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May 19, 2025Our study, published in Health Services Research, shows that team-based care can help reduce visits among patients who often come to the emergency department. Terms such as “frequent flyer” or...
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December 01, 2021
By Sarah Heins, Medical Student, COVID Recovery Program
Experiencing “long-term COVID” or as it is medically termed, post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), can be a confusing and circuitous process, full of uncertainty and non-linear progress. F...
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December 01, 2021By MedStar Health Research Institute
Gun violence in Washington, D.C., has plagued our community with almost 200 homicides this year, an increase of 13% from last year. The trauma unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in D...
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November 30, 2021By MedStar Health Research Institute
Heart disease disproportionally effects American Indians and is double that of the general US population. The Strong Heart Study has been examining why there is such disparities in health in this popu...
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November 17, 2021By MedStar Health Research Institute
Associates at the MedStar Health Research Institute at University Town Center gathered to celebrate the 2018 first quarter SPIRIT Award of Excellence recipient, Matt Hoffman. Matt supports the ambulat...
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November 07, 2021By Stephen Peterson, MD, Psychiatry
MedStar Health Research Institute is pleased to announce Nawar Shara, PhD, Director for the Center of Biostatistics, Informatics and Data Science (CBIDS), Associate Professor of Medici...
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November 05, 2021
By MedStar Team
Women die of pregnancy-related causes at higher rates in D.C. (36 deaths per 100,000 live births) than any other state in the nation, according to 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data....
