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Adults with IBD are at increased risk for suicide and self-harm behaviors, according to a report analyzing ED visits over a decade.

Length of stay, readmissions, and quality provider selection continually improve when leveraging technology to enhance case management workflows and better connect those workflows to the hospital’s financial outcomes and other key metrics. 

The risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19 for patients with cancer differs by sex and cancer type, according to a new study.

Adults with IBD are at increased risk for suicide and self-harm behaviors, according to a report analyzing ED visits over a decade.

CHICAGO — Hispanic and Black patients with cirrhosis who developed COVID-19 infection had higher rates of mortality, as well as higher hospital charges of more than $340 million in 2020, according to a presenter at Digestive Disease Week.“COVID-19 unmasked significant racial disparities in rates of infection and mortality in the United States,” Syed Ali Amir Sherazi, MD, an

The risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19 for patients with cancer differs by sex and cancer type, according to a new study.

(NEW YORK) -- A new report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency projects the devastating health impact of climate change on children. Effects include higher rates of respiratory disease, reduced academic achievement, higher rates of infections and risk of housing insecurity in coastal cities. "Children have unique vulnerabilities," Jeremy Martinich, chief of EPA's

Mimi Haddon/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency projects the devastating health impact of climate change on children. Effects include higher rates of respiratory disease, reduced academic achievement, higher rates of infections and risk of housing insecurity in coastal cities. "Children have unique vulnerabilities," Jeremy Martinich, chief of EPAs Science and Impacts Branch and a co-author of the report, told ABC News. "...

Mimi Haddon/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency projects the devastating health impact of climate change on children. Effects include higher rates of respiratory disease, reduced academic achievement, higher rates of infections and risk of housing insecurity in coastal cities. "Children have unique vulnerabilities," Jeremy Martinich, chief of EPAs Science and Impacts Branch and a co-author of the report, told ABC News. "...

Effects include higher rates of respiratory disease, reduced academic achievement and more.