Carolina East Medical Center earns Women’s Choice Award for patient experience
The award highlights strong patient experience including medication explanations, room cleanliness and nighttime quiet. Delia Passi credits clear communication and personalized care for better health outcomes, noting women drive most health decisions. Carolina East joins 400 hospitals meeting high standards nationwide. Ray Leggett thanks staff and the community.
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Delia Passi
Women’s Choice Award
Carolina East Medical Center
United States
Carolina East
Ray Leggett
Carolina East Health System
Understanding Clinical Trials and Informed Consent
This piece explains informed consent for clinical trials, IRB oversight, and reasons to participate. It lists questions to ask a doctor about study purpose care, tests, costs, follow up, and potential side effects, plus resources and a free educational webinar hosted by Carolina East and UNC Lineberger. Dawn Peele leads Carolina East Cancer Center.
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Cancer.Net
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Carolina East Medical Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Patty Spears
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CarolinaEast
UNC Lineberger
DC Faces Sharp Rise in Opioid Overdoses Driven by Fentanyl
Washington recorded 279 opioid overdose deaths in 2017, a spike attributed to heroin mixed with fentanyl, then fell to 213 in 2018. Officials note most victims are Black men, with decades of heroin use disrupted by fentanyl’s arrival.
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Rise in youth self harm deaths linked to social media era
A study from 2011 to 2018 shows youth death by own action attempts rising 141 percent with a sharp 338 percent rise among girls aged 10 to 12. About 71 percent of the 1.6 million attempts were by girls, with pills and home poisons favored by females. Experts cite smartphones and pervasive social media as a key factor, while noting multifactorial causes and the need for universal school screening to identify at risk youths.
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American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
Spiller
Moutier
Ackerman
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Ohio
Couple overcomes odds to marry and care for each other
Kris and Paul Scharoun DeForge, both with Down syndrome, wed in 1993 after tests proving consent. They lived together in an accessible apartment, worked at Arc of Onondaga and Pizza Hut, faced Paul’s early dementia, renewed vows in a hospital chapel, and Paul died after pneumonia. Kris plans to scatter his ashes on their anniversary.
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National Institute On Aging
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le Moyne College
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Scharoun-DeForges
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Onondaga Hill
Upstate University Hospital
Adirondack
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