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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 reasons and if it would impact the care received...
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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 available yet on what the cost could be for...
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, healthcare, medical, health insurance, Travel, Cuba, emergency, Fidel Castro, traveler's insurance
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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 more so perhaps than other states and it also...
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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 she spent the night to make her next shift the next...
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03-01-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, Washington DC, nurses, Union, Fired, casual worker, snow storm, hosspital, blizzard
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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. Their system also support the use of IPhones too...
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02-28-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Health IT, RFID, HIMMS, wireless, WiFi, Cellular Specialties, data iPhone
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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 Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield of the Kaiser Foundation...
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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 is less. 64 bit has been the standard for years...
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02-25-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Radiology, Cardiology, CT Scan, Imaging, radiation, exposure, Long Beach Millers Hospital, 64 bit, detector, 320 bit
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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 into his lungs and filled up the cavity with...
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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, sad. I hope I don’t need to revive the “Desperate...
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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. I like to use this picture of the old...
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02-18-2010
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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 wrong here? This was a civil case filed by...
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02-16-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Justice Department, whistle blowers, Kickbacks, Cardiologist, Christ Hospital, EKG, Cincinnati
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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. With this article we now have conflicting...
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02-14-2010
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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 the news for dropping Blue Shield insurance. ...
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02-10-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, healthcare, Education, Telemedicine, ICU, Medical Schools, Miller Children's Hospital, interventional procedures, televideo
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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 mistake. Actually I have a little campaign...
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02-04-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Medical Devices, FDA, Scanning, recall, Synthes, spine injuries, Microsoft Tag, Bar Codes
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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 haven’t seen it yet, worth the watch. Most...
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02-03-2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, Pediatrics, Heatlhcare, Stress, emergencies, Dateline, interns, Arkansas Children's Hospital