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A lot more people want to become doctors this year than last.
Northwestern s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has seen a 17% increase in the number of applicants versus the same time in 2019. The NU number is basically the same as the nationwide increase of 18%, according to the Association of American Medical Schools.
But while some analysts have attributed the jump to what they’re calling the “Fauci Factor,” a growing interest in public health and epidemiology due to the coronavirus pandemic, an admissions expert at NU’s med school says “it just doesn’t work that way.”
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CITY WORKS TO GET VACCINES TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALS: Health Department Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, said last week’s initial shipment of 23,400 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were distributed to all the hospitals in the city.
While hospital-based vaccinations continue, Arwady said that the city will begin to roll out mass vaccination sites available to all health care workers, adding what she called “outpatient” workers to the mix. Those workers include home health workers, morticians, emergency medical technicians, plus those who work in behavioral health or in dental offices.
The initial Phase 1A of the city s vaccination plan, expected to last until February, will focus on vaccinating people in health care and long term care facilities. is set to last into February, Arwady said, with expansion to Phase 1B still months away. From there, Phase 1B will make the vaccine available to people over 75 and front-line
Unnecessary C-sections are a problem in the US. Will publicizing hospital rates change that? Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
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The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, plans to start publicly reporting next year on hospitals with high cesarean section birth rates.
“We are trying to identify hospitals that have high cesarean section rates as they work to improve,” said Dr. David Baker, executive vice president for Healthcare Quality Evaluation at TJC. “We want to encourage organizations to reduce their C-sections and encourage leaders to do that in a safe way.”
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The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, plans to start publicly reporting next year on hospitals with high cesarean section birth rates.
“We are trying to identify hospitals that have high cesarean section rates as they work to improve,” said Dr. David Baker, executive vice president for Healthcare Quality Evaluation at TJC. “We want to encourage organizations to reduce their C-sections and encourage leaders to do that in a safe way.”
Since 1985, the World Health Organization has considered the ideal rate for C-section births to be between 10% to 15%.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports more than 31% of all deliveries in the U.S. were by C-section in 2018. Tricia Elliott, director of Quality Measurement at TJC, says some U.S. hospitals report C-section rates as high as 60%.