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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

She called the NIH news “a complicated mix of emotions,” CNN said. “We Andrew Whelton , a civil and environmental engineer at Purdue University who works with communities affected by disasters, said the money is necessary — and should have come sooner.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. Because it’s complicated and we don’t want to over complicate prayer listeners. Prior-auth forms? Examples of nudges, some based in health care, others in coffee. Many were community hospitals.