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  • Where Pregnancy Isn't A Death Sentence

    April 06, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ondo

    In the Nigeria state of Ondo the maternal mortality rate fell by 40 percent after the state unrolled the Abiye vanguard program. Over 400 health vanguard’s were hired to ensure that pregnant women delivered their babies in healthcare facilities, rather than with traditional birth attendants. “94.7 percent of deliveries today are now handled by skilled attendants, compared to 38 percent nationwide.”

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  • Victims of violence finding new hope in hospitals

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Across the country, hospitals are embracing intensive intervention programs to help victims of violence — including those who have criminal histories — after they have been brought in for treatment of injuries. Such programs can help prevent retaliation, reduce the chance a patient will be violently injured again, and put people on track for success.

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  • A career close to home: Taos nursing program a model of workforce development

    November 14, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

    A UNM-Taos nursing program has been touted by the college and the hospital as a great example of workforce development in a community that has long struggled with economic development. As leaders continue to look for ways to diversify the economy beyond low-paying tourism and service industry gigs, the program might be one example of how to effectively merge education and workforce development.

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  • Medicaid Finds Opportune Time to Offer Birth Control: Right After Birth

    October 28, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

    In South Carolina, a Medicaid program is offering long-acting contraceptives during a new mother’s hospital stay, while she is still eligible for the benefit. Other states are following suit.

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  • Overcoming ancient taboos, organ donors give gift of life

    August 12, 2016 |

    Shanghai Daily |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    With the help of public awareness campaigns and modern technology, hospitals in Shanghai are helping to combat cultural taboos and successfully increase the number of voluntary organ donations in the country.

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  • Connecting for rural health

    July 18, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

    Rural hospitals in New Mexico are isolated and scattered across the state, struggling to support low-income communities who have a difficult time getting access to their health care. In 2014, six hospitals banded together to create the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, a cooperative effort to improve medical care across the small hospitals in the state. The Network has since scaled to ten hospitals and its system has benefited from the exchanges of ideas and an improvement in administrative efficiency.

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  • Health officials are trying to curtail violence by treating trauma, but the people who need help most are not seeking it

    July 16, 2016 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore and other cities saw an increase in violence and individuals repeatedly ending up in the hospital with serious injuries, which mass jailing did not solve, leading to the creation of Shock Trauma's Violence Intervention program. This program's specialist-Ross assesses and tries to convince victims of violence to enter the program which helps them deal with their past trauma in order not to retaliate and instigate more violence, for those who engage in the program it is quite successful.

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  • Homeless People Are Older and Sicker Than Ever. Here's One Way to Help.

    June 30, 2016 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Medical care for the homeless used to be served only in a hospital emergency room, where patients were released before fully-recovered and often needed to return multiple times for treatment. San Francisco’s Respite program offers medical care to the sickest of the homeless population who frequent the emergency room. Statistics show that people who use the Respite program are less likely to need further treatment at the emergency room and former patients have praised it as a lifesaver.

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  • A video fix for rural healthcare's challenges

    June 30, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    The Access to Critical Cerebral Support Services (ACCESS) program in New Mexico allows Albuquerque specialists to video call into rural hospitals to give advice and direction in the case of stroke victims. The program saves smaller communities from having to fly patients who are having a stroke to larger cities, which often takes up critical time in which a patient needs to be treated.

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  • Doctors Get Creative To Soothe Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery

    June 29, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Undergoing surgery is a stress-inducing prospect for anyone, but children are especially vulnerable to anxiety prior to operations. To avoid using risky anti-anxiety medications on young patients, two anesthesiologists at the Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford have developed creative techniques to distract children from their forthcoming surgeries. They use toys and a unique low-cost video projection system called BERT-Bedside Entertainment Theater.

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