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  • The Common Sense Move That Reduced California's Teen Pregnancy Rate by 60 Percent

    April 14, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A “comprehensive, medically accurate and age- and culturally-appropriate" sexual education model, rather than the popular abstinence-only one, has been the key element in California's huge reduction in rates of teen pregnancy.

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  • Turning to Big, Big Data to See What Ails the World

    April 09, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Public health, and large amounts of data behind it, is changing in today's world. The Global Burden of Disease Report, involving hundreds of scientists over the course of many years, aims to find out what makes humans sick and disabled.

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  • Fighting TB with a Drive-in Film and Test

    April 03, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    Slow test results make it difficult to stop the spread of tuberculosis. Using faster diagnostic technology and driving vans to rural areas in Tanzania, GeneXpert is making progress in treating this curable disease.

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  • Company Thinks It Has Answer for Lower Health Costs: Customer Service

    March 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The health care system in the United States is not only expensive, but also its social inequities and infrastructure fail to aid patients’ individual needs. Iora Primary Care in Seattle offers a monthly stipend for physicians as well as a financial bonus for how much money is saved on avoiding expensive care. Iora’s model of care also prides itself on health coaches, who offer support for dietary needs and day to day living necessities.

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  • Health Care Systems Try to Cut Costs by Aiding the Poor and Troubled

    March 22, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Some medical conditions are costly no matter what, but many super utilizers rack up costs for avoidable reasons related to poverty, homelessness, mental illness, etc. and visit the ER to be safe for a night. A pilot program, in Minnesota, is reducing avoidable hospital use by fixing patients’ problems before they become expensive medical issues.

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  • Recycling Unused Medicines to Save Money and Lives

    March 20, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    One in five seniors reports cutting back on basics like food or heat to afford prescription drugs - for many, cutting back on medicine led to faster health declines, increased hospitalizations and premature death. Sirum, a new nonprofit, was designed to make it easy for institutions to donate medicines with the assurance that they would be safely transported and dispensed to people who needed them.

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  • New organ donation system all about heart

    March 17, 2015 |

    Shanghai Daily |

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    Response Location: China

    Organ donation in China has become increasingly transparent in recent years, leading to an increase in the number of people agreeing to donate. Now that there is a transparent, national donation system this trend is expected to continue.

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  • Inviting Patients To Help Decide Their Own Treatment

    March 16, 2015 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Patient Support Corps at UC San Francisco Medical Center pairs interns with patients to provide support during visits. The program, which now acts as a model for other hospitals, encourages patients to speak up and offers them the information needed to make decisions about their care, rather than having the doctors make the decision for them.

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  • In this Manila 'baby factory,' why women put up with crowding four to a bed

    March 09, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Manila

    Fabella Hospital in Manila is overrun with women in labor or recovering, it exemplifies the overpopulation of the area due to a lack of contraception and family planning access. The Philippines’ Reproductive Health Bill hopes to change this by allowing contraception to be available at public health places and allowing family planning services at these facilities.

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  • Police and the mentally ill: LAPD praised as a model for nation

    March 09, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    LAPD's special team, the Mental Evaluation Unit, is teaming up police officers with mental health clinicians to better approach and address individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. Rather than sending them to jail - where resources are limited and a vicious cycle often results - the teams help ensure patients get the medical care they need, preventing brushes with the law and county millions of dollars and freed up thousands of hours of patrol time. Their model is being replicated nation-wide.

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