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11 hours ago ago from | The Blog at Your Own Health And Fitness

Why is medicine prone to overdiagnosis and overtreatment? Your first thought might be “follow the money.” Not a bad thought, but in fact there’s another force that’s more insidious: information. Health care practitioners, whether conventional or alternative, get their information about medical practices from professional journals and colleagues, either directly or at professional meetings. You’ll notice that “from patients” isn’t on ...

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12 hours ago ago from Passion for Subro - The personal subrogation blog of Attorney Adam V. Russo.

Commitment to Privacy The Phia Group has created this Privacy Statement in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to privacy and confidentiality. At The Phia Group, we have administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place to ensure privacy. These include: • Policies and procedures for handling information • Limited access to facilities where information is stored • Requirements for third parties to ...

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18 hours ago ago from Axway

by Ruby Raley Director, Healthcare Solutions Axway Last month, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, wrote an open letter on healthit.hhs.gov that shared his vision of the HITECH Act’s overarching goal and some of its implications. Blumenthal writes, “A key premise: information should follow the patient, and artificial obstacles – technical, business related, bureaucratic – should not get ...

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13 hours ago ago from Texas NORML

Activists get the DEA to remove obsolete information from its website claiming that the American Medical Association (AMA) still opposes medical marijuana By Charmie Gholson , AlterNet. Posted December 7, 2009. On November 10th, the AMA reversed its long-held position that marijuana has no acceptable medicinal value and adopted a new policy position favoring medical marijuana . The AMA called on the U.S. government to reconsider its ...

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13 hours ago ago from The Medical Quack

Back in June of this year I reported on the FDA approval of their hand held device and here we are 6 months later and gone. The company had been around since 1984. 300 more people will be looking for work in Minnesota. They also had strong financial backers throughout but ran out of money. Hospitals are looking to medical device companies for relief, and perhaps some can help but not companies that are borderline on the verge of running out ...

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17 hours ago ago from Good News Now

Holiday shoppers looking for that perfect last minute holiday gift have a new option this year that could literally save the recipient's life. The new 911 Medical ID ™ card provides the security of personal medical information that can be carried as easily as a credit card, and is a great present for travelers, seniors, caregivers, parents, students, the chronically ill, and many others. If you’re severely injured in an accident, suffering ...

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21 hours ago ago from Good News Now

CliniComp, Intl. , a global provider of clinical documentation systems, has named Phillip LaJoie as vice president, deployment. LaJoie brings more than 25 years of experience in information management and technology, with over nine years in health information management, including most recently serving as chief information officer for the Naval Medical Center San Diego, a 500-bed facility that is the Navy’s largest, most technologically ...

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21 hours ago ago from Good News Now

At an institutional investor and analyst meeting in New York later today, 3M chairman, president and CEO George Buckley will outline the company’s ongoing commitment to investing in its core businesses while continuing to focus on cash generation in light of the still uncertain global economy. Buckley will cite 3M’s 2009 performance as evidence of the success of the company’s plan to overcome the global downturn. “3M’s recent performance ...

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Life-Prints Child ID Software - Protect a Child This Holiday Season

20 hours ago ago from Good News Now

WESTERLY, R.I., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Every second counts in an emergency. Life-Prints child ID software prepares parents for child emergencies, by digitizing medical records, photos, contact information and more. Life-Prints is now available at Toys"R"Us. A special promotion will run from Dec 6 - 12th and Dec 20 - 26th, all customers purchasing a netbook at Toys"R"Us will be eligible for a 20% discount off the regular price of Life-Prints. ...

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15 hours ago ago from FanHouse

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