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HM17: Plenaries – Conway and DeSalvo
March 22, 2017
The keynote speakers at HM17 are both optimistic about the future of the U.S. health care system, despite concerns about the rollback of the Affordable Care Act and what that could mean for access to care.
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A little rivaroxaban goes a long way
March 18, 2017
Reduced doses maintain effectiveness; still more effective than aspirin.
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Prediction: LVADs will rule end-stage heart failure
February 27, 2017
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Will mechanical circulatory support ultimately surpass heart transplantation?
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Big changes ahead in heart failure management
February 26, 2017
SNOWMASS, COLO.
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Selected elderly trauma patients do well in non–ICU wards
December 7, 2016
CORONADO, CALIF. – When elderly patients are appropriately triaged, they can be selectively admitted to non–intensive care wards with acceptable outcomes, results from a single-center study showed.
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First-in-kind study parsed risks of central lines in children
December 5, 2016
SAN DIEGO - Rising rates of pediatric venous thromboembolism in the United States underscore the need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of placing central lines.
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Observational hospital stays for HF linked to worse outcomes
December 5, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – Heart failure patients admitted as inpatients had significantly better outcomes than those admitted for an observational stay.
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Hospital factors play key role in readmission risk after surgery
November 28, 2016
CORONADO, CALIF. – Variation in readmission risk across hospitals following certain surgical procedures is more attributable to hospital factors than to patient characteristics, results from a large analysis demonstrated.
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Heart failure readmission metric not linked to care quality
November 15, 2016
A new analysis suggests that metrics used by CMS to determine penalties for heart failure hospital readmissions are not associated with quality of care or overall clinical outcomes.
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Long-term opioid use uncommon among trauma patients
November 14, 2016
Trauma patients don’t appear to be at an increased risk of long-term opioid use.
