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The frequency of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a single year predicts the long-term rate of exacerbations

Number of COPD Events Over One Year Predicts Rate of Future Events

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Increasing frequency, severity of acute COPD exacerbations tied with risk for death
Medical residents should start budgeting and save for the future

Tips Provided for Budgeting in Medical Residency

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Medical residents should understand their income, create a budget and stick to it, save for the future
Just over three-quarters of health care personnel received a flu vaccine last season

Three-Quarters of Health Care Workers Got Flu Shot Last Year

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Lowest rates seen among health workers in long-term care settings
In the first quarter of 2018

Uninsured Rate at 8.8 Percent in First Quarter of 2018

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Rate remained steady compared with 2017 but was substantially lower than rate of 16 percent in 2010
In preparing to interview to hire a new physician

Interviews Can Help Ensure Physician Candidates Fit Culture

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Medical practices must understand their own cultures before interviewing, pick questions beyond résumé
The number of health data breaches has steadily increased since 2010

Number of Health-Related Data Breaches Increasing

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Health plans had most records breached from 2010 to 2017, but providers breached most often
Black patients have a lower likelihood of receiving guideline-based therapies for non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

Blacks Less Likely to Receive Guideline-Based NSTEMI Therapy

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Receipt of aspirin, other antiplatelet therapy, lipid-lowering meds less frequent in blacks than whites
Preventable cardiovascular events place a considerable health and economic burden on the United States

Preventable Cardiovascular Events Are Big Economic Burden

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About 16.3 million events, totaling $173.7 billion in hospitalization costs, could occur in 2017 to 2021
Despite large health policy changes

For Employer-Based Plans, Spending Across Services Steady

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Spending increased, but not uniformly, across all categories of health services from 2007 to 2016

September 2018 Briefing – Critical Care

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for September 2018. This roundup includes the...