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  • Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don't they?

    Sarah Kliff

    July 09, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Even though most central line infections are preventable, they are a leading cause of death in the United States. The core of the problem resides in a hospital's approach, whether they put the effort into treating patients like they are in a car crash or a plane crash. Roseville Medical Center looked at the mistakes of other hospitals and have revolutionized how they treat central lines with a new checklist, a specialized vascular team tasked with the central lines, and annual competency tests for contract nurses.

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  • Wisconsin is learning how to die

    Sarah Kliff

    May 28, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, La Crosse, Wisconsin

    Encouraging conversations with doctors about end-of-life care helps to normalize the process for patients, and ultimately helps to reduce medical costs. The Respecting Choices program developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, provides a model for doctors to follow in discussing end-of-life care with patients. Following the script helps patient’s engage in difficult conversations and allows doctors to make advanced planning a part of a patient’s medical record. Such planning also reduces end of life costs.

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  • Experiments show this is the best way to win campaigns. But is anyone actually doing it?

    David Broockman Joshua Kalla

    November 13, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Research shows that having in-person interactions with voters is by far the best way to increase turnout. It’s not simply knocking on doors. It’s about having genuine conversations. But political campaigns typically spend almost all their money on TV ads instead.

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  • Colorado offered free birth control — and teen abortions fell by 42 percent

    German Lopez

    July 07, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado has seen a dramatic decrease in teen pregnancy rates after a privately funded program worked to offer intrauterine devices (IUDs) at little or no cost to low-income women. The program, combined with other factors, is being partially credited with helping Colorado see a decrease in both teen birth rates and teen abortion rates, although funding is in jeopardy.

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