I am a healthcare professional and a consumer, and as such, I'm passionate about small hospitals and the role they play in our healthcare system. Just as small towns are the backbone of America, community hospitals are the foundation of medical care. Some of my best experiences as a pati...
Hospitals are sometimes inundated with donations like this in times like these. Fabric masks can never and will never take the place of medical-grade equipment. The latest I heard was that some people are allergic to latex which makes up a lot of elastic so we should keep that in mind. T...
“To the Editor: Routine administration of the smallpox vaccine ended in the United States in 1972. With the reinitiation of the US smallpox vaccination program in 2002, the risk of transmission of vaccinia virus from a recently vaccinated person to a susceptible host is a concern. Secondary ...
Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: What Is the Quality of Surgical Care for Patients with Hip Fractures at Critical Access Hospitals? While much research and commentary has focused on healthcare disparities involving race and poverty [7, 8, 13], less has been written about how geography impacts health...
Historically, most infections occurred in care-givers to symptomatic individuals, whether in households or hospitals3. It is unclear how 30 years of changes in household sizes, working patterns and mobility would affect transmission patterns today (see Box 2). Incorporating detailed data on ...
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Smallpox spreads easily, particularly in hospitals. It was estimated that a smallpox patient usually infected an average of five new cases. There is a concern, however, that a new case could cause as many as 10-20 new cases because of the present susceptible population. In a detailed ...
By 1841, there was already a substantial Irish presence (291,000) living and working in many towns and cities of England and Wales - 1.8% of the total pop... A Lawes - Public Record Office 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Children in hospitals before there were children's hospitals These extremely...
There also were differences in the form of affiliation the hospitals had with their parent organizations, with the most recent movement toward management contracts. Differential changes also occurred in the patterns of affiliation by geographic region....
In a small community, everyone’s in the same boat, adds Jana Dew, a licensed clinical social worker and the only mental health care provider at Phoebe Sumter. “There are no other hospitals in town,” she says. Often, there are no other facilities to turn to in a mental health emerge...