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Stroke Awareness Month — enacting better protocols can save lives

The reality when it comes to strokes? The closest hospital is not always the best option.

Stroke: Know when to act, and act quickly

Identifying and treating a stroke as quickly as possible can save brain cells, function, and lives. Everyone should know the warning signs of a stroke and when to get help fast.The warning signs of a stroke can begin anywhere from a few minutes to da...

CJG Blog : Be a Gen(e)ius About Your Genetic Health

Whenit comes to genetic health, carrier screening and learning your family healthhistory can help you assess your risk and provide information to help you makeinformed decisions.

How routine screening could save your health

Judy Nix, RN, tells us more about the benefits of Parkview's local Focus on Health low-cost screening events.

Things to NEVER Lie to Your Doctor About

How much you smoke, drink, eat, exercise and whether you use protection during sex or while out in the sun matters. Doctors weigh in on what matters most.

How hospitals could be rebuilt, better than before

How To Keep Your Kidneys Healthy

Here's a fact you can impress your friends with -- every 30 minutes your kidneys filter all the blood in your body eliminating waste and excess fluid. P...

The Seven Wastes in Health Care

Apr 10, 2019 1:39 PMU of U Health Senior Value Engineer Luca Boi applies the Lean concept of waste to health care and explains how learning to see the “Seven Wastes” can help focus your effortsDOWNLOAD SLIDESLearning Objectives:After completion, you will be able to: (1) define waste in health care, (2) differentiate between value-added and non-value added activities, and (3) identify the seven wastes in health care.How To Spot Common ProblemsHealth care is complex. Many areas need…

What Health Care Can Learn from Making Motorcycles

What can health care learn from motorcycle manufacturing? It’s something called mass customization. Many health care providers already engage in mass customization if they to listen to those they serve and adjust clinical practices, when appropriate, to meet patients’ needs and expectations.

Is Your Health Care Compromised?

More than one in six hospital beds is Catholic-owned or –affiliated, and millions of people rely on Catholic healthcare each day in the U.S. Whether they are seeking routine or life-saving medical care, are their options more limited than would be offered at a secular facility? The newly released report, Is Your Health Care Compromised? …

Why I get my health care at VA: Three women Veterans

What experiences do women have when the get their health care at VA? Hear what three women think and why they get their care through VA.

What Tesla and Lynk Can Teach Health Care

Upstart car companies show how health care can think big about new delivery models, Kenneth Kaufman says.

10 ways to be an effective health care advocate for yourself and loved ones

Self-advocacy in health care involves becoming armed with the necessary knowledge and tools to communicate well and make competent choices about your care and the care of your loved ones.

Refuse to accept that burnout is a natural experience in health care

We chose these paths to help people. That means engaging with a system defined by its severe dysfunction and refusing to accept that burnout is a natural experience in health care.

Choosing a women’s health care provider

When you don't have an established provider, it can be difficult to know who to choose. Women's health care has options to fit your needs.

What do organized crime and health care have in common?

Organized crime and the U.S. health care industry have more in common than might be immediately apparent.

What makes us well? Diversity, health care, and cycling to work matter

Among 77 community attributes, diversity, access to health care, and public transit stand out in a new study as being strongly tied to self-reported well-being.