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Think Tank Suggested that NHS should Tank More Than 30,000 Hospital Beds

The number of beds has been decreasing over the years and the think tank believes this should be done quickly as the article appears. As you can see by reading through here there are objections on whether or not this is being done strictly for financial...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, healthcare, NHS, Patients, treatments, think tanks

Cuba Mandates All Visitors Will Be Required to Buy Traveler’s Medical Insurance – Effective May 1, 2010

In the Michael Moore movie “Sicko” we saw all the nice hospitals available to those who travel there and now it appears those facilities are going to come at a cost, medical traveler’s insurance. As of the writing of this article there’s no information...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 10:01 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, healthcare, medical, health insurance, Travel, Cuba, emergency, Fidel Castro, traveler's insurance

Kaiser News – Kaiser Permanente Hawaii $8.7M loss for 2009 – New Hospital Opens in Vallejo, California

The healthcare system in Hawaii continues to try to make ends meet and it’s not just Kaiser, most of the hospitals are in the same boat. Some of the hospitals went bankrupt and are now trying to recover. Hawaii has been a focus of telemedicine...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 12:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, health insurance, Kaiser Permanente, Budgets, California, earthquakes, Hawaii

Washington Hospital Center fires 11 nurses, 5 staffers – Failed to Make It To Work During Snow Storm

This really sounds very tough if you ask me and again I am just reading information in this article, but gee even TSA even reversed their decision on considering employees AWOL during the storm. On woman had trouble getting there and was late, so...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2010 2:17 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, Washington DC, nurses, Union, Fired, casual worker, snow storm, hosspital, blizzard

Cellular Specialties – Wireless Hospital Healthcare Communications at HIMMS

This is certainly one way to bring all your wireless needs together with a solution company that can bridge all the major carriers. The in house wireless solution goes beyond just voice and text and can also tie in RFID support. ...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 7:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Health IT, RFID, HIMMS, wireless, WiFi, Cellular Specialties, data iPhone

The Hospital of the Future in 1950 Included a Sliding “Baby Drawer” – Kaiser Foundation

What happened to that baby drawer, did one get their finger caught? (grin). When you think of it though, really not a bad idea at all in concept. The records reach the doctor before the patient does. A medical dream come true from Henry...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 1:07 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Kaiser Foundation, history, 1950, Henry Kaiser, Sidney Garfield

320 Bit CT Scanners Offer Less Radiation Exposure Than 64 Bit – New Technology Making the Difference With One Rotation

I know this sounds a bit odd that when we went from 16 bit to 64 bit, the radiation exposure went up and you would think 320 bit would be even more, but not so, we are going backwards now as the beam exposure in circling the body is less, so now more...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 1:32 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Radiology, Cardiology, CT Scan, Imaging, radiation, exposure, Long Beach Millers Hospital, 64 bit, detector, 320 bit

NHS Bowing Out From Running Hinchingbrooke Hospital – District Hospital to be Turned Over to Private Industry

CAMBRIDGE University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken their name out of the hat for the bid. Recently too in the news this hospital had missed some patient safety alerts and one patient died when a gastric feeding tube was inserted by mistake...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 9:37 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, NHS, Trust, England, Hinchingbrooke Hospital

San Joaquin General Hospital Bakersfield, CA Ending Residency Program Residency Program and More to Cut Costs

San Joaquin General Hospital in Bakersfield is looking at some serious cuts, as noted here in the article, the hospital has been operating in the “red” for many years. Now they are looking at possibly discontinue their residency program,...

Published Sat, Feb 02 2010 7:14 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Desperate Hospitals, healthcare reform, residency, San Joaquin Hospital, Bakersfield

Doctor Reimbursements Cut by Los Angeles County – Wake Up and Smell Some “Servers” & “Algorithms” – Let’s Plan the Next Bail Out As It Might Be Healthcare

It sounds like I’m going to have to revive my series from last year called “Desperate Hospitals” soon. How many doctors in Los Angeles county are sitting out there with unpaid claims I wonder. The hospitals will be in a spot to make up the difference...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 1:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, healthcare, health insurance, Budgets, Washington DC, Politics, Remote Area Medical, Doctors, Greed, Profits, healthcare reform, bail out, Reserves, LA County

Retired Whistle Blower Cardiologist to Be Paid Millions – Government Found Nothing Wrong But He Will Still Be Rewarded From the Civil Lawsuit

This is a result of a lawsuit filed 7 years ago and it sounds like the hospital was tired of fighting it and didn’t want the additional federal government law suit that was ready to be filed. Again what is strange, the government said nothing was...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:26 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Justice Department, whistle blowers, Kickbacks, Cardiologist, Christ Hospital, EKG, Cincinnati

Medicare Contractors Are Not Getting Their Act Together with Consultation Coding – Are Claims Falling into a “Black Hole”

In short, this is a mess! There were 5 levels of consultations formerly and now they have been crashed in to 3 levels, so in plain English 2 are gone. What does this mean in particular for specialists billing, lower payment and hospitals too...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 2:32 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, health insurance, Physicians, medical billing, HHS, CMS, Medicare contractor, Algorithms, Laws, CPT Codes, healthcare reform, specialists, modifiers, Consultation codes

UCI Opens New $40 Million Dollar Medical Education Center - Televideo Auditorium Teleconferencing to Watch Real Time Medical Procedures

This is a new home to simulation and the use of telemedicine for teaching. UCI also just recently completed their new wing which is state of the art with sinks galore, everywhere one wants to wash their hands. Recently the hospital was in...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2010 12:54 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Education, Telemedicine, ICU, Medical Schools, Miller Children's Hospital, interventional procedures, televideo

FDA Recalls Synthes Vertebral Implant and Issues 2 Warnings to Other Companies And Still No System To Intellectually Handle the Process

Ok I’m going to take the opportunity to once more mention how recalls could be handled. Hospitals have registries of products but sometimes things can and do get missed, and people die being implanted with devices that were not pulled and used by...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 12:52 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Medical Devices, FDA, Scanning, recall, Synthes, spine injuries, Microsoft Tag, Bar Codes

Arkansas Children’s Hospital – A Group of First Year Residents – A Very Stressful and Demanding Job

If you happened to miss the show last week, it’s embedded here from Dateline’s show. I watched it myself and they show some real life situations and have frank discussions with the interns, the long hours, the lack of much of social life. If you...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2010 11:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, Pediatrics, Heatlhcare, Stress, emergencies, Dateline, interns, Arkansas Children's Hospital

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