Health

Emory University Hospital Leads Efforts To Reduce Consequences Of Alarm Fatigue

WABE

Emory University Hospital Leads Efforts To Reduce Consequences Of Alarm Fatigue

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

WABE

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

NPR

New Drug Wipes Out Malaria In A Single Dose — But There’s One Hitch

Michaeleen Doucleff • Jul 26, 2018

Other

Unfrozen: Feds Restore Payments Under Disputed ACA Program

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Jul 26, 2018

The Health Law Partnership -- a collaboration among Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Georgia State University College of Law and Atlanta Legal Aid -- assists low-income families with a vulnerable child patient who are having trouble with benefits, housing, education support or other issues.

Other

Ga. Doctors, Lawyers Team Up To Help Ailing Children In Low-Income Families

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Jul 24, 2018

The new lawsuit, from the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) and the American College of Emergency Physicians, seeks to force Blue Cross to end its emergency care payment policy.

Other

Physicians Groups Sue Over Blue Cross Denial Of Some ER Claims

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Jul 18, 2018

A worker with NOVO Health Services in Atlanta places a washed sheet into a machine that will iron and fold it. NOVO is one of the accredited facilities that provides laundry service for health care facilities.

Other

Clean Linens Are Safe Linens, And Hospitals Don’t Take Them For Granted

Georgia Health News • Jul 17, 2018

The West Nile virus is a disease spread through mosquito bites. It is most commonly discovered during summer and fall months when mosquito activity is more common.

AP

DeKalb Board Of Health: West Nile Virus-Positive Mosquitoes Found In Tucker

Associated Press • Jul 17, 2018