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Chicago has made national headlines for the more than 780 murders last year and the dozens ofhomicides committed already this year. University of Chicago Medicine is now building the only adult Level I trauma center located on the South Side, one of the city's most violence-plagued communities. Spearheading the effort is SELWYN ROGERS JR.,M.D., a Harvard-trained surgeon and public health expert who previously served as chief medical officer with the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
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Hospitals , Organizational Innovation , Organizational Objectives , Public Health , Trauma Centers/organization & administration , Violence/prevention & control , Chicago , HumansSubject(s)
Academic Medical Centers/organization & administration , Air Travel , Contract Services/organization & administration , Interinstitutional Relations , Orthopedic Procedures/economics , Academic Medical Centers/economics , Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip , Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee , Contract Services/economics , Humans , Spinal FusionSubject(s)
Cooperative Behavior , Hospital Administration , Systems Integration , Humans , Quality of Health CareSubject(s)
Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage , Drug Overdose/epidemiology , Opioid-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Awareness , Clinical Protocols , Drug Overdose/mortality , Drug Overdose/prevention & control , Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration , Humans , Mass Screening , Opioid-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Opioid-Related Disorders/mortality , Opioid-Related Disorders/prevention & control , Practice Patterns, Physicians' , Primary Health Care/organization & administration , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage , Drug Overdose/epidemiology , Hospital Administration , Opioid-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Drug Overdose/prevention & control , Humans , Opioid-Related Disorders/prevention & control , Opioid-Related Disorders/rehabilitation , Practice Patterns, Physicians'ABSTRACT
Covert describes the critical steps he took when transitioning to the leadership role at CHI St. Like's Health in Houston. Among them: Be patient.
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Chief Executive Officers, Hospital , Multi-Institutional Systems/organization & administration , Humans , Leadership , TexasABSTRACT
Abuse of opioids, including prescription painkillers and heroin, is epidemic, crossing boundaries of class, age and region. Here's how hospitals are working to stop it.