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3-Year Study of NPs in the Emergency Department: Worse Outcomes, Higher Costs

3-Year Study of NPs in the Emergency Department: Worse Outcomes, Higher Costs

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According to a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. This higher preventable hospitalization rate “may reflect two possibilities,” says the paper, authored by David Chan, MD, PhD, associate professor of health policy at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Yiqun Chen, PhD, assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois …

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Emergency department for mental health care in western Massachusetts fluctuates

Emergency department for mental health care in western Massachusetts fluctuates

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BOSTON (SHNS) – When the chief of Western Massachusetts’ largest behavioral health provider woke up on Thursday, 39 people were still waiting in emergency departments around greater Springfield in need of psychiatric treatment beds. . Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield reports doubling of mental health visits That number isn’t unusual, according to Behavioral Health Network …

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Welcome to our new faculty! - Department of Surgery

Welcome to our new faculty! – Department of Surgery

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Katherine Bakke, MD, MPH is one of our new assistant professors in the Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery. She will be based at Unity Point-Meriter Hospital, where she will focus primarily on clinical care and her duties as Director of the Regional General Surgery Outreach Program, developing initiatives to improve access to …

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