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The American Nurses Association reports 8 out of 10 nurses say they frequently work with joint or back pain. The nursing profession has the highest rate…
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Eighty percent of hospitals in New York state face penalties based on the number of Medicare patients that are readmitted into their care.The federal…
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Upstate Medical University Hospital’s community campus has added a new unit for older patients who may need a little more time recovering from a hospital…
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Hospitals have been working for years to digitize patient medical records, but now New York state is expanding a system to centralize the record-keeping…
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Now that the state budget is done, the focus at the Capitol is shifting to other priorities, including whether to allow medical marijuana. Advocates came…
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Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse is expanding it’s relationship with a North Country hospital. Agreements like the one between St. Joe’s and the Lewis…
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Hospitals around the country are all under the same pressures: a turn toward outpatient and preventive care, low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement…
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A recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that, despite healthcare spending that has reached nearly $3 trillion each year in…
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A new law requires New York hospitals to screen newborns for heart defects; unemployment rates are down in the state (for the most part); if you don't…
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Many health care providers don’t know when their patients are admitted or discharged from the hospital or seen by an ambulance crew. That makes it harder…