After incorporating machine learning technology into its fall prevention program El Camino Hospital significantly improved fall rates.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

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Patient Falls Drop 39% with Prescriptive Analytics
After incorporating machine learning technology into its fall prevention program El Camino Hospital significantly improved fall rates.
 

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Electronic Alerts Help Reduce Missed Sepsis Diagnosis in Children
Using this method to identify children in a pediatric emergency department with severe sepsis reduced missed diagnoses by 76%.
7 Ways to Fight Opioid Abuse
Groups are fighting the opioid epidemic in innovative and unusual ways, from suing the manufacturers, to using big data, to prescribing heroin.
Nurses Drive Change in Patient Safety Improvements
In many instances, RNs are driving institutional improvements by moving from a reactive to a proactive stance in investigating adverse safety events.
Former Pharma Rep's New Mission: To School Docs On High Drug Costs
He works for Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan and when he visits physicians, he champions generic drugs.
T1D Patient Advocacy Group 'Deeply Upset' Over AHCA Provisions on Pre-Existing Conditions
People with Type 1 diabetes are among the most vulnerable to coverage changes outlined in the American Health Care Act.
Can Drones Slash Emergency Response Times?
Study shows that response times plummeted when a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator was used for simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest episodes.
 

AROUND THE WEB

Vanderbilt launches first network of ICU recovery clinics in the U.S.
Source: Nashville Public Radio
Can a single injection conquer PTSD? The Army wants to find out
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Doctors win in FL 'docs vs. glocks' legal tussle
Source: The Orlando Sentinel
Hospitals to add boxes for unused prescription drugs
Source: The News & Observer
Whistle-blower files federal suit over alleged double-booked surgeries
Source: The Boston Globe
 

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