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A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids' Lives

Ken Picard

March 04, 2015 |

Seven Days |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Medical providers, tech experts and business professionals joined together to create in Vermont to create MEDSINC, a mobile app that helps people with no medical background to treat children with health risks. The "mobile intelligence software" provides a list of questions to help assess a child's health risks and, based on results, offers treatment suggestions. An early pilot shows, "the app's recommendations have corresponded to those of actual pediatricians 94 percent of the time."

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How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?

Stephen J. Dubner

February 04, 2015 |

Freakonomics |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Studying the outcomes of public health delivery can lack a scientific methodology. MIT economists have applied the methodology of randomized controlled trial (RCT) to study the effect of the Medicaid expansion plan in Oregon. These researchers look into how the new healthcare coverage affects clinical outcomes, emergency-room use, and employment.

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For V.A. Hospitals (and Patients), a Major Health Victory

Tina Rosenberg

January 30, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Although patients go to hospitals to receive medical care, many Americans will acquire infections that did not already have them. The United States as a whole has made modest progress at reducing the rates of hospital-acquired infections. Spearheading the efforts, the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers have devised anti-MRSA strategies to keep patients safe.

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Managed Care Plans Make Progress In Erasing Racial Disparities

Lisa Aliferis

December 17, 2014 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, California

Management of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar improved nationwide, yet African-Americans still "substantially" trailed whites. The Kaiser’s clinic in California is closing this racial gap by creating registries of people with various conditions to identify those who are missing preventive care and or better management.

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Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

Tina Rosenberg

December 11, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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Prescribing Vegetables, Not Pills

Jane E. Brody

December 01, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit organization that advocates for access to better food in low-income neighborhoods runs a program based on a simple idea to deal with a complex problem: instead of drugs or admonishments to lose weight, doctors provide families with a “prescription” to eat fruits and vegetables, as well as other tools to improve their health.

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Looking a Dangerous Disease in the Mouth

David Bornstein

October 30, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

Tooth decay affects children from all backgrounds, but it’s concentrated among low-income and rural populations, who have the most difficulty accessing and affording dental care. One approach gaining momentum in the United States to extend access to underserved groups is based on an idea that was pioneered in New Zealand 93 years ago, and has been adopted in more than 50 countries - the idea is to train “dental therapists,” who, like dental hygienists, work under the supervision of dentists, but who can also drill teeth and perform non-complex extractions.

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Ebola: How Nigeria and Senegal stopped the disease ‘dead in its tracks'

Geoffrey York

October 19, 2014 |

The Globe and Mail |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

When the Ebola virus struck Nigeria and Senegal the governments of both countries took several steps to prevent an outbreak. Both countries responded to the first reported case quickly, traced all of the people that the patient had come into contact with prior to diagnosis and monitored them twice daily for signs of the virus. This public health campaign aimed to dispel fear and educate communities on prevention of Ebola.

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Saving India's mothers through mobile phones

Priyanka Borpujari

September 15, 2014 |

Al Jazeera |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Mumbai

Expectant mothers encounter numerous hurdles during pregnancy and childbirth. A pilot project in Mumbai called mMitra sends weekly voice messages to new and expecting mothers, providing critical information and advice on how to maintain their own health and that of their child. Hundreds of women have registered for the program, helping not only to increase the number of healthy pregnancies and births, but creating indirect impacts such as eliminating taboos against morning sickness and raising awareness of the importance of women's health in general.

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What Doctors Can't Do

Tina Rosenberg

August 28, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Many low income citizens feel as though they are restricted from getting medical attention and often stay trapped in their problems. Home visits offer a positive solution.

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