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A village in Tanzania has been found to have a decreased prevalence of P falciparum infections and an increased prevalence of wild type dihydrofolate reductase malaria parasites following the widespread use of permethrin-treated bed nets.
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Responding to the growing cultural diversity of Missouris hospital patients, the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA), based in Jefferson City, has launched a new web site....
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Control charts, quality tools that can help tighten the focus on process variations, increasingly are gaining acceptance among some health care quality professionals. In fact, a number of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requirements specifically mention the use of control charts.
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In response to emergency department (ED) overcrowding, Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN, is launching an educational campaign focused on area EDs. A Tennessee Hospital Association study released last December found that ED visits in the state had increased 31% over three years, or twice the national rate.
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Unique and creative hiring practices at Bon Secours Richmond (VA) Health System not only have boosted morale and helped offset job shortages, but they also have ensured a larger pool of qualified health care professionals for quality assurance and quality improvement positions.
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As part of a three-year cultural initiative called Service Excellence, Norwalk (CT) Hospital is enacting a variety of programs to make patients more comfortable.
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The holy grail of emergency department cardiac markers would have a very high sensitivity (you dont want to miss any cases), would be abnormal very early in the course of the disease process, and would not only be diagnostic of the current problem but be prognostic of future morbidity and mortality associated with an abnormal marker. OK it also would be cheap and easy to perform without highly specialized equipment, but you cant have everything.
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The statistical performance of this new infection predictor was as good as or better than CRP measurement, outperformed WBC in every parameter, and was superior to band counts in each measurement except specificity.
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This article will discuss the diagnosis of anterior shoulder dislocation, the need for diagnostic imaging, and the management of anterior shoulder dislocations using three less commonly known alternative techniques.
