The New Yorker
3 August 2012
Text / Over 3000 Words
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Restaurant chains like the Cheesecake Factory combine quality control, affordability, and innovation in a way that the healthcare industry may be able to replicate. In Boston, John Wright began streamlining knee replacement. He's saved his hospital money and gotten patients healing faster and better.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/20/the-sense-of-an-ending-2
Rebecca Mead
The New Yorker
20 May 2013
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More than five million Americans have Alzheimer’s or similar illnesses, and that number is growing as the population ages - without any immediate prospect of a cure, advocacy groups have begun promoting ways to offer people with dementia a comfortable decline instead of imposing on them a medical model of care, which seeks to defer death through escalating interventions. An Arizona nursing home offers new ways to care for people with dementia.
http://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-04-2013/safe-health-care.html?intcmp=HPBB1F
Beth Howard
AARP Magazine
1 April 2013
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An estimated 6,000 "never events" — egregious errors like operations on the wrong limb or instruments left inside a surgical wound — occur every month among Medicare patients alone. Hospitals across the country are revamping their care programs to stop preventable injuries and deaths.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/a-new-health-care-approach-dont-hide-the-price
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
31 July 2013
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An Oklahoma surgery center made news by posting its prices online – a revolutionary idea in an industry where consumers normally are buying blind. This is a big reason health care costs so much, but recent months have seen great advances in transparency.
http://www.ohio.com/akron/business/long-term-drug-treatment-facilities-at-former-edwin-shaw-site-aim-to-fill-gaps-prevent-relapses
Jim Mackinnon
Akron Beacon Journal
25 October 2017
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Two organizations, called Hope United and Restore Addiction Recovery are obtaining land on an old hospital grounds to build long-term treatment facilities for opiate addicts. The idea is that, currently, the longest in-patient treatment programs are only 90 days and addicts need more time than this to recover from their addiction and really get on their feet. These new facilities will be year-long treatment programs and will include support services that continue after discharge, as well.
https://psmag.com/magazine/alcohol-for-alcoholics
Sasha Chapin
Pacific Standard
8 February 2018
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A facility in Ottawa called The Oaks gives alcoholics small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, and a place to live, to help them manage their addiction. Although research on the effectiveness of alcoholic recovery programs is limited, facilities like The Oaks that don't force abstinence from alcohol actually end up costing taxpayers less. This is because alcoholics in these facilities take fewer trips to the emergency room and have fewer run-ins with law enforcement, because they aren't on the streets binge drinking.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/finding-a-home-of-their-own-with-help-from-seattles-popsicle-place
Erika Schultz
The Seattle Times
25 June 2018
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Popsicle Palace, an organization that serves the Seattle area, provides housing for families with chronically ill children who are experiencing homelessness. The program designs rooms for children with compromised immune systems and also helps to transition families to single-family housing and out of homelessness.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/13/big-med
Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
3 August 2012
Text / Over 3000 Words
Restaurant chains like the Cheesecake Factory combine quality control, affordability, and innovation in a way that the healthcare industry may be able to replicate. In Boston, John Wright began streamlining knee replacement. He's saved his hospital money and gotten patients healing faster and better.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-looks-medical-marijuana-ease-opioid-crisis-n1035541
Daliah Singer
NBC News
2 August 2019
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States are looking for solutions to the nationwide opioid crisis, and marijuana may be one answer to that search. Two states, with a third on the way, are recommending medical marijuana in place of opioids to both reduce addiction and "normalize the conversation around the issue."
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/04/03/delaware-christianacare-monitoring-covid-19-patients-virtually/5112582002
Brittany Horn
The News Journal (Delaware Online)
3 April 2020
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In Delaware, doctors have turned to telehealth amidst the COVID19 pandemic to treat patients safely and remotely. Using systems called ChristianaCare and CarVio, doctors are monitoring more than 350 coronavirus-positive patients, reaching out to them up to four times daily. The platforms are also being used for individuals without COVID19, who need to see a doctor for other reasons, but don’t want to risk visiting in person.
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