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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

STAT News

An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine. days, it estimated, she would be ready to leave her nursing home.

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How to Reduce Your Chance of Medication Errors

Triage Cancer

Medication errors in healthcare facilities include dispensing the wrong drug or the wrong dosage, drug overdoses, and overlooked drug interactions and allergies. Lastly, nurses can give a patient the wrong medication, or give a medication at the wrong time. Tell your doctors about any medication-related allergies and/or side effects.

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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

The Pharma Data

30, 2020 — Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Though she had always planned to become a nurse, it wasn’t until after her transplant that it felt like more of a calling, Fogelman said.

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First Foods & Their Impact on Infant Gut Health Research Study

Trialfacts

It is ranked in the top 150 tertiary institutions in the US and offers a variety of associate, bachelor, master’s, and doctoral programs. Please note : In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Delaware continues to prioritize the health and safety of our community.

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Fauci Warns of Another Surge of COVID Cases After Thanksgiving Travel

The Pharma Data

Priority is also likely to be given to nursing home residents and staff, followed by other vulnerable populations. The product was developed in collaboration with government researchers from the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “We have to immunize for impact,” he said.

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Britain Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

The Pharma Data

Still, the temperature requirement could dictate who will be vaccinated first in Britain: While nursing home residents were supposed to be the top priority under an advisory committee’s plans, efforts to limit transportation of the vaccine may mean that National Health Service staff will receive the shots first, the Times reported.

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Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID Vaccine, White House Says

The Pharma Data

27, 2021 — Retired doctors and nurses are being called to the front lines of the U.S. The rules, drafted under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, will also be adapted to allow licensed doctors, nurses and health practitioners to administer shots across state lines, Zients said. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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