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Concerns about heart health amid the opioid, meth epidemic

Living near convenience stores could raise risk of artery-clogging condition

On-screen CPR: Heart-stopping drama doesn't always reflect reality

Are there health benefits from chocolate?

Keep Your Heart Healthy

Chilling studies show cold weather could increase stroke risk

The 12 Best Diets for Your Heart

The pros and cons of weighing yourself every day

Energy drinks, cramming for final exams could be unhealthy mix

Officials seek ways to help teens understand dangers of e-cigarettes

Cold-weather drinks are here, but watch out for the calories

Heart attacks are becoming more common in younger people, especially women

Bad tooth-brushing habits tied to higher heart risk

Can daylight saving time hurt the heart?

Common treatment for AFib may lower anxiety, depression

Is coffee good for you or not?

5 reasons you could develop heart disease before 50

Are die-hard football fans putting their hearts at risk?

CPR training at school now required in 38 states

Are eggs good for you or not?

The health benefits of soccer aren’t just for elite players facing off in the World Cup

Binge drinking linked to risk factors for heart disease and stroke in young adults

Drowning can be fast and silent, but it can be prevented, too

Hip hop music teaches children, parents to recognize stroke and act quickly

The Top 10 States for Nurses

New guidance issued for treating cardiac arrest in children with heart disease

Time to Epinephrine Administration and Survival from Nonshockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among Children and Adults

What's Limiting Narcan's Effectiveness?

Why Some Opioids Users Don't Fear a Fatal Overdose

Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes

Measuring and improving outcomes that matter to patients after cardiac arrest

Mothers of babies with heart defects may have long-term heart health risks

Uber drivers share frustration with hospital trips

New Iowa bill requires schools to conduct 'high-quality' emergency drills

Video: Self-flying drones could serve as emergency responders

Uber or Ambulance?

Dentist association pushes to curb opioid painkillers

Hospitals See a Troubling Rise in Pediatric ICU Admissions for Opioid Ingestion

ACCME report showcases initiatives to transform Continuing Medial Education

Cardiac arrest survival greatly increases when bystanders use an automated external defibrillator

AHA Releases Latest Statistics on Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Using Video Games to Improve Pediatric Disaster Education

Calif. county turns to health care on wheels to alleviate ER crowding

Amazon partnering with Warren Buffett, JPMorgan to create health care company

The intensive care doctor who nearly died in her own ward - and what it taught her

Do armed security guards make hospitals safer? Shooting at Barnes-Jewish spurs debate

Video: Fire at hospital kills 37, injures scores in South Korea

Man killed after being sucked into MRI machine

If Hospitals Can Change Their Approach To Pain, They Can Cut Into The Opioid Epidemic

Kentucky school shooting tests Vanderbilt trauma team

UCSD among 12 nationwide to pilot Apple Inc. new medical records system

This flu season might look worse than it is because of funding cuts

FEMA Chief Questions Agency's Role, Urges More Local Response

Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide to Start Their Own

Does healthcare need a virtual medicine specialty? Experts aren’t so sure

Amazon is Hiring a HIPAA Expert

Having A Heart Attack? This AI Helps Emergency Dispatchers Find Out

How a paramedic's #StopHeroin campaign morphed into opioid abuse prevention, treatment

Uber Reduces Ambulance Usage in Major Cities, Economists Find

The Patients vs. Paperwork Problem for Doctors

NYPD Training with Military First-Aid Tool

Can Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER?

Swimmer hospitalized after getting bitten by sea lion at SF’s Aquatic Park

Can Video Games Hone ER Docs' Skills?

One Doctor's 'Awkward' Decision Changes Safety In Medicine

Colorado Cops Form Cuddle Crew For Premature Baby

Hospital exec saves heart attack patient on cross-country flight

Should Hospitals Be Punished For Post-Surgical Patients' Opioid Addiction?

Sacramento Strikes Deal With Health Insurer That May Bring Up To 5,000 Jobs

'He went into a burning plane to save us'

They didn’t get vaccinated. Now they’re out of jobs.

