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In 2002, 28.6 million intravenous (IV) catheters were placed in U.S. emergency departments (EDs).
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Barriers to health literacy are best addressed if a systemwide plan is initiated, says Kimberly Wicklund, MPH, manager of health information & promotion at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.
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To assess the barriers to health literacy at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Nadia Ali, MD, MB; BS, an academic internist, decided to conduct a survey of the interns and residents in the residency program and the nurses on the medical floors. The purpose of the survey was to help identify a need for addressing health literacy systemwide.
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A board game to teach children how to manage asthma symptoms is being developed at Phoenix (AZ) Children's Hospital by health care professionals who staff the Breathmobile.
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A unique partnership between a health plan and a physician practice is helping patients with diabetes get the care and resources they need to manage their disease.
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The way the Group Health Plain Language Network approaches work is based on quality improvement models, according to Kimberly Wicklund, MPH, manager of health information & promotion at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.
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The new Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, which opened Sept. 14, 2009, not only focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, but also prevention.
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A comprehensive case management program at Desert Oasis Healthcare that provides care coordination for patients throughout the continuum keeps patients healthier and out of the hospital. And it's cost-effective.
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