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...study in which 111 out of 2,221 people with heart disease who used Zocor later died of a heart attack. In a control group of heart patients who used a placebo, 189 out of 2,223 died. So the fact is there were indeed 42% fewer deaths among the Zocor users, compared with the controls. But when you consider the absolute risk of death in either group, the results are somewhat less stunning. The risk of death in the placebo group was just 8.5%, compared to 5% in the Zocor group - a difference of a mere 3.5%. Both survival...
...hospital might have to spend a few million dollars to buy and install new technology; a large one could require hundreds of millions. And more than 30% of hospitals had doubts about ever getting a return on that investment. The government's bailout money helps, but $19 billion divided among just the 3,000 hospitals that answered the survey would mean a little more than $6 million apiece - plenty for some, not nearly enough for others. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...most human beings can be persuaded, especially with cash. The study found that among hospitals that had implemented digital records - which tended to be teaching hospitals and larger hospitals in urban areas - 82% had received additional reimbursement for EHR use, and 75% got financial incentives for adopting the system. It also helped to have adequately trained staff and available tech support, which the authors suggest we'll need more of to make progress - particularly when it comes to the exchange of health information between hospitals. Try getting any two offices in any industry to integrate their computer systems so that...
From there, guests climb into a minivan and embark on a cultural treasure hunt across the Cape Flats, stopping at the homes of various musicians - among them guitarist Pokie Klaas. Sitting on an old crate in a bare room with a cement floor, Klaas riffs gently on his guitar and talks about the music school he is setting up for local kids in his backyard...
...member Cabinet committee to "stamp out narcotic addiction" in 1954 - the term "War on Drugs" was not widely used until President Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1973 to announce "an all-out global war on the drug menace." While reports of widespread heroin use among soldiers in Vietnam sparked an intense outcry, but by 1975 attention had turned to Colombia's cocaine industry. When Colombian authorities seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in everything from shoeboxes to a dog cage containing a live dog, drug traffickers retaliated by killing 40 people in one weekend. Nicknamed the "Medellin...