Unconscious Patient With 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo Causes Ethical Conundrum at Hospital

Extreme Marijuana Use Linked To Vomiting Syndrome

Mental Health Urgent Care Clinic To Open Nov. 29

One doctor, six counselors and a therapy dog help Denver students beat drug addiction

5 Payer Trends To Watch In 2018

Formula for Survival: Stuck on Implementation

UC San Diego, Irvine Health to Share Single Epic EHR Platform

Despite political turmoil, Colorado hospitals and insurers turned profits in 2016

The "Uberlance" trend: People turn to Uber to offset high hospital transportation costs

How 3-D Printing Is Changing Health Care

How One Las Vegas ED Saved Hundreds of Lives After the Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History

The healthcare of tomorrow will move away from hospitals

UCHealth builds hospitals as Denver's population booms

Colorado’s opioid epidemic explained in 10 graphics

Off-duty ER doctors save man's life after he collapses at Denver sandwich shop

Vegas doctors share shooting experiences at San Diego conference

Meet the Police Officer Working Overtime to Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives

Emergency rooms are providing nearly half of all medical care in the US

5 Tips for Managing Hyperkalemia

The Revolution in EMS Care

Does the Mind Impact Health? A Researcher’s Insights

After the Las Vegas Shooting, Concertgoers Became Medics

Sonoma County Officials Opted Not to Send Mass Alert on Deadly Fire

Inside sources say Apple pursued talks to buy medical clinics

Surgeons come together on UNLV campus after treating shooting victims

Quiz: what type of emergency room patient are you?

Controlled Chaos at Las Vegas Hospital Trauma Center After Attack

5 Problems Nurses Face Today

Las Vegas police officer fatally shoots man in custody at University Medical Center

Many Nursing Homes Aren't Prepared For Even Basic Emergencies

5 Tips for Trauma Program Managers

4 ways trauma pros can improve care for burn patients

What Should I Do When I Hear the Call for Medical Assistance in a Plane?

VIDEO: I am a Nurse

Denver paramedic saves police officer being attacked by murder suspect

Video: Nurse arrested after refusing to draw blood from unconscious patient

Hurricane Harvey - Here's How Nurses Can Help

Are Physicians, Nurses Obligated to Protect Patients During an Active Shooter Event?

Denver Doctor Walks a Mile in the Shoes of His Young Patients

Paramedics Save 16 Overdose Patients in One Day

The reason Bryan Medical Center is bringing Stop the Bleed training to the people of Nebraska

What Not To Do In A Disaster

10 Principles Of High Performance CPR

Give Her 10 Minutes And She Will Give You The Secret To Making A Difference

Tourniquet Makes A Comeback As Lifesaver

Why Does Amazon Have A Secret Health Care Team Focused On Medical Records And Virtual Doc Visits?

This Is What Federal Emergency Fund Cuts Could Mean For States Dealing With Disasters

How can he still be alive after his heart stopped for more than 30 minutes?

How Dignity Health Is Using Google Glass To Improve Clinical Efficiency

13 Scary Medical Technologies We Have To Get Used To

The Reason Apple Aims To Get An iPad In The Hands Of Every Hospital Patient

Do You Know These Early Warning Signs Of Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke?

10 Ways Mobile Technology Will Save Your Life In The Future

The Neonatal ICU Gets a Makeover

I Learned More About Breaking Bad News from Business School than Medical School

How Smartphones Open a New World for Medical Researchers

How To Support The Nurse In Your Life

Wait Until You See How Apple, Samsung & Amazon Are Making Smart Hospitals A Reality

REBOA: The Internal Tourniquet

Here Are The Reasons Why Doctors And Nurses Could Be Issued With Body Cameras To Record Violent Patients

Man Jumps From Ambulance, But Is The Crew To Blame?

What Happened When A Pulse Nightclub Responder Confronted A New Crisis: PTSD

Songs You Should Sing While Performing CPR

How Did A Short Letter In 1980 Help Sow The Seeds Of Today’s Opioid Epidemic? The Answer Will Blow Your Mind

Can A Single Injection Conquer PTSD? The Army Wants To Find Out

The Lazy Man's Way To Extra-Oral Reduction For Anterior Mandible Dislocation

8 Weird Habits of Wildly Successful People

Pediatric Verification For Adult Trauma Centers: 6 Things The ACS Needs To See In Your Program

How To Change The Way You Think About Pediatric Codes

Do You Have The 5 Characteristics Of Emotional Intelligence?

