New Docs Have Trouble Committing To Rural Areas
The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina opened in 2011 — a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated to producing the rural doctors the country needs.
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Hospitals Build Housing For Chronically Ill Patients
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DENVER — One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital, occupied a bed for more than four years — a hospital record of 1,558 days.
Another admitted for a hard-to-treat bacterial infection needed eight weeks of at-home IV antibiotics, but had no home.
Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters
On Kimberly Repp’s office wall is a sign in Latin: Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae. This is a place where the dead delight in helping the living.
Doctors And Nurses With Addictions Often Denied A Crucial Recovery Option
Dr. Wesley Boyd, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard, has spent years working with state programs that help doctors, nurses and other health care workers who have become addicted to opioids get back on their feet professionally.
Young Woman, A Wheelchair And The Fight To Take Her Place At Stanford
Sylvia Colt-Lacayo is 18, fresh-faced and hopeful, as she beams confidence from her power wheelchair. Her long dark hair is soft and carefully tended, and her wide brown eyes are bright.
Consumers Using Groupon To Buy Medical Services
Emory University medical fellow Dr. Nicole Herbst was shocked when she saw three patients who came in with abnormal results from chest CT scans they had bought on Groupon.
States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
Whether Congress will act this year to address the affordability of prescription drugs — a high priority among voters — remains uncertain. But states aren’t waiting.
Analysis: How Your Beloved Hospital Helps To Drive Up Health Care Costs
As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains: pharmaceutical companies, whose prices have risen more than inflation, and ins
How To Get Bargain Dentistry And A Vacation To Boot
“Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared to plunge into my mouth.
‘Locally Grown’ Insurance Companies Help Fortify Washington State Market
Although few states have finalized their 2020 health insurance rates yet, preliminary reports suggest that increases in premiums for plans sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces wil
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