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San Diego, CA – June 18, 2012 – ChiroTouch™, the nation’s leader in chiropractic software, is pleased to announce it will be attending the Arizona Association of Chiropractic Annual Convention in Phoenix, AZ, on June 23, 2012.
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DrFirst has achieved approved vendor status with the Arizona Regional Extension Center. In collaboration with IT specialists Arizona Health-e Connections, the Regional Extension Center is a private organization, federally funded by ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). The goal of the...
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Perhaps if folks knew about this new drug with liver transplants they would have not enacted the budget cuts that deprived one man of his liver transplant who had hepatitis C and was denied coverage on that basis. With going into phase 2 they are hoping that once the transplant is done that hepatitis...
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Fri, Jan 21 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, clinical trials, Treatment, Arizona, liver transplant, Hepatitus C, drugs antibody, thereapy
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This patient lived in Tucson and was denied a transplant due to the October 1st budget cuts. I have no idea what is wrong with Jan Brewer and how she can live with herself with doing this, but as I said before, when you have IT illiterate people who do not know how to work with numbers, this is...
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Wed, Jan 5 2011
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Here we go once more with the inability to come to the conclusion and reality of how technology and it’s use is impacting our daily lives. I write about this all the time and how it created unintended consequences and some of them are to the point to where they are the next OMG stories in the news...
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Wed, Dec 15 2010
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Earlier this year the state had to reverse a cutback as the new healthcare reform disallowed states to reduce their eligibility and now basically it looks like they are looking for relief somewhere along the line here to reduce it in another fashion. We are probably all aware of the Medicaid transplant...
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Fri, Dec 10 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Medicaid, Budgets, Transplants, Algorithms, Cost, Arizona, dummies, Health IT illiteracy, Governor Brewer
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This is what happens when you allow people to make decisions that have no medical input and rely on algorithmic formulas supplied from insurers like United Healthcare. When you watch the video it’s a call for outrage as they basically say “well the patient is going to die anyway”. They now...
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Thu, Dec 9 2010
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What is also interesting about this story too is the fact the the Arizona Governor has isolated herself from comments and the press on this situation as it is dead wrong to be making life and death decisions based strictly on a budget. I have several doctors write to me over this situation that...
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Sun, Dec 5 2010
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This is an update from MSNBC on the Arizona Budget cuts. There are 2 cases here to where both patients need transplants but can’t get them due to the laws passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, the Arizona Access plan. Lucky both men are in fair condition but can’t last that...
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Sat, Nov 20 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, Cancer, Heart, Medicaid, Transplant, Liver, Arizona, Hepatitus C, AHCCC, Banner Good Samaritan Hospital
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This is horrible and here it is. As the video says this is all about numbers and you can see the hospital stating they can’t afford it and have 22 more on the waiting list and they are making actuary decisions. The hospital stated that even with hepatitis he could have lived for a number...
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Wed, Nov 17 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, Cancer, Medicaid, Transplant, Liver, Arizona, Hepatitus C, AHCCC, Banner Good Samaritan Hospital
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The Center for Autism and Related Disorders released results from three-year study that recovery from autism is possible. The study involved 14 children and used behavioral modification and 43 percent no long displayed symptoms of autism so this is not a 100% cure but a little less than half...
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Fri, Nov 12 2010
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Due to cuts in the Arizona Medicaid budget, 7 patients will have to find alternative treatments as there is nothing in the budget to fund the procedures, sad! Philanthropy and other efforts came to the rescue of one man, but there are 6 more on the list. In this case we are talking bone marrow...
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Sun, Oct 10 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Cancer, Medicaid, Budgets, Chemotherapy, Transplants, Arizona, healthcare reform, legislature, bone marrow transplants
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Thunderbird Hospitalist Group and United Hospitalists were the 2 affected physician groups affected. The article indicates that some positions were filled by hiring doctors from the group but not all. This is also pretty short notice to the 2 groups as the decision to switch to hire “employee...
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Thu, Jun 10 2010
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Yes this is the state where I grew up and sometimes they don’t move too fast on some items and this is one of them with not seeing the “value” in becoming participants where technology can help. Prisoners are moved around at times and with only paper records, some law suits are claiming inmates...
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Tue, May 11 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Lawsuits, Arizona, value, Non participants, tech denial, Maricopa County, jail, inmates
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With both healthcare reform and financial reform on everyone’s mind, Larry King talks to “The Donald” to get his views and some discussion about Arizona. He sees China as a threat to our financial security. He says Goldman was just part of the problem and they are “one of many” in the ointment...
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Thu, Apr 29 2010
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Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, China, Wall Street, Arizona, Regulation, healthcare reform, Larry King, financial reform, Donald Trump