/tags/medical medical en-US Copyright Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:40:45 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-02/nonprofit-works-to-crank-up-organ-donations Roughly 35,000 people get organ transplants every year in the United States. Which sounds like a big number, until you look at the one next to it: 115,000… Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:40:45 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-02/nonprofit-works-to-crank-up-organ-donations Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-27/hospitals-and-halloween-makeup Think about the supplies needed in a medical training facility: bandages, stethoscopes, defibrillators, makeup. Makeup? True... before health workers… Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:40:45 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-27/hospitals-and-halloween-makeup Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-11/getting-your-medical-records-away-from-paper Notice all the colored folders next time you're at the doctor's office; many medical records are still stored on paper. But the industry has been pushing… Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:43:19 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-09-11/getting-your-medical-records-away-from-paper Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-19/rogue-valley-doctor-joins-med-team-in-cambodia We argue A LOT about health care and its cost in our country. But we also do not have some of the problems with health experienced in the rest of the… Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:38:15 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-10-19/rogue-valley-doctor-joins-med-team-in-cambodia Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-05-26/memorial-day-specials-on-the-exchange Three-day weekends are rare for the Exchange staff in the first half of the year. So you'll excuse us for leaving a couple of reruns in the jukebox for… Fri, 26 May 2017 16:22:43 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-05-26/memorial-day-specials-on-the-exchange Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-20/fast-heart-attack-response-through-an-app A friend collapses, complaining of chest pain. You reach for the phone, call 911, and activate an app that finds people nearby who know CPR. This is not… Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-20/fast-heart-attack-response-through-an-app Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-21/a-local-vote-on-universal-health-care "You should see a doctor," people say when you're having health issues. That phrase has taken on new dimensions in the age of almost-universal health… Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:46:51 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-21/a-local-vote-on-universal-health-care Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-09-08/getting-good-brains-on-heart-issues It's a lot easier to say the acronym "STEMI" than to pronounce what it stands for: ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.It's the most severe kind of heart… Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:45:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-09-08/getting-good-brains-on-heart-issues Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-07/oregons-medicaid-expansion-going-well Oregon began putting its own spin on providing health care to the public even before the Affordable Care Act--"Obamacare"--took effect. The work of the… Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:19:04 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-07/oregons-medicaid-expansion-going-well /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-07-09/the-medical-home-model-explained The term "patient-centered medical home" probably conjures up a number of images and ideas. It is not a home you LIVE in, but a home base of sorts, a… Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:10:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-07-09/the-medical-home-model-explained Geoffrey Riley