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Mashup Score: 28What's on the Menu? A Status Quo That Needs to Change - 21 day(s) ago
If we want to make progress on the now-global obesity epidemic, we must challenge the status quo and make unhealthy food the new tobacco, writes Helen Wu.
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Mashup Score: 16A new risk index to monitor AI-powered biological tools - 2 month(s) ago
The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) and RAND Europe are collaborating to develop a new approach to assess the risks posed by AI-enabled biological tools.
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A new risk index to monitor AI-powered biological tools | RAND https://t.co/9fZAZ5k1k1
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Landscape review of evidence on strategies to implement evidence-based practices to improve health; identifies strategies with strongest evidence of effectiveness; can inform practitioners in selecting strategies to implement into care delivery.
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Implementation Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Health Care: A Review of the Evidence https://t.co/809RvQJ2x5 via @RANDCorporation
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In 2022, prices paid to hospitals by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid for the same services. Prices varied widely among states.
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Across all hospital inpatient & outpatient services (including both facility and related professional claims), employers & private insurers paid, on average, 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid for the same services at the same facilities. https://t.co/M2PlKOe0jB
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Mashup Score: 0Benefits of Access to Same-Sex Marriage Are Unambiguously Positive - 6 month(s) ago
In 20 years of extending marriage to same-sex couples in the United States, the consequences have been consistently positive for same-sex couples and LGBT individuals, their children, and the general public. And there have been no negative effects on marriage or divorce among different-sex couples.
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Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses | RAND https://t.co/LyHZFDzozB via @RANDCorporation
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Mashup Score: 2The Affordable Care Act: An Overview of the Evidence - 7 month(s) ago
RAND researchers have analyzed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—the sweeping health care reform sometimes known as “Obamacare”—from many different angles. Here’s what they’ve learned.
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In an attempt to downplay the reality of the #ACA law - the truth lies in the last two paragraphs- You can’t keep you doctor- because your doctor will be gone- The Affordable Care Act in Depth | RAND https://t.co/Li2xeFMpTR https://t.co/zwQ4PbaBX9
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Mashup Score: 10Average Cost of Providing Hospital Care to COVID-19 Patients Increased Over First Two Years of Pandemic - 10 month(s) ago
The average cost of providing care to hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased five times faster than the rate of medical inflation during the first two years of the pandemic, at least partly because of the application of additional medical technologies over the period.
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Average Cost of Providing Hospital Care to COVID-19 Patients Increased Over First Two Years of Pandemic https://t.co/mMLXmzeeqW via @RANDCorporation
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Mashup Score: 104Lack of Sleep Costing U.S. Economy Up to $411 Billion a Year - 11 month(s) ago
Sleep deprivation leads to a higher mortality risk and lower productivity levels among the workforce, putting a significant damper on a nation’s economy. It leads to the U.S. losing around 1.2 million working days a year.
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Sleep needs are influenced by genes, diet, stress levels, and other factors. While no strict rules exist, studies reveal sleeping less than 7 hours nightly elevates mortality risk. Keep a sleep journal and find your optimal amount of sleep. https://t.co/OAtGPKOmFy https://t.co/vxkMcSrukg
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Mashup Score: 1Personal Firearm Storage in the United States - 1 year(s) ago
Public health and gun rights advocates agree that gun owners should store their firearms in a manner that prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing them. This essay discusses what is meant by safe firearm storage and provides estimates of U.S. gun owners’ storage practices from nationally and state-representative surveys.
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21/ Megan: The #1 way to reduce firearm homicides & suicides in the US? RESPONSIBLE GUN STORAGE https://t.co/TYembMeoyh
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Mashup Score: 0Clinical Outcome Assessments and Digital Health Technologies Supporting Clinical Trial Endpoints in Early Parkinson's Disease - 2 year(s) ago
This document summarizes the proceedings of an event held to discuss challenges in clinical outcome assessment development for treatments in early Parkinson’s disease and to identify priorities for the field and opportunities for collaboration.
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Clinical Outcome Assessments and #DigitalHealth Technologies Supporting #ClinicalTrial Endpoints in Early Parkinson's Disease https://t.co/uTMtJlRWsx https://t.co/YNtlRTypCA
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Restaurants are missing the mark! 96% of restaurant menu items exceed daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat as set by the USDA, according to a Rand Corp study examining 31,000 menu items. https://t.co/Ib15JRwVd0 https://t.co/prZQ3EzqF4