More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
More efficient ways of managing triage, scheduling and routing of patients through Los Angeles County/USC Hospital could trim delays dramatically and relieve overcrowded conditions, according to a new USC/Los Angeles County Hospital study. ...... "County/USC Hospital serves an enormous population in the region, with many patients going to the emergency room first, so the waits can be long," sai...Los Angeles kids benefit from new asthma identification process
(NORTHBROOK, IL, March 8, 2004) Researchers from the Los Angeles-based Breathmobile Program have designed a new comprehensive, school-based method of identifying inner-city children with asthma, says a study in the March issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. The new identification method utilizes a specially designed parental survey and scoring m...St. Paul nurse receives Guardian Angel Award named for UT Southwestern vice president
DALLAS Nov. 14, 2003 Two decades of caring for the sickest of newborns and their anguished families has taught Aziza Young quite a bit about joy and sorrow. ...... "This line of work can be emotionally wrenching, but the fulfillment I get from being a part of the journey these babies take is a wonderful privilege and a great source of happiness for me," said Mrs. Young, nurse manager of the neo...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest University School of Medicine has established the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health to develop methods to close the health gap between minorities and the rest of the United States population. ...The medical school recently received two significant grants to assist in establishing the center: a grant of $500,000 from The Duke Endowment and a grant of...Crystallographers meet in Los Angeles
Using chemistry to identify and authenticate historic artwork, a new report on the protein responsible for mad cow disease, and a new chocolate manufacturing process are just a few of the highlights at this weeks annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) taking place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. ...... The science of the properties and formation of crys...Mitral valve repair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center gets Los Angeles dentist on the road to recovery
.LOS ANGELES (Sept. 1, 1999) -- For many years, Los Angeles dentist and pastor William Bredberg was like most people diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse (MVP)-aware of this quite common and typically harmless cardiac condition, but unhampered by symptoms that might interfere with a normal lifestyle. As a dentist and MVP patient, he knew that a dose of oral antibiotics was often recommended duri...