COVER FE ATURE
HEALTH QUEST MEDICAL PRACTICE, NOW
PART OF NUVANCE HEALTH: DELIVERING
ADVANCED NEUROLOGICAL CARE IN THE
MID-HUDSON VALLEY 06
Multidisciplinary expertise informs care in Hea lth Quest
Medica l Practice Neurosciences, and clinicians utilize state-
of-the-art diagnostic and treatment technologies.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: PEDIATRICS
THE BURDEN OF YOUTH: OBESITY-RELATED
CANCERS ON THE RISE IN YOUNG PEOPLE 16
The obesity epidemic may threaten progress in the battle
against cancer, scientists say.
RE-EVALUATING YOUNG ADULT CANCER
SURVIVAL IN LIGHT OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC 18
AIDS-related cancers were a significant factor in young
adults' cancer morta lity rates from 1975 to 1997, a study finds.
improvement project. They should then
additional data, analyze it and act on the basis
This aids understanding of practices' systems
how changes in processes are working.
Clinicians, other staff and patients should
planning and implementing efforts to boost
results of that pursuit should be communicated
those stakeholders.
evaluation. Assessment of quality improvement
be ongoing and should include routine
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DEPARTMENTS
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 05
INNOVATION-TECHNOLOGY 11
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 12
FINANCIAL CHECKUP 14
LOCAL NEWS 20
UPCOMING CME EVENTS 22
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