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Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network listed No. 1 in U.S. for Medicare savings for second straight year: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/swhr-aco-medicare-savings.html
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network (SWHR) saved more than $37 million in 2018.
Simulation training improves interventional time, teamwork in trauma treatments: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/simulation-training.html
Complex simulated surgery training can help trainees and their care teams shave critical minutes off lifesaving trauma interventions in real care settings.
Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson's disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/advanced-mri-scans-may-improve-treatment-of-tremor-parkinsons-disease.html
Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target a small area in the brain linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Seeing corneal degeneration in a new light: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/seeing-corneal-degeneration-in-a-new-light.html
The molecular changes that lead to Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) occur decades before the disease causes blurry vision and other noticeable symptoms in patients.
Home-time metric needed to judge hospital readmissions, studies suggest : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/home-time-metric-needed-to-judge-hospital-readmissions.html
Two new studies suggest Medicare’s system of penalizing hospitals if too many patients are readmitted within 30 days should also look at whether the patients were well enough to remain in their home during that time.
Remote neuropsychology tests for children shown effective: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/remote-neuropsychology-tests.html
Administering neuropsychology evaluations to children online in the comfort of their own homes is feasible and delivers results comparable to tests traditionally performed in a clinic, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers and Children’s Health indicates.
National study in children, adults weighs effectiveness of three anti-seizure drugs : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/three-anti-seizure-drugs.html
Three anticonvulsant drugs commonly used to stop prolonged, potentially deadly seizures each work equally well, according to a national study involving physicians at UT Southwestern.
UTSW pilots innovative tech to improve surgical skills, patient outcomes: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/improving-surgical-skills.html
OR Black Box brings multimedia perspective to traditional surgical reviews.
Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/obesity-covid19.html
Conditions related to obesity, including inflammation and leaky gut, leave the lungs of obese patients more susceptible to COVID-19 and may explain why they are more likely to die from the disease, UTSW scientists say in a new article published online in eLife.
Using machine learning to predict pediatric brain injury: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/machine-learning-pediatric-brain-injury.html
When newborn babies or children with heart or lung distress are struggling to survive, doctors often turn to a form of life support that uses artificial lungs.