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Low mobility predicts hospital readmission in older heart attack patients

Under the threat of financial penalty, hospitals are always on the lookout for ways to reduce their 30-day readmissions. For heart attack patients in particular,conducting a simple mobility test might be the best means of forecasting which patients are likely to return. Close to 20 percent of elderly adults who have suffered a heart attack… Read More »

Husband demands answers after his wife, 34, died of asthma attack outside locked ER doors

‘They killed her’: Husband demands answers after his wife, 34, died of a treatable asthma attack outside locked ER doors Laura Levis was 34 when she died of cardiac arrest after an asthma attack  She had walked to CHA Somerville Hospital  The first door she tried was locked and she collapsed before getting to the… Read More »