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  • Syria's War on Doctors

    June 27, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Syria, Aleppo

    In Syria, medical personnel are at risk of death as hospitals are frequent targets of bombing. With few medical specialists treating an assortment of injuries and diseases under the most dangerous circumstances, doctors began an underground network. This network installs cameras in hospital rooms to send pictures over mobile media to doctors abroad, doctors working on-site change their names, and animal waste powers the operations.

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  • Music therapists, once marginalized, come into the mainstream at children's hospitals

    June 27, 2016 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Hospitals can be stressful places for children and their families, but music therapy can help ease some of that stress. At Boston Children's Hospital, music therapists help children complete tasks such as using the restroom or having their blood drawn, and sometimes they even help families say goodbye to their children. Music therapy has been shown to help premature babies develop, normalize blood pressure and heart rate, and improve motor control.

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  • In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits

    June 22, 2016 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    ER staff often have no idea they are sharing patients with other hospitals just a mile away. So they treat those patients completely independently, often repeating tests unnecessarily, assigning them multiple case managers when only one is needed and offering contradictory advice. In Alameda County, hospitals are now sharing patient records of “super-users” to save money and avoid duplicating medical treatment.

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  • Surgery without scalpels

    June 14, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    People suffering from tremors often have to dramatically alter their lifestyles to accommodate the involuntary muscle movements, but Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center Hospital are piloting a new approach that uses non-invasive surgery to remedy essential tremors. Although it's only been used on a small scale so far, the doctors are finding success with the focused ultrasound treatment.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Healing Hurt People's small victories in Philly may translate to Cleveland

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Victims of violence that end up in the emergency room can return within two years with more injuries because of retaliation efforts. Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that assists individuals who need medical care and mental health services. The hospital and social work collaboration helps reduce emergency room costs.

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  • When Cleaning Is A Matter Of Life And Death

    May 24, 2016 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    A collaborative approach to cleaning protocols has helped a group of hospitals in New York to reduce infection rates for the "most common hospital-borne infection in U.S. hospitals." The cleaning staff are crucial to this endeavor that focuses on using a "shared, scientifically-proven cleaning method" to keep the hospital rooms free of the bacteria.

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  • Finding Organ Donors Concealed in Plain Sight

    May 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Organ donation waiting lists can often hold wait times of months or even years. Thousands of lives could be saved with better ways to reach to the millions of Americans willing to donate an organ.

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  • Eradicating hepatitis C is within reach

    May 16, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Hepatitis C is a deadly disease that has yet to be eradicated in the United States (and worldwide). Organizations in El Paso and across the country are working to get people tested and treated for the virus.

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  • Using Tweets and Posts to Speed Up Organ Donation

    May 10, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A grateful recipient of a new heart has inspired a drive to vastly enlarge the pool of prospective organ donors.

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  • Beth Israel Deaconess examines mistakes made after patients die

    May 02, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    One of Boston's major teaching hospitals is examining how it handles patients’ bodies and supports family members after a death.

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