Top stories in health and medicine, May 30, 2014

From MedPage Today: Google Glass in Medicine: Not Quite Ready Yet. A long list of potential medical applications for Google Glass was counterbalanced by an equally long list of obstacles to widespread implementation. Safety Net Hospitals Already Benefit from ACA. At Seattle’s largest safety net hospital, the proportion of uninsured patients fell from 12% last year to an unprecedented low of 2% this spring — a drop expected to boost Harborview Medical Center’s revenue by $20 million this year. VA Health Probe Finds Wait-List Manipulation. A preliminary report by the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs has found deliberate manipulation of official waiting times in its investigation of alleged criminal misconduct by management at a Phoenix VA hospital. Saline in the ED: Mixed Results for Tots’ Breathing. For infants and toddlers with bronchiolitis, nebulized hypertonic saline in the emergency department reduced hospital admissions in one trial but didn’t ease breathing in another. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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