An ACLS Guide To Hands Only CPR

Zero Preventable Deaths: What Are The Practical Challenges Of Implementation? Dr. Winchell And Dr. Stewart Weigh In

Wait Until You See Experts Biggest Worries About The Next Pandemic

See What Happens When Academic Medical Centers Team Up With Google To Bolster Machine Learning And Predictive Analytics

Dignity Health Releases Human Trafficking Response Resource For Hospitals

What Happens When You Have More Than One Career? The Answer Will Blow Your Mind

Interview With Dr. William Shyy

Watch Short Video: The Cast of 'Code Black' on Stop The Bleed

What's Next For AHCA: Policy Experts Say Even Bigger Battle Looms For Healthcare Bill

Watch Short Video: Crises, Decisions And Leadership In The Emergency Department

Watch Short Video: IDF Stands Up a Hospital After Haiti Earthquake

10 Ways to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

Drone Use for Public Safety Increases as Technology Evolves

Bystanders Save Life of West Sacramento Fire Department Employee Whose Heart Stopped

Uncertain Fate of Obamacare Causes Some Hospitals To Halt Projects and hiring

The Transformation Imperative

Here’s Why 2 Doctors Who Treated Pulse Victims Oppose More Trauma Centers

Communications Training for Physicians: Worth the Time and Effort?

The Numbers Game: Door-to-Balloon or First Medical Contact? STEMI Care Still Needs Work Nationwide

Sutter Doctors In Santa Rosa Begin Use Of Implant Offering Early Warning System For Heart Patients

Why Some People Are Calling Uber Instead Of An Ambulance To Get To The ER

Academic Medical Centers Most At Risk For Data Breaches; Montefiore, Advocate Top Lists

How The Docs Vs. Glocks Ruling Affects Physicians

Measures, Incentives, Heart Attack Mortality, Driving Safety, and Statistical Thinking

Most Americans Are Afraid To Perform CPR

Why Hospitals Need To Stop Boarding Patients In Emergency Rooms

How Redesigning The Abrasive Alarms Of Hospital Soundscapes Can Save Lives

As Telemedicine Becomes More Widely Used, Quality Of Care Will Need To Improve

The U.S. Is Running Out of Nurses

Hospital Stay Lessons From Permanente CEO Robert Pearl

Interview of Dr. Christopher Colwell on Geriatric Trauma

Kaiser CEO: Disruption, Value-based Reimbursement on Health Care's Horizon

Ten Ways to Optimize Critical Care in the ED

We Need More Doctors And Nurses - Maybe This Online Harvard Med School Course Can Help

American Heart Association's 'Move More in April'

Flashback Technologies Announces U.S. FDA De Novo Clearance to Market the First Medical Device Containing Its Compensatory Reserve Index (CRI™) Algorithm

Watch Short Video: Stephen Cantrill MD - How Opioids Became Our Drug of Choice for Pain

Watch Short Video: Michelle Lin - Make Online Health Simulations Widely Available

Watch Short Video: A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military & Civilian Trauma Systems

Paramedics and Nurses Given Dummies that Vomit Green Slime in Intense Training Exercises

Nvidia’s Deep-Learning Chips May Give Medicine a Shot in the Arm

Doctor Turns Up Possible Treatment For Deadly Sepsis

More Money Needed in Trauma Research to Save Shooting Victims, Says Top Brooklyn Doctor

When Clinicians Know They’re Being Watched, Patients Fare Better

Interview of Dr. Sean Kivlehan on IEM and Lecture Topics for UCSF’s HREM Conference

Watch Short Video: CPR Made Easy as ABC

Watch Short Video: "Stayin' Alive" CPR Compressions

Watch Short Video: How To Stop The Bleed In Less Than 30 Seconds

Watch Short Video: About Cascade Training Centers

Watch Short Video: JAMA Updates Sepsis and Septic Shock Definitions

Three Deadly Viruses that Could Spawn the Next Pandemic

Injury Prevention Leaders Share Program Development Strategies

Top Hospital CEOs Predict A Brave New World Of Patient Engagement

Watch Short Video: AHRQ Eyes Role for Primary Care In Reducing Hospital Readmissions

Big Changes Coming for Hospital Emergency Managers

Struggles Of Nation's Largest Freestanding ER Operator A Bad Omen For Once-Booming Sector

