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How a hospital becomes a costly hotel for patients who can’t leave

UC Davis Health — August 5, 2021

Some UC Davis Medical Center patients are in the hospital for months or years after being medically cleared for discharge. Care facilities more appropriate to their needs can’t or won’t accept them, leaving UC Davis with fewer beds for patients with acute health care needs.

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At the hospital gift shop, hope is in stock

UC Davis Health — August 5, 2021

Recently reopened to patients, visitors and employees, the gift shop in the Pavilion of UC Davis Medical Center provides more than just flowers and balloons. For people like Samantha Torrence and her son in the PICU, it offers inspiration.

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Q&A: Building a Speech Prosthetic for a Paralyzed Man

UCSF Health — August 4, 2021

Following groundbreaking work on a “speech neuroprosthesis” that enabled a paralyzed man to communicate using his brain signals, the lab team answered public questions about brain-computer interfaces and the limitations of translating brain signals into code.

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