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Strategy Refresh: A Prescription for Wellbeing
While maintaining a reputation for high-quality care, U of U Health is also focused on the experience of those working in health care.
Viola Rieke, PhD, and Lubdha Shah, M.D., at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Radiology have been awarded funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop a non-invasive, drug-free, and low-risk treatment option for lower back pain. Over 50 million Americans suffer from chronic lower back ...
SALT LAKE CITY - Everyone is a mutant but some are prone to diverge more than others, report scientists at University of Utah Health. At birth, children typically have 70 new genetic mutations compared to their parents (out of the 6 billion letters that make both parental copies of DNA sequence). ...
The presence of fat-laden cells in the lung could assist with diagnosis and understanding the cause of the disease. (Salt Lake City) – Doctors have identified previously unrecognized characteristic of the vaping-related respiratory illness that has been emerging in clusters across the U.S. in recent months. Within the lungs of these patients are large immune cells containing numerous oily droplets, called lipid-laden macrophages. The finding may allow ...
Modern Healthcare's inaugural class of Top 25 Innovators includes Kensaku Kawamoto, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S., associate chief medical information officer at University of Utah Health. The complete ranking of national innovators is featured in the August 19 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine, which can be viewed here. Dr. Kawamoto is honored for his work improving electronic ...
Facing the threat of domestic violence, being a survivor of sexual assault, struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide are four topics that are difficult to broach with anyone. Including those who can help you. A new study reveals up to 47.5 percent of patients who feel they face one or ...
Mice scurry around while foraging for food, but genetics may be the unseen hand controlling these meandering movements. Researchers at University of Utah Health are using machine learning to draw links between genetic controls that shape incremental steps of instinctive and learned behaviors. The results are available online in Cell ...
Researchers at University of Utah Health have identified a specific class of bacteria from the gut that prevents mice from becoming obese, suggesting these same microbes may similarly control weight in people. The beneficial bacteria, called Clostridia, are part of the microbiome — collectively trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms ...
Keven Walgamott had a good “feeling” about picking up the egg without crushing it. What seems simple for nearly everyone else can be more of a Herculean task for Walgamott, who lost his left hand and part of his arm in an electrical accident 17 years ago. But he was testing ...
Studies have shown an association between adolescent girls’ access to abortion services to end an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy and subsequent educational attainment, avoidance of bad relationships and socioeconomic status.Now, a first of its kind study by a team of University of Utah researchers shows the girls’ teenage male partners ...
The University of Utah and the Huntsman Foundation have announced six additional presidential faculty chairs. The Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chairs provide sweeping support to academic researchers, educators, and clinicians spanning a wide array of fields. The presidential chairs are named for the late businessman, philanthropist and founder of the ...
Results highlight potential diabetes drug target and role for ceramides in sensing nutrition. A small chemical change — shifting the position of two hydrogen atoms — makes the difference between mice that are healthy and mice with insulin resistance and fatty liver, major risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. Making ...
Utah is not immune to the opioid epidemic that is ravaging the country. The state has witnesses more than 450 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2017, a rate higher than the national average (15.5 compared to 14.6 deaths per 100,000 people). A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at University of Utah Health ...
(Salt Lake City) - An app that allows parents and doctors to monitor a child’s asthma has a big impact on managing the disease. When families monitored symptoms with eAsthma Tracker and adjusted care accordingly, children had better asthma control and made fewer visits to the emergency department. Using the ...
University of Utah Health is recognized as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes for the second year running. Previous rankings were for the year 2018. U of U Health is the only Utah health care system listed in the rankings, and is one of only two Utah organizations to ...
University of Utah Hospital has been recognized as one of America’s top 100 great hospitals by Becker’s Hospital Review. U of U Hospital is one of only two Utah organizations to be recognized by Becker’s with this prestigious honor. Becker’s based their analysis on ranking and award agencies, such as U.S. ...
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(January 19, 2017) Examining review site giant Yelp’s entrance into health care, University of Utah Health Care CEO Vivian Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., says transparent, validated data about health care system performance “has the power to change the culture of health care.” The question is, how should information be shared, and by whom.
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(October 17, 2016) During the past decade, University of Utah Health Care has “repeatedly challenged the conventions of medical care and upended the relationships between doctors and patients,” Casey Ross reports. Now CEO Vivian Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., is calling for another revolution: defining value according to terms that matter to patients.
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(October 10, 2016) “There’s something extraordinary going on at the University of Utah Health Care system that’s promising to revolutionize the way medical care is priced and delivered not only here, but throughout the world – and the world is paying attention,” wrote the Deseret News editorial board in recognizing University of Utah Health Care’s top ranking in the nation for quality.
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While maintaining a reputation for high-quality care, U of U Health is also focused on the experience of those working in health care.
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Building a framework for listening to patients, long term.
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Strengthening our Affiliate Network throughout the Mountain West.
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The demographic transformation that will reshape health care in the state.
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