Sutter’s ‘Germ-Zapping’ Robot Latest Tool to Banish Deadly Hospital Infections

Watch Short Video: Implementing ARHQ's CUSP Program for Patient Safety

DeepMind’s New Blockchain-Style System Will Track Health-Care Records

California Considers Taxing Prescription Opioids

The Night Zombie Smartphones Took Down 911

Watch Short Video: How to Use a Bougie in Less Than 3 Minutes

How Repealing ObamaCare May Impact Your Small Business

Twitter is Trending in Academic Medicine

The 10 Most Innovative Companies In Health 2017

Pedi Trauma and EMS: The One Thing We can DO

Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker

Accreditation Council for CME President and CEO Calls on Healthcare Leaders to Leverage Education to Improve Clinician Performance and Patient Care

Amazon's 'Alexa' Able to Give CPR Instructions

Who Responds to First Responders?

Trauma Leaders to Brief Legislators on “Stop The Bleed”

Chan Zuckerberg Pours $50 Million Into Biohub as it Taps its First Round of Investigators

Why Your Doctor’s Advice To Take All Your Antibiotics May Be Wrong

Doctor Revived After Suicide - Here’s What He Says

Trauma Topics on the Agenda at UCSF’s Annual Hawaii Conference

Paying for Population Health

Aetna CEO: Obamacare in 'Death Spiral'

$5.5 Million HIPAA Settlement Shines Light on the Importance of Audit Controls

Storefront Clinics, Expanded Telehealth Gaining Ground

Watch Short Video: Freestanding ED's Explained In 30 Minutes

Watch Short Video: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Could Minnesota Health Reforms Foreshadow Repeal And Replace?

Dignity Health to Pilot Use of Docents to Enhance Satisfaction in Maternal Care

Advocates Lobby Legislators for Trauma Kits to Reduce School Fatalities

The Heroism of Incremental Care

5 Latest Hospital Bankruptcies

Mechanical CPR Devices Tied to Worse Outcomes

A Totally Free EpiPen Alternative Will Soon Hit the Market

Medical School Curriculum Shifts To Value-Based Care

Watch Short Video: Chicago First Responders Getting More Mental Health Training

ACA Repeal Would Disproportionately Affect Hospitals that Treat A Lot of Gunshot Victims

Watch Short Video: Create a World-Class Emergency Department - Leading an ED from Good to Great

CMS Measures Have Limited Impact on Patient Experience Levels

A Superbug That Resisted 26 Antibiotics

Food As Medicine: It's Not Just A Fringe Idea Anymore

Trump's ACA Executive Order Heightens Insurance Market Jitters

What We Know About Trump Administration's Key Healthcare Players

How a Mere Prick of the Finger Can Diagnose a Concussion

The Tough Terrain of Transparent Pricing

Trauma Centers: Prepare for Mass Casualty Incidents by Understanding the 10 Predictable Stages of Disruption

EMS 3.0 Document to Guide Operations in Value-Based Healthcare Systems

How the University of Georgia Embraces ‘Stop the Bleed’

Bleeding Control: Injectable Sponges Approved for Civilian Trauma

9 Tips for Running an Effective Trauma PIPS Program

National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference 2017

Catholic Health Initiatives Pulls Out of Insurance Business

Go to the Wrong Hospital and You’re 3 Times More Likely to Die

Why are Doctors Burned Out? Our Health Care System is a Complicated Mess

With 64% Accuracy in Trauma Data, How Can we Make Trauma Registries More Reliable?

Want to Get Rid of Obamacare? Be Careful What You Wish For

After the Orange Book: COT Leaders Preview the Next Evolution of ACS Verification

Top 9 Public Safety Leadership Books of 2016

The Corner Office: Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean on What Drives His Commitment to Improve Healthcare Access

