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  • Hospitals Focus on Doing No Harm

    February 02, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    Hospitals across the United States are trying, in systematic ways, to reduce the risk of infection and other preventable dangers that can leave patients in worse shape after their stay. Some of the approaches include limiting entrances and exits during surgeries and administering antibiotics in a timely manner.

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  • Reducing Preventable Harm in Hospitals

    January 26, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Agencies and hospitals working together want methods and protocols with which to guard better against the risks that can harm the patient. The key may be the "Swiss cheese model," by which a hospital must have multiple lines of defense to compensate for each individual system's weaknesses.

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  • Reducing Unnecessary C-Section Births

    January 19, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A pilot project in hospitals in California finds ways to avoid Caesarean sections when the expense and risks are not medically necessary. The need to avoid C-sections stems from the dangers the operation poses to mothers.

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  • In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel to Death's Door

    January 12, 2016 |

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    The palliative care system in Kerala, India, has been singled out as a beacon of hope in offering the possibility of a dignified death to everyone by safely providing morphine.

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  • How to Fix the Country's Failing Schools. And How Not To.

    January 09, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Union City, New Jersey

    Newark, N.J., had major politicians and investments try to "flip" its school system; the much smaller Union City had teachers and parents. The solution was no silver bullet—just the slow and steady approach of gradual improvement.

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  • How Training Without Helmets Could Reduce Head Injuries

    January 06, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, New Hampshire

    To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study of a successful Division I football program.

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  • An Investment Strategy to Save the Planet

    January 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In light of climate change, New York State's Common Retirement Fund, the country's third-largest pension fund, decided to invest in a way that rewards companies with low carbon footprints.

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  • A Twist on Caring for a Parent: Move Into the Home

    January 04, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A few adult children have found that the simplest arrangement can be found in an apartment at the same retirement community, as it enables them to care for their elderly parents efficiently.

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  • Report Finds Juvenile Program Failed to Reduce Robberies, but Police Are Expanding It

    January 04, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Despite the lack of success shown in a 2014 report, police officials say the Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program is valuable because of the good will it creates.

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  • Number of Traffic Deaths in New York Falls for a Second Straight Year

    January 01, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A second year of decline demonstrates that a project to reduce traffic fatalities works, said a safety advocate, who called on the mayor to expand the effort, termed Vision Zero, which lowers speed limits and raises enforcement.

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