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One of the great challenges in the whole world of quality and patient safety is learning to take advantage of the richness of clinical cases, says Robert M. Wachter, MD, professor and associate chairman in the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and chief of the medical service at UCSF Medical Center.
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Toenail Chromium in Men With Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Combination of Fenofibrate and Rosiglitazone and HDL Cholesterol; Outcomes for Patients with Diet-Controlled Diabetes; Erythromycin and the Risk of Sudden Death; Acute Hyperglycemia, Mood, and Cognitive Performance in Type 2 Diabetics; Psychosocial Risk Factors and Risk of Acute MI.
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With at least eight California hospitals closed in 2004 and more closings expected before years end, the nations quality managers could not be blamed for hoping that this time the adage that Everything starts in California does not prove true.
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A new planning guide funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is designed to help communities nationwide make sure that all Americans have needed drugs and vaccines in the event of a natural epidemic or bioterrorist attack.
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Age issues cast doubt on intradermal flu shots, SARS transmission requires close contact.
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Almost one-third of heart failure patients face an increased risk of death because they do not receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, according to a report in the Aug. 3, 2004, rapid-access issue of Circulation: Journal
of the American Heart Association.
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Infection control professionals are rolling out their severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) plans and steeling themselves for overwhelmed emergency departments (ED) after the nations leading ED clinicians warned that a perfect storm may be forming this influenza season.
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