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Diabetic patients who lack access to primary care tend to frequent the ED, often with complications from their disease that could have been prevented with proper management and education.
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Hospital and ED administrators have found that initiating patient contact shortly after discharge from the ED can positively impact patient satisfaction while also offering opportunities to improve patient compliance with care instructions and to intervene early if complications arise. While some hospitals still rely on manual calls to patients, others are initiating contact through email and text messages.
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To manage a big spike in demand from patients seeking emergency care for mental health (MH) and addiction medicine concerns, staff from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Mercy and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC have devised a series of interventions aimed at quickly linking these patients with the care and resources they need.
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In a shrinking global village it seems a pathogen emerging anywhere is soon a threat everywhere, but public health officials are not conceding victory to the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).
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An upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million patients annually in the U.S. may pose risk for transmission of the emerging New Delhi variety of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) even if current cleaning and high level disinfection protocols are followed.
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Pharmacogenics-based prescribing can determine whether individual patients will benefit from certain drugs, and there is broad public support for this.
