Person-centered health care focuses on patient as individual
CHICAGO (AP) — A new model for health care is intended to promote a shift toward a system where doctors treat people — rather than symptoms. This individualized approach is called "person-centered care" or "patient-centered care," and is based on the concept that costs can be reined in by preventing expensive emergency room visits. It's…
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Honda recalling 25,300 cars due to air bag issue
NEW YORK (AP) — Honda is recalling more than 25,000 cars in the U.S. to replace the rear grab rail brackets, which it says could interfere with the deployment of a side curtain air bag. The carmaker says no such instances have been reported and that it discovered the faulty design during internal testing. The…
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Candidate Carson backs off West Point scholarship claim
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Carson's campaign says the Republican White House hopeful was not offered a formal scholarship to the United States Military Academy at West Point as he wrote in his autobiography. Carson's campaign sought Friday to clarify a statement in his breakout book, "Gifted Hands." Campaign spokesman Doug Watts says Carson was an…
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Personnel records show years of complaints against officer
FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) - Police personnel records show an Illinois officer who staged his suicide to make it look like he was murdered had a troubled job history. Among the issues raised in Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz's records, released late Thursday by the Village of Fox Lake, are suspensions, sexual harassment allegations and complaints…
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