Health

Emory University Hospital Leads Efforts To Reduce Consequences Of Alarm Fatigue

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Emory University Hospital Leads Efforts To Reduce Consequences Of Alarm Fatigue

Tech Startup InpharmD, WellStar Sign Deal To Provide Mobile Medical App

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Tech Startup InpharmD, WellStar Sign Deal To Provide Mobile Medical App

Creating Country Doctors: Mercer’s Mission Vital To Georgia

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Creating Country Doctors: Mercer’s Mission Vital To Georgia

The cost of drugs – and health care in general — can be financially devastating for an uninsured individual or family. The Commonwealth Fund, in its 2018 state scorecard, said that 17 percent of Georgia adults were going without needed care due to cost.

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Medicine Donation Program Helps Many Georgians Who Can’t Afford What They Need

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Aug 8, 2018

WalletHub, a personal finance website, compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia on 40 measures of cost, accessibility and outcome of health care. Georgia ranked 30th, 50th and 42nd, respectively, on those three measures.

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Georgia’s Latest Health Rank Is More Of The Same

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Aug 7, 2018

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It’s ‘Shark Tank’ For Global Health Inventions

Vicky Hallett • Aug 6, 2018

Lyme disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of reported tick-borne diseases has more than doubled in 13 years. Diseases spread by ticks vary from region to region across the nation, and those regions are expanding.

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Lyme Disease: A Complex Medical Challenge

Georgia Health News • Aug 1, 2018

Nearly 1.4 million people are cared for in skilled nursing facilities in the United States. When nursing homes are short-staffed, nurses and aides scramble to deliver meals, transport bedbound residents to bathrooms and answer calls for pain medication, Kaiser Health News reports.

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Feds Report Serious Shortage Of Registered Nurses At Many Ga. Nursing Homes

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Jul 31, 2018

Gov. Nathan Deal announced a new interim director for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services – the third leader in less than a year.

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New Chief Named For Ga. Family, Children Services; Current Leader Takes Job In LA

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Jul 27, 2018