They started medical school in August 2013. Now, Columbia medical students in the Class of 2017 make the transition from classroom studies to instruction in clinical settings.
Preventing two of the most common health care-associated infections—bloodstream infections caused by central lines and pneumonia caused by ventilators—can increase the odds that these patients survive.
Study by Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, found that text message reminders helped increase young children's likelihood of receiving second dose of flu vaccine.
