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House subcommittee discusses care coordination to prevent, treat chronic disease

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing Nov. 19 to discuss improvements to care coordination and delivery to prevent and treat chronic disease. Health care and pharmaceutical experts testified before the committee, including Michael Hoben, M.D., chief medical officer of population health services at Novant Health. 
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Architecting Care: A Cancer Journey Intersects with a Breast Center’s Design

In this conversation, Sara Robinson, senior associate healthcare architect at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, and Jamie Feinour, vice president of operations at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center and president of Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital, discuss how patient-centered design and innovative architecture come together to create spaces of healing for patients and providers, and how Sara's personal cancer journey impacted the design for Novant Health's Breast Center.
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Hospitals Advance AI-Enabled Prevention at Scale

A new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine offers hospitals a glimpse of how artificial intelligence (AI) could make prevention programs more accessible without compromising results.
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Living Well After Cancer: Maine Hospital Offers Support and Services

Northern Light Mercy Hospital’s Cancer Survivorship Clinic helps patients who have finished cancer treatment rebuild their health and enjoy a high quality of life.
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AHA podcast: Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Before It Starts — Inside Children’s Wisconsin’s Diabetes Prevention Clinic 

Elizabeth Dabrowski, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Wisconsin, and Matthew Edwards, R.D., diabetes care and education specialist at Children’s Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention Clinic, share how a collaborative approach — including endocrinologists, dietitians and physical therapists — empowers families to make sustainable lifestyle changes.
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Cary Medical Center’s stroke prevention program promotes healthy lifestyle habits

Cary Medical Center, a 63-bed hospital in rural Caribou, Maine, created the Siruno Stroke Prevention Program to help community members develop and maintain healthy lifestyle habits.
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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Before It Starts: Inside Children’s Wisconsin’s Diabetes Prevention Clinic

. In this conversation, Elizabeth Dabrowski, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Wisconsin, and Matthew Edwards, R.D., diabetes care and education specialist at Children's Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention Clinic, share how a collaborative approach — including with endocrinologists, dietitians and physical therapists — empowers families to make sustainable lifestyle changes.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare Unveils Robotic Technology to Boost Early Lung Cancer Detection

Southern Illinois Healthcare has introduced Ion® robotic-assisted bronchoscopy at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
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Study finds disruptions to circadian rhythm increase risk of heart disease, other conditions

The American Heart Association released a study (https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001388) Oct. 28 that found disruptions to people’s circadian rhythm can increase their risk of cardiovascular disease and other conditions such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Navigating Patient Risk and Engagement with Genomic Precision

Health systems are increasing patients’ access to genomics for a more preventive and individualized approach to care.