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Research in an inner-city population has showed that many of the people, particularly women, diagnosed with HIV infection continued to engage in unprotected sex after their diagnosis and prevention education.
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Creation of a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) will result in more deaths from AIDS in the Central American nations participating in the agreement, charge several organizations that work to provide health care to poor populations.
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A new preadmission program at the University of California (UC) Davis Health System is building a stronger link between hospital and physicians office and identifying issues much earlier in the process issues that might affect length of stay (LOS).
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Many health care organizations are gathering feedback from patients to determine their satisfaction with health services. Armed with this information, senior leaders and managers can establish customer-driven process improvement priorities and make more informed process redesign decisions.
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Do all staff at your organization know what constitutes a critical test result? If not, this could cause you problems during your next survey.
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Prevention of Cardiovascular Events with Low-Dose Aspirin and Vitamin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients; Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People with Type 2 Diabetes; Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Adults with Arthritis
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Previous work has demonstrated that bed partners of people with sleep apnea and snoring are at increased risk for depression, insomnia, and daytime sleepiness.
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Health Privacy Project executive director Janlori Goldman said that
while many glitches and misinterpretations of the HIPAA privacy
regulation have been resolved, others remain and should be addressed by
the Department of Health and Human Services or Congress.
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A university hospital harvested and stored 28 embryos for a couple who had been unsuccessful in conceiving a child. Ten years later, the hospital disposed of the embryos, believing that the failure on the part of the couple to respond to notices that the hospital was going to take such action indicated their concurrence to have the embryos destroyed. When the couple later sought to have the embryos implanted, they were no longer available, and they sued the providers.
