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Becker's Hospital Review
Senators are seeking approval from Congress to put $1 billion over five years toward developing a universal flu vaccine, according to The Washington Times.
"The flu is a formidable foe," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. "This year, all signs are pointing to the most severe flu season since the 2009 pandemic." The growing number of pediatric flu deaths across the country and preliminary vaccine findings for this year, which reported the current vaccine is only 36 percent effective, sparked the proposal.
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Daily Nurse
The Yale University School of Nursing recently celebrated the groundbreaking of an expansion of their state-of-the-art simulation lab. The 8,000 square feet of newly designed space will include a new Primary Care Assessment lab, six new standardized patient rooms, a 500-square-foot one-bedroom simulation apartment with kitchen and bathroom, two new classrooms and an updated café. The new space is on track to be completed in August for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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Healthcare Finance
A new report released by the Texas Hospital Association is shining a spotlight on the barriers and inefficiencies that plagued Texas hospitals as they struggled to stay open, let alone effective, while Hurricane Harvey ravaged the area. It is also drawing a road map for the improvements that need to be made and issues hospital leadership must address if they are to face the next storm with an improved level of preparation.
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Sentinel World®, comprised of our award-winning educational simulations, Sentinel City® and Sentinel Town™, is a suite of community simulations available for faculty to use in community health, public health and other nursing courses. Schedule a demo by 2/28/2018 to receive Sentinel World® for the price of Sentinel City®! Learn More!
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Keith Carlson
From the moment an aspiring nurse enters school, the slings and arrows of a nursing career can begin to be felt. From study stress to the challenges of working in novel clinical experiences, the pressure is all too real. Soon enough, the novice nurse graduates, takes their exam, attains licensure and enters the job market. It is here that we perceive the potential for great satisfaction and challenge in a career that demands task-based work coupled with the need for consummate human kindness and connection.
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American Medical Association
The arts have long been used as cultivators of reflection and storytelling about health and healthcare. Like novels, short stories, painting, sculpture and film, comics can convey poignant stories, deliver analytical depth and offer interpretive alternatives to text-based ethical inquiry. Many readers might be surprised that comics are being taught in medical school.
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FierceHealthcare
This year's crop of flu vaccines is effective in preventing about one-third of flu cases, but is less successful in protecting people from one of the most virulent influenza strains, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC published interim estimates on vaccine effectiveness, and found that overall effectiveness against influenza A and influenza B since November 2017 has been 36 percent.
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Laerdal Medical
At some point in your simulation career you are bound to find yourself having to justify a large investment in simulation technology. And, someone controlling your budget will likely ask, “What’s your Return on Investment, the ROI?” This article outlines seven steps you can follow to take the initiative in that discussion. You’ll see that you don’t have to be a CFO to speak ROI. Read more.
ReliaWire
Alzheimer’s disease has a complex and faceted set of disease mechanisms. Although it is typically defined as a disease that affects the neurons of the brain, it has become increasingly apparent that the disease also affects the vasculature of the brain in Alzheimer’s progression.
The "dual hit" hypothesis suggests that damage to the brains vasculature, which separates blood blow from the brain tissue (the blood-brain barrier), actually instigates the buildup of toxic proteins and neuronal damage.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists® and CAE Healthcare bring simulation to you! For the first time, practicing physicians will experience highfidelity scenarios in a virtual environment. This training helps improve performance in the management of anesthesia emergencies and fulfills continuing medical education and MOCA 2.0® Part II and IV requirements.
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Let your student be the doctor with Discourse’s Virtual Patient. Our online cases allow medical students to assess patients, make diagnoses and exercise clinical decision making in a risk-free environment. As students order x-rays, lab tests and care for patients, we provide educators with in-depth performance reports. Learn More!
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KQED
Among its many characters, Los Angeles-based artist Kerry Tribe’s sharp and riveting video at SFMOMA, Standardized Patient, features a woman in a doctor’s office who isn’t quite sure why she’s there.
The woman, Judy, says with soft, upturned eyes to the doctor, “My daughter wanted me to come in ... she says I’m a little forgetful.” Judy is older, she has brown hair that hovers above her peach cardigan. She laughs sweetly at her own absentmindedness.
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FierceHealthcare
The Food and Drug Administration plans to use a proposed $400 million boost in federal funding to focus on a range of innovative approaches to speed the approval of new medical devices and create a new center that would support digital health oversight and address cybersecurity concerns. Overall, the FDA would receive an additional $473 million in discretionary spending under a budget proposal released by the Trump administration, bringing the agency’s total to $3.25 billion in 2019.
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The Associated Press via EMS1.com
President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that will provide more direct access to the 911 system for callers using a multiline telephone in an emergency.
The White House says the president signed the Kari's Law Act of 2017, which ensures that anyone who dials 911 can reach emergency responders, even if the phone typically requires someone to dial "9" or another digit to reach an outside line.
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Otoscopy and ophthalmoscopy are two of the most challenging primary clinical skills to teach and learn. We have a solution! OtoSim 2TM and OphthoSimTM are designed for both teaching and assessment needs of medical schools, PA programs, and NP/DNP/Nursing Programs. Explore ways to enhance your Clinical Training program at OtoSim.com.
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Association of Academic Physiatrists via Medica-News.Net
Robotically assisted hippotherapy, a type of therapy that simulates the repetitive and rhythmic movement of a horse, has the potential to improve trunk control and quality of life for children with cerebral palsy, according to science presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
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FierceHealthcare
No-show patients are an annoying and costly problem for practices, but one community-based health center in Long Island, New York, is making headway. The Elmont Teaching Health Center, a federally qualified health center, cut its patient no-shows by 34 percent. That’s significant given that missed appointments cost up to 14 percent of anticipated daily revenue at clinics and can also result in longer wait times and can hurt care quality, health outcomes and patient satisfaction.
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Medical Plastics News
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. While stents, transplants, angioplasty, by-pass operations, drugs and improved patient care have dramatically cut deaths from heart disease, it remains the number one killer. The World Health Organization estimates that the disease globally accounts for 1 in 3 deaths and the gains of the past two decades have plateaued.
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