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Deep learning methods allow senior medical specialists to deliver their expertise to emergency medicine clinicians via use of a deep neural network

Deep Neural Network Improves Detection of Wrist Fractures

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For average clinician, assistance of deep neural network ups sensitivity, specificity of detection
Receipt of the high-dose influenza vaccine in 2016 to 2017 was associated with lower rates of hospitalization among dialysis patients

High-Dose Flu Vaccine May Cut Hospitalization in Dialysis Patients

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Significant reduction seen in hospitalization with receipt of high-dose versus standard-dose vaccine
A policy retrospectively denying insurance coverage if an emergency department discharge diagnosis is determined to be nonemergent is not associated with accurate identification of unnecessary emergency department visits

Policy Denying Coverage for Nonemergent ED Visits Imprecise

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Of the visits meeting criteria for denial of coverage, 39.7 percent received ED-level care
A plan to allow small businesses to use tax-free accounts to provide health coverage for employees was announced today by the Trump administration.

White House Unveils New Insurance Option for Small Firms

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Plan expands health reimbursement arrangements so workers can buy individual health coverage
Young adults who report injecting drugs or using heroin

High Uptake, Acceptability of Rapid Fentanyl Test Strips

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Significant link between receiving positive results, reporting positive change in overdose risk behavior
A diagnostic strategy based on pretest clinical probability assessment

Diagnostic Strategy Can Rule Out PE in Pregnant Women

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Strategy includes clinical probability assessment, D-dimer, lower-limb compression ultrasound, CTPA
The first confirmed U.S. case of a virus carried by South American rodents occurred earlier this year

CDC: First U.S. Case of Rat-Borne Andes Virus Diagnosed

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New World hantavirus can present with symptoms similar to those of the flu
A simple clinical assessment seems to be superior to the formalized Danish Emergency Process Triage system for predicting mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department

Simple Clinical Assessment in ED Best for Predicting Mortality

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Agreement between formalized triage assessment and simple clinical assessment was poor
Interoperability of health care information technology must be improved to facilitate creation of a fully integrated health care system that can improve health and health care at lower cost

Procurement Requirements Drive Interoperability in Health Care IT

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Steps outlined for health systems to establish comprehensive, ongoing procurement strategies
The United States will have the largest drop in life expectancy rankings of all high-income countries by 2040

Sharp Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Rankings by 2040

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U.S. expected to fall from 43rd in 2016 to 64th by 2040, with an average life expectancy of 79.8