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Howard Professor and Surgeon Promotes Minority Organ Donation

Since the early 1980s, when transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender began addressing the issues that kept African-Americans from being organ donors, he has seen the rate of organ donation increase significantly. In the recently published paper, “Expanding the journey of saving lives,” Callender and co-author Dr. Patrice V. Miles examined how the increase has been achieved and how other minority populations can use similar means to bring about increases.

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University Plugging the Nursing Shortage

At the moment there are estimated to be 40,000 nursing vacancies across the UK, but that figure is expected to rise to 70,000 over the next five years. “The workforce is the make-or-break issue for the health service,” says Anita Charlesworth of The Health Foundation. “Unless staffing shortages are substantially reduced, the recent NHS long-term […]

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UI Hospitals Has ‘Healthy Appetite’ For Improving Low Marks From Patients

Fewer than half the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics patients who responded to questions about their satisfaction there said the areas around their hospital rooms were always quiet at night — earning UIHC just one star out of a possible five in a survey. The national average for that question was 62 percent who […]

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University of Florida Health Department Awarded Millions in Research Funding

The University of Florida Health Department is one of four institutions to be named a Research Center of Excellence. The University of Florida will receive two million dollars that will help researchers work on new projects and form new collaborations for their Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases. Read More

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Vanderbilt Doctors Say They Operated on Wrong Kidney by ‘Mistake’

Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors said under oath they mistakenly implanted a medical device in the wrong kidney in 2017 and are now being investigated by state health officials. One of the doctors said that a malfunctioning electronic whiteboard contributed to the error. Read More

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Indiana University Health’s Operating Income Jumps to $307.9M in First Half of 2019

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health reported a year-over-year increase in revenue and operating income in the first six months of 2019, according to financial documents. Annual rate increases and higher surgery volumes contributed to the 16-hospital system’s revenue growth. The health system recorded operating revenue of $3.22 billion in the six months ended June 30, up […]

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Framingham Health Department Partners with Boston University To Inform Young Patients About Opioids

The Framingham Health Department and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) collaborated to develop a new program to better inform young patients about opioids and safeguard against potential addiction. Developed by BUSM, the Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE) of Pain program is designed to help health care providers use best practices when prescribing opioids. Read […]

Bill Would Require College Campuses to Offer ‘Abortion Pill’

Along with visiting legislators, a bishop in California urged people to collectively pray for the defeat of a bill that would require college campuses to offer medication abortions. California State Senator Connie Leyva sponsored Senate Bill 24, which awaits consideration by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. If signed into law, California State University and University of […]

Oklahoma State University invests $7.1m in animal feed, health research center

Animal nutrition and feed research are set to be a major focus for the new animal nutrition and physiology center at Oklahoma State University. Read More

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University of Chicago to pay $2.6M in malpractice lawsuit

The family of a woman who died days after receiving a heart test at the University of Chicago Medical Center will receive $2.6 million settlement under a revised court agreement. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Sarah Crayton died in 2014 after going to the hospital for an appointment with a heart specialist. The medical malpractice lawsuit […]

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St. Bonaventure University to turn Francis Hall into School of Health Professions home with $17.5 million renovation

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University plans to house its new health school in one of its most historic and iconic buildings once a $17.5 million renovation is completed. The university is working to transform Francis Hall, the former location of Christ the King Seminary, into a state-of-the-art facility fit for its School of Health […]

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Kamala Harris Sets Up Debate Showdown on Health Care With New Plan

Senator Kamala Harris of California, who is increasingly seeking to carve out an ideological lane separate from the most progressive Democrats running for president, laid out a new plan Monday for providing Medicare for all Americans, with a twist that stops short of the complete overhaul of the health insurance system that Senator Bernie Sanders […]

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