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Medical Workplace Issues
Nursing shortages, safety and cleanliness of working environments, long hours, and unfair labor practices are just a few of the numerous issues facing health care workers, and ultimately patients, every day.
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William Peck
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
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Peck, former dean of the School of Medicine, directs the University's Center for Health Policy. Revolutionary scientific advances promise great improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and the treatment of patients. But major obstacles must be overcome before this enormous potential ...
Expertise: Health care policy, health care costs, disparities in access to care, workforce issues
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Bradley Evanoff
Chief of the Division of General Medical Sciences
Evanoff also heads the Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and holds the Richard A. and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Chair in Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Evanoff's scholarly activities involve three main areas in occupational health: the epidemiology and prevention ...
Expertise: work-related musculoskeletal disorders, work-related health problems in health-care workers, evaluation of occupational medicine education
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Stuart Boxerman
Associate Professor and Director of the Health Administration Program
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Boxerman's research focuses on the areas of process improvement, safety and reduction/elimination of medical errors in health-care delivery systems.
Expertise: Health care policy, workplace safety, process improvement, health care delivery
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Nancy Morrow-Howell
Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work
Nancy Morrow-Howell studies many issues of concern to the elderly and their families, including adequacy of care for the dependent elderly, community care plans for the elderly, and use of mental health services. She is studying the health and mental health services needed and used by older adults ...
Expertise: elder care, gerontology, productive aging, depression
Direct contact: (314) 935-6762
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nancymh@gwbmail.wustl.edu
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Igniting a recall
Quick thinking by WUSM physician leads to international investigation
May 1,
2008 -- In early January, two patients undergoing kidney dialysis at St. Louis Children's Hospital had sudden life-threatening allergic reactions that caused their eyes, lips and tongues to swell, raised their heart rates and dropped their blood pressures dangerously low. After the dialysis staff treated the children with medication that relieved the symptoms, they called infectious diseases specialist Alexis Elward, who sprung into action to help determine the cause. Little did she know it would spark an international investigation into a common blood thinner and a recall of the drug from the market.
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Talented female faculty
WUSM spotlights women in medicine and science
Oct. 18,
2007 -- Come hear the latest research accomplishments of some of the School of Medicine's most talented female faculty and fellows. Spotlighting Women in Medicine and Science (SWIMS) will highlight the work of doctors and scientists in diverse fields, including obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, oncology, cardiology and cell biology. Speakers also will discuss some of the unique challenges they have faced in their careers in academic medicine.
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Medical research funding
Washington University joins eight other institutions to warn Congress about dangers of continued flat funding for biomedical research
March 19,
2007 -- Washington University today joined a consortium of leading scientific and medical institutions around the country to warn Congress that persistent flat-funding of biomedical research could thwart advances in treatments for such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Following today's Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS Committee hearing on funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington University and the eight other institutions issued a report at a Capitol Hill press conference on funding for U.S. medical research.
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Washington U. studies creation of public health school
St. Louis Business Journal
and 3 others
Dec. 28,
2007 -- WUSTL is exploring the possibility of increasing its involvement in the health of the region by establishing its own school of public health.
As part of a strategic planning process currently under way at the university, WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro and social work dean Edward Lawlor are investigating how the university can expand its focus on public health, according to Rob Wild, assistant to the chancellor.
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Docs suffer stress, sleep problems after mistakes, survey says
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 38 others
July 19,
2007 -- Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes and even those who come close suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
Job stress related to medical errors potentially could make some doctors prone to depression, quitting or even making additional mistakes, underscoring the need for helping them cope, said WUSTL psychologist Amy Waterman, the study's lead author.
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What's Lacking in 'Sicko'
The New York Times
and 3 others
July 9,
2007 -- WHEN it comes to economic decisions, there are always trade-offs. Gain one thing and you lose something else. This is particularly true in health care, a market in which a scarce good is ridiculously expensive, but needed by everybody.
WUSTL economist Charles Courtemanche looks at the economic points in Michael Moore's movie 'Sicko.'
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Cerberus Goes Where No Firm Has Gone Before
The New York Times
and 3 others
May 15,
2007 -- With an agreement to take control of Chrysler, Cerberus, a private equity firm, is venturing into virtually uncharted territory in taking on a company with the problems the size of Chrysler's and with a union as powerful as the United Automobile Workers.
WUSTL law professor and vice dean Daniel Keating comments.
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Study: Basic doctor errors result in missed, delayed diagnoses
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 57 others
Oct. 3,
2006 -- Basic errors made by doctors, including tests ordered too late or not at all and failure to create follow-up plans, played a role in nearly 60 percent of cases in which patients were allegedly hurt by missed or delayed diagnoses, a study found.
WUSTL oncologist Steven Sorscher comments.
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