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Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experience, improved somewhat more slowly under public reporting, and are likely to fare poorly under value-based purchasing.
Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overweight or obese. And among children under the age of six, nearly one in five is overweight or obese. Obese people are far more likely to develop chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, heart…
This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and designated team responsibility to improve documentation and compliance with perioperative beta-blocker administration.
A video on how to care for blind or sight-impaired individuals in a hospital