Providers often tell patients to take the full script of prescribed antibiotics, even if symptoms subside prior to that time. However, STAT reports many healthcare experts say this methodology is misguided.
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More than 350 organizations sent a letter to President Donald Trump regarding their support for vaccines, according to the Washington Post.
Kaiser Health News interviewed Michael Botticelli, the former director of the National Drug Control Policy, about his take on the nation's opioid crisis and whether the Trump administration will prove effective in fighting the battle.
Orthopedic surgeon David Levine, MD, is the new medical director for New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery's ASC, according to Militech.
With more than 1 million American dying from sepsis annually, providers follow a set of protocols to mitigate a patient's risk of sepsis.
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Richmond, Va.-based Kaleo is facing heat from Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL-Minn.) over the company's auto-injector device that carries a $4,500 price tag, CNBC reports.
Each year, hospital-acquired infections cost billions of dollars, with the five most common types adding up to $9.8 billion each year, according to The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy data.
Diabetes became one of the costliest and fastest growing issues in the United States, after it topped a list of the nation's costliest chronic conditions, The Sacramento Bee reports.
Annie McKee, PhD, a senior fellow at the Pittsburgh-based University of Pennsylvania and the director of the university's PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program, interviewed 35 CMOs and compiled their responses into five strategies for coping with stress, according to an American…
Hospitals and health IT companies spanning the nation saved 69,519 lives in 2016, The Patient Safety Movement Foundation announced at the 5th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in Dana Point, Calif., Yahoo! Finance reports.