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The New York Times
The patient's blood pressure had reportedly crashed in the ambulance; a gunshot wound had damaged the heart. In the operating room, a medical resident, Dr. Dan Hashimoto, slid a knife into the patient's chest and sliced horizontally, from the sternum across the torso.
He thrust his hand into the gash, grasped the beating heart and squeezed, to the tempo of 100 beats a minute.
Noticing bleeding from the right ventricle, Dr. Hashimoto stopped pumping to sew up the hole. The pulse recovered, and blood pressure climbed.
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HIMSS
The Connected Health Community addresses one of the most innovative areas in the health IT space, partnering with patients in a digital, interactive healthcare environment that extends beyond the physical space of the hospital and clinic. HIMSS recognizes the growing importance of connected health and its ability to move care towards an anytime, anywhere approach.
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Agri-View
Guidelines released in October from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing emphasize the use of simulation in nursing training, and recommend certification to demonstrate that lead faculty and simulation-lab personnel are qualified.
The guidelines specifically cite the Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator as a suggested resource for simulation educators.
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The Associated Press via Modern Healthcare
Doctors-in-training face long, stressful hours, sleepless nights and a high risk of depression and suicidal thoughts, but often are too stoic and time-starved to seek help. A study suggests online self-help behavior therapy could be a solution.
Suicidal thoughts were much less common in new doctors who had four half-hour online sessions before starting their first year of training, compared with those who got no therapy.
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NPN via WBRC-TV
Virtual reality may bring to mind video games and high-tech graphics, but now, some medical professionals are using the technology for patient treatment in a range of areas.
For Michael Rosenzweig, air travel used to induce anxiety. So much that sometimes he would actually get off the plane before takeoff.
When he found out about a trial to face his fear using virtual reality, he jumped at the opportunity.
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Keith Carlson
 There are many types of nurse leaders within the nursing ecosystem, and leadership styles can vary widely. For nurse leaders seeking to offer a balanced style of leadership that meets a wide variety of demands, considering both the left- and right-brain aspects of leadership is one good place to focus.
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UPI
Hospital patients prescribed proton-pump inhibitors, or PPIs, are at a higher risk of dying because of hospital-acquired infections such as pneumonia and Clostridium difficile, researchers found in a new study.
PPIs are widely prescribed to prevent heartburn, however in the hospital they often are used to prevent bleeding in the stomach and gut. The researchers used a computer model based on already existing statistics of inpatient hospital patients, finding new prescriptions of PPIs during a hospital stay led to an increased risk of death in 90 percent of simulated patients.
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Provide leadership, manage patient simulation programs
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For further information, please contact: Anthony Errichetti, PhD, CHSE 516-686-3928
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HealthData Management
Fueled by a potential national cohort of more than a million Americans volunteering their health data, the Obama administration's Precision Medicine Initiative is pioneering a new model of research with patients not passive bystanders but at the center of the effort.
So argues Claudia Williams, senior health and health IT advisor in the Office of the U.S. Chief Technology Officer.
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Pocket Nurse helps thousands of health education programs operate efficiently with an extensive catalog of products that provide everything an educator needs. For more information visit pocketnurse.com, call 1-800-225-1600, or email cs@pocketnurse.com.
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Focused on assisting hospitals to better maximize their investment in robotic surgery, Mimic has over ten years of experience providing tools and support for robotic surgery training and program management.
Mimic’s robotic surgery simulation training helps surgeons learn in a safe environment, faster and more efficiently while working towards proficiency.
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Scott E. Rupp
 According to a new report by SoftwareAdvice, patient consumers are acutely aware of health information exchange and interoperability, and of whether their physicians are connected and able to share data freely across the healthcare spectrum to provide the best in care.
For example, when asked how their medical records are shared among multiple providers, only 39 percent of patients say providers directly exchange records, while 25 percent must deliver a paper copy to the other provider themselves.
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Virginia Commonwealth University via Medical Xpress
A smartphone application developed by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has been validated for use by physicians to diagnose minimal hepatic encephalopathy, a common brain condition in people with liver cirrhosis. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy, also known as MHE, affects a person's ability to do basic activities such as drive a vehicle. Over the long term, it can cause mental confusion and possibly lead to death.
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