The Importance of a Culture Where Hospital Staff Can Admit Their Mistakes

Self-Help Guru Tim Ferriss Has 6 Tips To Make Any Day 10x Better

Why Big Health Systems Are Investing in Community Health

Researchers Show Off Medical Drones for Disasters, Shootings

ALiEM Book Club | Show and Tell by Dan Roam

How Design Thinking Turned One Hospital into a Bright and Comforting Place

How To Get Health Care Employees Onboard With Change

Vital Signs: Hospital Mergers Need To Prove Value And Care Coordination

System Performance, Process Improvement, And Employees As Complainers

Calif. Guard Alive Due To Officer's Medical Kit

Putting Patient Safety First feat. Lindsy Broome

Simple Digital Technologies Can Reduce Health Care Costs

Public Health 3.0: A Blueprint For The Future Of Public Health

Effort To Create A New EMS Agenda For The Future Is Underway

Data Points: The ACA Edffect

Ontario Agency Launches AED Loaner Program

Bringing The Power Of Platforms To Health Care

What A Visit To An AI-Enabled Hospital Might Look Like

How To Become A Big Thinker

Intermountain Medical Center In Utah Improves Efficiency, Performance with Vertical Flow Model

CMS Launches Online Tool To Ease MACRA Compliance

Community Paramedics Work To Link Patients With Mental Health Care

How Technology is Poised to Create a Career Boom in Health Care

Defibrillator-Equipped Drones Could Be 1st On Scene In Cardiac Arrest

Obama Administration Disperses Last of Grants to Fund Health Information Exchanges

This Incredible Team Can Build a Hospital Anywhere In Just 12 Hours

The Time Doctors and Nurses Spend with EHRs is a National Disgrace

3 Mistakes that Burn Out Trauma Physicians (and put your designation in danger)

CMS Drops Pain Questions From Satisfaction Surveys

Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs Targeting Adult Populations: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma evidence-based review

Retail Clinics Don't Reduce ER Use for Low-Acuity Conditions

Trump Picks 'A-team' for Healthcare Transition as ACA Repeal Looms

MACRA and HealthCare.gov Premium Hikes Present a Tumultuous Time for American Healthcare

How Watson Health Is Changing The Healthcare-Tech World

Denver Health & UC Lock In $90M DoD Contract

A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury

Trauma: A Neglected US Public Health Emergency

North Carolina Team Drives Down Medicaid Patients' ED Use

An Alternative to Trauma Activation Fees: How to Use Cost-Based Charging to Generate Positive Margin

No Time to Read CMS' Massive MACRA Final Rule? Read the AAFP's Executive Summary Instead

One Mission for Active Shooter Response: Saving Lives

10 Things to Know About MACRA

How Gaps In Mental Health Care Play Out In Emergency Rooms

Texas Police Officer Honored for Using CPR to Save 3-Year-Old Boy

Student Saves Life After Learning CPR at Airport Kiosk

Prove It: Real-time feedback devices improve CPR training

State-By-State Look at ACA Individual Marketplaces

How Much Sleep Do You Really Need To Work As Productively As Possible?

Does marijuana legalization impact trauma?

Are Hospital Mergers Really Better for Patients?

Initial Affordable Care Act Impact on EMS Reimbursement

Bystander First Aid Saves Lives

Should High Schoolers Receive Mandatory CPR Training?

Expanding the Health Care Response to Mass Violence

Committee Aims for a Nationally Coordinated Trauma Care System

Good Friends, Great Ideas, and Exciting Healthcare Technology

Cascade Instructor Travis Pittman Delivers Baby in Parking Lot

Marin County Event Equips Public With Life-Saving Skills

Cascade Trains at the Library of Congress

Instruction Should Be Both Consistent and LEAN

A Special Anniversary with Sephora

Cascade Joins the Sacramento Fire Department to Celebrate EMS Providers

High Impact Training without Anxiety

Casualty Care for Law Enforcement: Saving Lives

How to Decrease Administrative Work Every Month

B-Con Training and Police Officers: Saving Lives

4 Ways Your Staff Are Vulnerable to an Assault by a Patient

The Importance of Bleeding Control and Why You Need It

5 Pain Points a Hospital Training Administrator Can Avoid

9 Ways a Training Partnership Improves Your Organizational Health

CPR Classes That Build Confidence

Cascade Set To Open New Training Center in West Sacramento

The Hartford Consensus On Active Shooter Medical Response

White House Launches National 'Stop The Bleed Campaign'

AHA Releases It's First Scientific Statement on Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy

Top 10 RFP Requirements for CPR Training

Hands Only CPR Event in Las Vegas

Summertime Triple Digit Temperatures Turn Up The Heat For Water Rescues

Cascade Training Center Portland Pursues ATLS Site Accreditation

When The Rescuer Needs To Be Rescued