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23 hours ago ago from Georgians for a Healthy Future - Sound Policy. Effective Action.
By Mike King With the House and Senate health care reform bills stalled and Republicans insisting that the only way to get the reform effort moving again is to go back to square one, there's a good chance that nothing will be accomplished during this election year. Opponents of health care reform, the Tea Baggers and a host of conservative pundits are OK with that, arguing that the system is not that flawed and that, given the ...
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16 hours ago ago from HIStalk
From Snow Bunny : “Re: Pittsburgh snowstorm . The snow flake power outage was severe and crippling at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. It caused all computer screens to go blank with no EMR for 20 hours. Check with your Siemens IT friends to reconcile the facts. Retaliation will be swift for the staff that leak the truth. I have not yet been able to determine the impact of the outage at the Canonsburg Hospital (above) on its EMR, but ...
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5 hours ago ago from Medical Software
Today, patients can easily manage and access their personal medical records online via Google Health, a simple and effective program that removes the hassle of paper filing systems. In addition, Google Health has simple, well-documented Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and employs the use of health information standards – including the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and ASTM International – to transfer, retrieve and store patients’ ...
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18 hours ago ago from Iowa Hospital Association Blog
Featuring hospital and health care headlines from the media and Web. Iowa News S. C. nurses lift patient/fellow nurse's Super Bowl spirits Sioux City's Mercy Medical Center's staff threw a Super Bowl party for a patient who says sports is more than just game. Anyone in the hospital room could recognize the glimmer in the eyes of a real sports fan. (KTIV) Test Police: insurers hire help to monitor doctors' testing In ...
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1 day ago ago from Musings of a Distractible Mind
I am going to state something that is completely obvious to most primary care physicians: I do not accept Medicare and Medicaid patients because it is good business, I accept them despite the fact that it is bad business. In truth, I could make that statement about insurance as a whole; my life would be easier and my income would be less precarious if I did not accept any insurance. If I did, I would charge a standard amount per visit ...
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Long-Term Care Hospitals See Little Scrutiny
9 hours ago ago from The New York Times
No one at the hospital noticed that Tina Bell-Jackman was dying. Multimedia On the night of June 26, 2007, Ms. Bell-Jackman turned restlessly in her bed in Room 7 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, a small medical center that specializes in treating chronically ill patients. Ms. Bell-Jackman, a 46-year-old with diabetes , had been hospitalized at Select for five weeks, was increasingly ...
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