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Communication Problems, Health Care

The coming years are going to be challenging for health care in the U.S. There is a multiplicity of new ideas that will question the accepted basis on which health institutions operate. There is also a clear political tendency against the Affordable Care Act, the cornerstone of the states’ current policy towards health care. Those ideas and political discussions will probably reshape not only the structure of the medical institutions but also our understanding of our parts as actors inside the health care system. A key point for tackling those possible changes will be our capacity as a society to develop communication strategies that allow a transparent understanding between the different actors in health care systems.

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William Ruiz Morales

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Lost in Translation Hispanics Victimized by America’s Third Leading Cause of Death

Most people are keenly aware of what kind of diseases can kill them. Hit the gym and watch your diet to avoid a fatal heart attack. Don’t smoke and steer clear of carcinogens to give yourself the best chance to avoid cancer. Most people know that the number one cause of death in America is heart disease, and the number two cause of death is cancer. However, what many people don’t know is that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America.

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Mary Ann Cooper

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Johns Hopkins Shares Best Practices

Currently, JHI has relationships with organizations in Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru, and is using those relationships to raise the standard of health care while customizing care to meet the local vision and Johns Hopkins’ mission.

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Frank DiMaria

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Great Jobs Short Training Period

I have witnessed too many Hispanic youngsters shunted into the less prestigious, lower paid allied health fields. For over 30 years, I have urged Hispanics to aim for the top in the health professions.  Bluntly, become an M.D. Why?  It is the pinnacle in the health fields: highly respected, highly paid and with multiple career options. The M.D. is a privileged profession in this country, and Hispanics are as capable as any other group to fill its ranks.

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Gustavo A. Mellander

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Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo

Written by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer About 17 percent of women had high-risk scores and were advised to have chemo. The 16 percent with low-risk scores now know they can skip chemo, based on earlier results from this study…After nine years, 94 percent of both groups were still alive, and about 84 percent were alive without signs of cancer, so adding chemo made no difference.

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Missouri University Medical Program

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri medical school program that pairs first-year medical students with elderly adults in the community, aims to reverse stereotypes about age and build empathy among trainee medical professionals.

Health Care July 2018

Trustees OK $1.7M For University Of Arkansas Medical Campus [Education News]

University of Arkansas trustees have approved a $1.7 million renovation at the school's medical campus in Fayetteville. Trustees on Monday unanimously approved the renovations to support classrooms and lab space for students in a new occupational therapy program, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The three-year, clinical doctorate program expects to enroll its first students in 2020, said Program Director Sherry Muir.

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