The New Yorker
13 May 2020
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is starting to shift toward reopening and recovery. Looking to healthcare professionals as models for doing so can help. A five-part strategy, tested and implemented at Boston’s Mass General Brigham hospital, has shown promise in its ability to reduce spread amongst hospital workers. It includes: hand-washing, social distancing, mask-wearing, regular health screenings, and cultural shifts toward working better together as communities. Key to this strategy is employing all of the measures in synchronicity.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/a-depression-fighting-strategy-that-could-go-viral
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
4 December 2014
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A strategy for stopping widespread depression in developing countries should be as obvious as one for combatting epidemics. A new strategy aims to downshift jobs to local workers to act as peer therapists.
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/04/269551459/an-afghan-success-story-fewer-child-deaths
Sean Carberry
NPR
4 February 2014
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Child mortality rates are decreasing in Afghanistan due to more readily available basic health care, more effective vaccinations, and locally-trained volunteer health workers.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/an-end-to-polio-in-india
Esha Chhabra
The New York Times
5 March 2014
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India has, for years, been a hotbed of polio. Supported by the WHO as well as local health-care workers, immunizations have officially rid the country of the disease. There are still challenges in maintaining records and reaching everyone, but the message continously changes and adapts.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/at-years-end-news-of-a-global-health-success
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
19 December 2012
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Child mortality rates in third-world countries are often shockingly high. But they are gradually decreasing due to efforts that target contagious diseases and more widespread health education.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/better-hand-washing-through-technology
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
25 April 2011
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Washing hands in between contact with patients is one of the most important things a healthcare worker can do to prevent the spread of disease and reduce the rise of superbugs like MRSA. A new technology is increasing rates of hand washing by displaying, via a sensor in an employee's badge, whether the healthcare provider has washed their hands recently.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/caring-for-mentally-ill-3-countiesrsquo-success-stories
Brian M. Rosenthal
The Seattle Times
6 October 2013
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There is a mental-health capacity crisis gripping Washington state. The area’s response approach, crafted over two decades, centers on a set of intensive outpatient and early-intervention programs aimed at preventing hospitalizations.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/for-v-a-hospitals-and-patients-a-major-health-victory
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
30 January 2015
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Although patients go to hospitals to receive medical care, many Americans will acquire infections that did not already have them. The United States as a whole has made modest progress at reducing the rates of hospital-acquired infections. Spearheading the efforts, the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers have devised anti-MRSA strategies to keep patients safe.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/in-delivery-rooms-reducing-births-of-convenience
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
7 May 2014
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The rate of Cesarean sections is on the rise in the United States, despite the higher risks of hysterectomy, hemorrhage, and infection, as well as the elevated expense. San Francisco General’s maternity ward, however, stands as an outlier by following evidence-based medicine that suggests decreasing C-sections and has also shifted from a pay-per-service incentive for the doctors to a salary or shift position.
http://womensenews.org/story/health/150417/in-detroit-hospital-black-babies-are-latching
Molly Ginty
Women's eNews
20 April 2015
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Many African American women are reluctant to breastfeed their babies. The Mother Nuture Project at Detroit’s St. John Hospital and Medical Center offers peer counseling to educate women (mostly African American) and encourage breastfeeding. Mother Nurture’s program has helped boost breastfeeding rates from 46 percent to 64 percent.
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/inviting-patients-to-help-decide-their-own-treatment
Anna Gorman
Kaiser Health News
16 March 2015
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The Patient Support Corps at UC San Francisco Medical Center pairs interns with patients to provide support during visits. The program, which now acts as a model for other hospitals, encourages patients to speak up and offers them the information needed to make decisions about their care, rather than having the doctors make the decision for them.
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