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Why some girls are skirting the HPV vaccine
By WBUR (Boston) | October 16, 2013
Public health officials have been somewhat puzzled by low rates of HPV vaccination: only 54% of adolescent girls receive the first dose of the three-part vaccine series, and only 33% complete it. A new study by doctors and public health researchers at the University of Colorado sheds light on who...
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Geography affects what drugs seniors are prescribed
By Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press | October 16, 2013
Where seniors live makes a difference not only in how much healthcare they receive but also the medications they're prescribed—as some miss out on key treatments while others get risky ones.
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Group looks to IOM to help reduce diagnosis errors
By Andis Robeznieks | October 15, 2013
It's not easy to start a movement, but a new group of physicians and healthcare researchers are hoping to do so. They are looking to the Institute of Medicine to bolster their efforts to reduce diagnosis errors that lead to delayed or inappropriate treatments.
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IBM, Cleveland Clinic collaborate to develop Watson technology for patient care
By Chuck Soder, Crain's Cleveland Business | October 15, 2013
The supercomputer technology that defeated the world's best "Jeopardy!" players is now even smarter, thanks to a collaboration between IBM Research and the Cleveland Clinic.
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Put the CIOs in charge, patient advocate says
By Joseph Conn | October 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Chief information officers aren't running their healthcare organizations, but maybe they should, says Jamie Heywood, chairman and co-founder of PatientsLikeMe.
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Video games ease patients' pain
By Merrill Goozner | October 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospital officials looking to improve drug compliance or help patients with pain management might consider including video games in their armamentarium.
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Robert Wood Johnson, Rutgers to create unique ACO
By NJBiz.com (Somerset, N.J.) | October 10, 2013
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Health System is collaborating with Rutgers University to create a Medicare accountable care organization that will be unique in New Jersey as it will involve academic researchers working with physicians.
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Professional satisfaction for docs tied to better care, RAND study shows
By Maureen McKinney | October 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Physicians' perception of their ability to provide high-quality care most strongly determines their level of professional satisfaction, according to a newly released RAND Corp. study.
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Post-operative blood clot rates questioned as hospital quality measure
By Maureen McKinney | October 07, 2013
New research calls into question the validity of using post-operative blood clot rates as a metric of hospital quality. According to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, rates of venous thromboembolism—a term that includes pulmonary embolism and deep...
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Despite halt of latest HIV vaccine trial, study makes strides in recruiting hard-to-reach populations
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 07, 2013
Months after the latest trial of a possible HIV vaccine were halted because it was ineffective, newly published details suggest researchers and advocates made important strides with some the country's hardest-hit and difficult-to-reach populations.
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