Enhanced recovery programs improve oncologic surgical care
The increased focus on helping surgical oncology patients recover from surgery sooner and more completely has implications beyond the operating room. Enhanced recovery programs (ERPs)...
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Study reveals how state laws affect access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
State laws in the US that require medical doctors (MDs) to determine which medications a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) can prescribe, and...
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A daily pill to treat covid could be just months away, scientists say
Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood...
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Study highlights how telehealth can facilitate treatment for people with opioid use disorder
The majority of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face access barriers to evidence-based treatment. While the COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to address OUD...
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UVA Health receives federal grant to expand the program for battling burnout among healthcare providers
UVA Health has received $2.14 million in federal support to expand its nationally lauded program that is battling burnout among healthcare providers and helping them...
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Hygienists brace for pitched battles with dentists in fights over practice laws
This year, the Illinois legislature was considering measures to expand oral health treatment in a state where millions of people live in dental care deserts....
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As covid hits nursing homes’ finances, town residents fight to save Alzheimer’s facility
Marvin Querry, 86, was on his tractor, planting rye on his 770-acre western Missouri farm, when the call came in early November. Navigating Aging...
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MU researchers receive grant to increase confidence about COVID-19 vaccine among nurses
As an assistant teaching professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, Stefanie Birk knows there are nursing students unsure of how to talk with...
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Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients
Higher cost of care and worse patient outcomes are associated with incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in acute care settings, according to analysis published in...
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Staff preconceptions about minoritized groups linked to variability in advanced dementia care
A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine (JAMA IM) found several factors – including staff assumptions about...
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Study quantifies the impact of COVID-19, workplace wellness and long shifts on nurses’ health
A new study from The Ohio State University College of Nursing quantifies how the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with variable workplace wellness cultures and long shifts...
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Risk factors for COVID-19 among US healthcare workers
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused massive economic and health crises worldwide, and some of the most at-risk individuals are healthcare workers. While many...