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The Potentially Deadly Bacterium That's on Everyone's Skin

November 28, 2018

A close relative of MRSA, Staphylococcus epidermidis, is a major cause of life-threatening infections after surgery, but...

Building Better Workers: New Checklist Can Tell You If Employee Training Is Effective

November 26, 2018

Organizations spend big on employee training each year

Patient-Oriented Research: A Collection Featuring Benefits, Challenges, and Experiences

November 19, 2018

Patient engagement in research can improve health and the health system

New Clinical Protocol after General Surgery Cuts Opioid Prescribing in Half

October 26, 2018

Recognizing the role that opioid prescribing plays in the opioid crisis, a team of researchers developed a new clinical proto...

Electronic Medical Records Show Promise in Reducing Unnecessary Testing

October 22, 2018

The focus on providing high-value medical care was renewed in 2012 with the release of the Choosing Wisely campaign

NIH Programs Address Major Obstacles to Genomic Medicine

October 15, 2018

ClinGen and ClinVar shed light on gene variants and their connections to health and disease

Experiences in Clinical Lab Automation

October 10, 2018

Going automated can be a lengthy process, but patients ultimately benefit

Primary Care Strategies to Improve Health of Chronic Disease Patients

October 4, 2018

Primary care providers are participating in several new payment models that emphasize quality and value

New Screening Tool Can Improve the Quality of Life for Epilepsy Patients with Sleep Apnea

September 27, 2018

Rutgers researchers publish electronic health record assessment that can identify epilepsy patients at risk for obstructive s...

A Personalized Approach to Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis

September 25, 2018

A diagnostic criterion that considers genetics, lifestyle, and the environment could improve pregnancy outcomes

LabKey and Linguamatics Partner to Extract Clinical Insights from Big Data in Healthcare

September 25, 2018

Integrated NLP data management solution speeds clinical data abstraction and curation for disease registries, clinical resear...

New Means to Fight 'Un-Killable' Bacteria in Healthcare Settings

September 19, 2018

Scientists have identified new means of fighting drug-tolerant bacteria, a growing global threat as menacing as drug-resistan...

How Clinical Labs Can Adapt to Reimbursement Cuts

August 8, 2018

The government giveth, and the government taketh away

IDSA/ASM Lab Diagnosis Guide Helps Health Care Providers

June 29, 2018

Navigate rapidly changing landscape of infectious diseases tests, enabling faster, better treatment

Compassion Helped Neanderthals Survive

March 14, 2018

They have an unwarranted image as brutish and uncaring, but new research has revealed just how knowledgeable and effective Ne...

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