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How one hospital's navigators reduced avoidable readmissions

May 16, 2012

Learn how Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center implemented a program to help high-risk, underinsured patients get the primary and preventive care they need and deter inappropriate trips to the ED.

Is 'gambling' an addiction? How about 'internet shopping'?

May 16, 2012

Is "internet shopping" an addiction? How about gambling? Proposed changes to the American Psychiatric Association's influential diagnostic manual could reclassify as many as 20 million more U.S. residents as addicts.

Doctors win 80% of medical malpractice cases at trial

May 16, 2012

Although few medical malpractice claims make their way to a jury trial, physicians win 79.6% of those that do, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Court strikes down NLRB's planned union expansion

May 16, 2012

A federal judge this week struck down a planned expansion of union formation powers—an expansion opposed by the American Hospital Association—on procedural grounds.

Study: 25% of willing kidney donors were too obese

May 16, 2012

Researchers at North Shore-LIJ Health System have identified a new public health challenge: the nation's growing obesity problem may be hindering organ donation, too.

Medical first: Surgeons restore mobility to quadriplegic patient's hand

May 16, 2012

In a historic first, surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored partial mobility to the hand of a quadriplegic patient.

Health costs for family of four will top $20,000 for first time

May 16, 2012

Average annual health costs for a family of four with employer-provided coverage will reach $20,728 this year, exceeding $20,000 for the first time, according to a new study.

Trauma patients more likely to survive without disabilities at top centers

May 16, 2012

Patients with severe injuries are more likely to survive and leave the hospital without a disability when they are treated at a Level I trauma center, according to a study in the Annals of Surgery.