaccinated against COVID-19

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