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Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024
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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024
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Medical schools work to end student mistreatment

From public humiliation to sexist remarks, medical trainees often experience faculty mistreatment. Here’s how institutions are working to stop bad behaviors.

  • June 4, 2024
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Could giving low-income patients cash improve their health?

Guaranteed income programs have been successful in low-income countries. Now, researchers hope to test their effectiveness in the U.S.

  • May 30, 2024

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Hospitals on shaky ground: Meeting the challenge of seismic safety

For teaching hospitals racing to meet seismic safety regulations in 2020 and 2030, it was a reminder that it’s if “The Big One” will strike, but when.

  • Aug. 20, 2019
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Rethinking the six-hour rule for stroke victims

Hospitals reexamine treatment protocols after studies show patients can benefit up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms begin.

  • Aug. 12, 2019
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Academic medicine’s role in breast cancer treatment innovation

Women who may once have found breast cancer a devastating diagnosis now have life-saving options and improved interventions due to innovative therapies.

  • July 26, 2019
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Robots make the rounds

They shoot germ-killing rays, deliver meals, sort medications, and assist with physical therapy. But are robots in hospitals wonderful — or weird?

  • July 12, 2019
At MedStar Washington Hospital Center, six robots navigate the halls and elevators to deliver medications, linens, and more.
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Driving innovative health care solutions for underserved populations

Access to health care is not enough for patients who face problems accessing healthy foods or transportation to get to medical appointments.

  • July 10, 2019
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Enduring truths in an age of disruption

In his final column as president and CEO of the AAMC, Darrell G. Kirch, MD, reflects on the values that guide academic medicine.

  • July 9, 2019
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Will artificial intelligence replace doctors?

Several new studies have shown that computers can outperform doctors in cancer screenings and disease diagnoses.

  • July 9, 2019
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20 years of patient safety

It has been two decades since the modern patient safety movement was born. Here’s how we got to this milestone — and what lies ahead.

  • June 6, 2019
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5 ways eConsults benefit you and your patients

Five years after its launch, the AAMC's Project CORE has helped improve patient care for more than 2 million patients.

  • May 3, 2019
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Docs gone wild: The risks and rewards of wilderness medicine

The popularity of adventure tourism and extreme sports creates the need for doctors trained to care for patients in austere conditions with limited resources.

  • April 2, 2019