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October 24, 2005 Volume 14 No. 20

Closing the Gap
Duke Selected For National Effort To Improve Heart Care For Minorities

Duke University Hospital (DUH) has joined nine other U.S. hospitals in a new national effort that officials believe will help improve heart care for African-Americans and Hispanics. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is funding the new program.

More than 120 hospitals and health systems in the U.S. applied to be pilot sites for the “Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care” program. The 10 hospitals selected all have large...

	Influenza Vaccination Update While it’s still too early to predict the severity of this year’s flu season, there are...
	Observations from the Hill Assistant Dean Of Duke School Of Nursing Serves As RWJF Health Policy Fellow In Washington D.C. What’s the assistant dean of the Duke School of Nursing doing in Washington D.C.? Serving...
	Getting the Skinny on Weight Loss ResearchRoundup Woman and men who lose only 10 percent of their total body weight report significant improvements...
	Listening to Employees Based on Work Culture Survey Results, New Initiatives Focus on Leaders In April 2005, over 7,000 employees answered questions about the work culture at Duke University...
	36 Years of ‘That Skinny Gentleman’ Saying Farewell To William J. Donelan, Executive Vice President Of Duke University Health System The Searle Center was filled with laughter, respect and a few tears on Oct. 11 as friends and...