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Dec 18, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthy diet could save $50 billion in healthcare costs

Suboptimal diet costs about $300 per person, accounting for 18% of all heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes costs in the country.

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Dec 12, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Roper St. Francis Healthcare launches multi-hospital tele-ICU initiative with Advanced ICU Care

The bedside teams at RSFH's three hospitals will be supported on a 24/7 basis by Advanced…

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Oct 24, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

One-fifth of patients are prescribed opioids after cardiac device implantation surgery

Prescription opioids are a major contributor to the opioid epidemic and are linked to prescription…

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Oct 21, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

How health insurance literacy can affect the financial hardship of cancer

Few adults have the knowledge and ability to obtain health insurance information that can impact their ability to…

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Oct 18, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Sleep apnea treatment associated with lower healthcare costs

PAP adherence also was associated with a significantly lower number of emergency department visits and inpatient stays.

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Oct 10, 2019 | Susan Morse

Pressure ulcers cost the health system $26.8 billion a year

UCLA researchers have found that pressure ulcers first form on the inside of the body at a cellular level, says researcher and CEO…

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Sep 11, 2019 | Susan Morse

SDOH: Horizon BCBS New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health and state partner on value-based model

Racial disparities show New Jersey's maternal mortality rate is 38.1 deaths per 100,000 births,…

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Jul 29, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Women and minorities underrepresented in emergency medicine, new research shows

Less than a quarter of newly certified paramedics are female, and only about 5 percent of EMTs self-identify…

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Jul 24, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Diverting avoidable emergency department visits could save healthcare $32 billion annually

Primary care services rendered by hospital EDs come with substantially higher price tags than in…

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Jul 23, 2019 | Jeff Lagasse

Nurses may not have adequate instruction on how to respond to a catastrophe

Events that are less likely to occur, but have greater impact when they do, usually receive fewer training hours.

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