A UC Berkeley School of Public Health study found disparities in patient care and heart failure readmissions between Black and white patients.
While Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center succeeded at reducing its readmission rate for heart failure through its quality improvement program, the disparity persisted between white and Black patients’ readmission rates for heart failure, according to study co-author and campus public health graduate student Morrise Richardson.
The study was initially completed as a project for a qualitative improvement course Richardson took in fall 2019 to complete the public health graduate program but was then published in the independent publishing company Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Introducing Skuid Chicago, for building apps with even less code and better user experience
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Leading application design and development toolkit announces new features and enhancements for improved UX in business applications
Skuid Chicago CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (PRWEB) April 15, 2021
Skuid, a leading toolkit for creating unique and adopted Salesforce experiences, introduced the Skuid Chicago release today, a set of features and enhancements providing more declarative support to app designers and builders. App development teams create custom digital experiences up to 10 times faster with Skuid, dramatically increasing user adoption and business innovation.
The Skuid Chicago release delivers a vast array of features to enhance the employee and customer experience, including:
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