News tagged with hospital reimbursement
Could new government regulations lead to increased use of physical restraints?
Over the past 20 years, the health care system has made tremendous progress in reducing the use of physical restraints among hospitalized elderly patients, a positive change that has had numerous numerous ripple effects, ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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IBM putting Watson to work in health insurance
Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work. IBM's supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV, is being tapped by one of the nation's largest health ...
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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Scientists man bioterror front lines post-9/11
(AP) -- Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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MDs gather at AMA meeting amid reform uncertainty
(AP) -- Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more patients without health insurance. And that doesn't even count the big changes coming from a revamped health care system.
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Exploring group checkups for diabetes, Parkinson's
(AP) -- Wait a minute, Doc. You want me to share my appointment with 10 other patients?
May 02, 2011 |
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Govt announces plan to reduce health disparities
(AP) -- From cradle to grave, minority populations tend to suffer poorer health and get poorer health care than white Americans. In a first-of-its-kind report, the government is recommending steps to reduce ...
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Off-label marketing of medicines in the US is rife but difficult to control
Despite Federal Drug Administration regulation of the approval and use of pharmaceutical products, "off-label" marketing of drugs (for purposes other than those for which the drug was approved) has occurred in all aspects ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Businesses fall prey to cyberthieves' cunning
Among the growing ranks of consumers, business owners and others being lured by the convenience of online banking are legions of cybercrooks who have found the technology a convenient way to steal from unsuspecting victims.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Aging with grace: In-home assessments lead to better care, lower health costs
The March 2011 issue of the journal Heath Affairs highlights an evidence-based model of geriatric care management developed, implemented and tested by researchers and clinicians from Indiana University, the Regenstrief Instit ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Hospital use of virtual colonoscopy is on the rise, study suggests
Despite the absence of Medicare coverage, hospital use of computed tomographic colonography (CTC), commonly referred to as virtual colonoscopy, is on the rise, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of th ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Knee replacement surgeries take more time, are more costly in overweight individuals
Knee replacement surgery takes far more time to conduct in overweight and obese patients than in normal weight patients, according to recent research at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study will be presented ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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