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Dietary supplements may not be risk-free under certain circumstances.
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OMathuna DP. Prolotherapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Altern Med Alert 2006;9(4):37-40.
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Greenfield RH. Sweet sorrow: Risks of aspartame. Alern Med Alert 2006;9(4):47-48.
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When it comes to quality improvement, it seems that the best keep getting better, based on the findings of the latest Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study from Golden, CO-based HealthGrades, Inc. This is the organizations fourth annual study, analyzing nearly 39 million hospitalizations over the years 2002, 2003, and 2004 at all 5,122 of the nations nonfederal hospitals.
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At this writing, the 2005/2006 flu season is not quite over and yet, say the experts, its not too early to start planning for next years season.
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A team of quality and safety researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, MD, has developed a tool to investigate defects in patient care called the Learning From Defects (LFD) tool.
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In a move billed as a nationwide first, all hospitals in Massachusetts now will be voluntarily posting their staffing plans through a new web site www.patientsfirstma.org as well as through notices in hospitals. This will give consumers the number and type of caregivers assigned 24/7 throughout every hospital in the state.
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A 50% decrease in central-line infections and an increase in compliance with evidence-based practices from 30% to 95%. These are the dramatic results achieved by 10 hospitals participating in the two-year Greater Cincinnati Patient Safety ICU [Intensive Care Unit] Collaborative.
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