Saving Lives: Evidence from a Conditional Food Supplementation Program

Saving money, saving lives.

In 1996, Duke Children's Hospital was in serious trouble. Its $11 million annual operating loss had forced administrators to make cutbacks. As a result, some caregivers felt that the quality of care had deteriorated. Parents' complaints were on the rise. Frustrated staff members were quitting. In this article, Jon Meliones, DCH's chief medical director, candidly describes how his debt-ridden ho...

Reducing alcohol-impaired driving in Massachusetts: the Saving Lives Program.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study ws to assess whether a community program begun in March 1988 that organized multiple city departments and private citizens could reduce alcohol-impaired driving, related driving risks, and traffic deaths and injuries. METHODS Trends in fatal crashes and injuries per 100 crashes were compared in Saving Lives Program cities and the rest of Massachusetts from...

Saving women's lives from cervical cancer.

Thanks to intensive research over the past two decades into viable prevention strategies that can work even in the lowest-resource com munities, we now have an extraordinary opportunity to address cervical cancer in developing countries, where 80% of the mortality occurs. These prevention strategies include visual inspection with acetic acid, human papillomavirus (HPV) testing (both linked to t...

Saving lives, saving from death, saving from dying: reflections on 'over-valuing' identifiable victims.

Electronic Medical Records: Saving Trees, Saving Lives

CONSIDER THIS IRONY OF MODERN LIFE: IN A MEDICAL CRISIS, EMERGENCY physicians would have an easier time accessing a patient’s bank account using his or her automatic teller machine card than they would finding critical medical history using his or her medical insurance card. Medical records, including crucial electrocardiograms, drug allergies, or medical conditions, are typically stored on pap...