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A new consortium of research institutions is seeking to transform the process of translational research, in hopes of progressing more efficiently from scientific breakthrough to patient treatment.
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When research calls for recruiting patients with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, it's often hard to know whether patients would want to participate had they been able to make the decision themselves.
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In this digital age, a breach of personal data about clients or customers is the nightmare scenario for any business, conjuring specters of identity theft and public relations woes.
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During a February 2008 Joint Commission survey at Temple East/Northeastern Hospital, a 187-bed community hospital in Philadelphia, surveyors asked several staff members if they knew how to contact The Joint Commission about quality or safety concerns.
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Nearly half (43%) of hospitals surveyed in the first half of 2007 were not compliant with The Joint Commission's standard requiring medications be properly and safely stored, and 20% were non-compliant with the requirement for medication orders to be written clearly and transcribed accurately.
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Seasonal increases in respiratory illnesses. Overflowing emergency departments (EDs) when other hospitals go on ambulance diversion. Scheduling issues with the operating room. Physicians failing to make timely decisions on transferring patients. Your facility failing to grow in response to the needs of the community.
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If an influenza pandemic strikes, public health officials may not know enough about influenza transmission and respiratory protection to adequately protect health care workers.
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Clostridium difficile which has caused a series of severe hospital outbreaks and unexplained community cases due in part to the emergence of a hypervirulent new epidemic strain (NAP1) is the subject of a landmark prevalence study.
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In response to ongoing measles outbreaks due to imported cases, the Centers for Disease and Prevention issued an April 2, 2008, health advisory that includes the following key points:
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Epidemiologists applying social networking theory in simulated disease transmission models are finding that a hospital may be able to target interventions to protect patients against flu and other diseases.