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How bold new ideas can advance health in rural communities

An invisible beam that detects ships and airplanes. An innovative drug that reduces cholesterol in a way no one has tried. The notion that tumors can be killed by choking off their blood supply. These things — radar, statins and anti-angiogenesis drugs, respectively — are taken for granted today. But when first proposed, they were laughed at, rejected and deemed impossible. 
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MacNeal Hospital – Integration into Loyola Medicine/Trinity Health One-Year Progress Review – June 2019

In March of 2018, MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., joined Loyola Medicine, part of Trinity Health, resulting in a number of immediate benefits for the community. Read more in this case example.
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UnityPoint Health-Trinity names CEO

Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes:Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital selects CEO, and Southern Tennessee Regional Health System appoints CEO of two campuses.
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Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in the Outpatient and Emergency Settings

To improve the health of patients struggling with addiction, learn how one program engages patients at multiple points of care through an in-house addiction team and clinic – all working in coordin
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CDC reports progress to improve antibiotic use, stewardship

The number of U.S. hospitals with an antibiotic stewardship program that meets all core elements recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost doubled between 2014 and 2017 to 3,816, according to a new report by the CDC.
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FDA approves new antibiotic to treat community-acquired pneumonia

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new antibiotic to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
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Study: Antibiotics are leading cause of ED visits for adverse drug events in kids

In children, antibiotics are the leading cause of emergency department visits for adverse drug events.
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AHA Stat Blog: Policymakers should pause before implementing additional reforms to post-acute care

Policymakers should provide a stable environment for post-acute care providers to implement existing reforms and evaluate their impact, writes Jim Prister, CEO of RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale, Ill., and chair of the AHA’s Post-acute Care Steering Committee.
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