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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

3,20 These crises drive high rates of emergency department use and hospital admissions, significantly disrupting education, employment and family life. 24 Hospitals can also play a role, as shown by Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Surveillance for Sickle Cell Disease – Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, Two States, 2004-2018.

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A proactive diabetes review model: from concept to nurse-led research

On Medicine

There are a few (but growing) centers that will proactively see patients with diabetes in high-risk areas when admitted to the hospital, however, by far the most common practice is for patients to only be seen by a specialist team, including for diabetes, on receipt of a referral.

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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

The Pharma Data

30, 2020 — Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Though she had always planned to become a nurse, it wasn’t until after her transplant that it felt like more of a calling, Fogelman said.

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Perficient Mentioned in Two Forrester Reports on Tech-Enabled Clinician Experiences

Perficient: Drug Development

As our experts explored in discussions for a 2022 Forrester report, Ease The Nursing Shortage By Triaging And Responding To Early Workforce Warning Signs , technology stands to elevate care experiences and empower care teams. According to Forrester, “Investment in hospital equipment will grow from $36 billion in 2018 to $262 billion in 2028.

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Nearly Half of Teens Get Behind the Wheel Shortly After a Concussion

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) found that about 47% of teen drivers included in the study returned to driving within two weeks of sustaining their concussions. TUESDAY, Dec. On average, the teens were seen 12 days after being injured.

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Children with Arthritis Living in Less Affluent Families More Likely to Report Longer Duration of Morning Joint Stiffness

The Pharma Data

They also examined reported family income, the highest level of guardian-completed education and community poverty level, collectively called social determinants of health, using zip codes and the 2014–2018 American Community Survey. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. SOURCE Hospital for Special Surgery.

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IRRAS Announces Key IRRAflow Commercial Milestones in Germany

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The covid-19 pandemic slowed the launch of this IRRA flow system, but the IRRAS team in Germany has been able to secure physician support for product evaluations and train hospital staff remotely in recent months. The evaluation will begin later in the 4 th quarter after product training has been completed for the nursing staff.