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This is the third video made from Dr. Luks in New York and he starts out talking about the weather, but it gets a lot better! If you are going to have surgery he states a second opinion is something you may want to pursue. He discussed the importance of “patient” getting involved. ...
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Mon, Jan 17 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Surgery, healthcare, Surgeons, Doctors, Patients, knee, orthopedic surgery, Howard Luks, Rotator Cuff, Second opinion
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No real technology needed to break in this time when employees hand out their email addresses and log on information. If the hacker said he was within the hospital system working in IT, then he would have known this information or would have worked with someone in the department who had access...
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Sun, Jan 16 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Email, HIPAA, Heatlh IT, Doctors, Security Breach, Patients, St. Vincent, Indianapolis
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This article has some pretty amazing stats in it with reporting that 21% of the commercial office space in Beverly Hills is occupied by healthcare businesses. Perhaps there’s not enough tax money here too? I don’t know the real answer to that and it’s just a good guess. Healthcare...
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Mon, Dec 27 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, medical, Pharmacies, Hospitals, Doctors, Patients, face lift, business, Beverly Hills, tax money, surgery centers
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One of the largest complaints from the nurses is the “staffing by numbers”, in other words all patient conditions are not equal and one nurse may have 6 patients who require a lot of care and when the mix of patients who require less care is not considered, the nurses state patients are not getting the...
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Sat, Dec 25 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Hospitals, California, Doctors, Patients, Non Profit, Errors, IPO, HCA, nurses, medical care, for profit, strikes, Hospital Corporation of America, working conditions
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As I am reading the content here, this breakdown and potential strike issue is about “working conditions” and not benefits and money. Hospital Corporation of America is the one of the largest “for profit” hospital chains in the US. This has been an interesting year in the for profit business...
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Tue, Nov 30 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Hospitals, California, Doctors, Patients, Non Profit, Errors, HCA, nurses, medical care, for profit, strikes, Hospital Corporation of America, working conditions
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The McKesson website has provided a video with both sides discussing the use of evidence based medicine and access to cancer drugs. We are talking web services and information for cancer treatments. It is bringing a lot of information under one website to give support to doctors and patients...
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Mon, Nov 1 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Health IT, McKesson, Cancer, Oncology, Doctors, Patients, Mergers and Acquisitions, US Oncology
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As consumers we all want accurate information on the web to search and I came across another couple of listings that show this MD, who has now admitted to fraud and was on the search list by the FBI for a number of years. The Post Tribune has this update here. These are screenshots that...
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Sat, Oct 23 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Plastic Surgeon, doctor ratings, Fraud, Patients, FBI, glacier, nose doctor, internet searches
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This was a nice write up in the New York Times about a day in the life, the types of patients they see, the questions and treatments the doctors prescribe and the talk between nurses and doctors. The writer from the Times stated what he saw was incredible with people being brought back to life...
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Tue, Oct 5 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, ER Room, Doctors, Patients, New York, nurses, interview, Brooklyn, Maimonides Medical Center
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Like the US, Germany’s system has the reputation of being one of the most expensive in the world. The new increases will result in premiums costs rising to 15.5 percent of employee gross pay effective January 1st. Patients will now be required to make payments at the doctor’s office with...
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Wed, Sep 22 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, medical billing, Medical Tourism, Heatlhcare, Politics, Patients, Cost, Germany, interview, insurance agent
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The size of the award may be reduced as the article sates and one of their facilities in northern California was found negligent and short handed on staff with not meeting the guidelines and rules as set in California. The company operates 22 nursing facilities in the state. The award in court...
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Sat, Aug 28 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, Lawsuit, Health IT, Nursing Homes, Safety, Sensors, Smart Bed, Patients, Skilled Healthcare
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Over at Engadget they have more dramatic version of this device with some spooky music too. This is a home carrier robot that comes over and moves you around. The robot works via touch screen or via voice recognition. BD We already got a look at a robot wheelchair that was on...
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Also just before the Free Clinic sets up Remote Area Medical has their clinic, so for those who perhaps can’t fit into the RAM clinic, there’s room for more at the Free Clinic that comes in right afterwards. Both clinics are looking for volunteers now to sign up. Information for RAM is at...
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Mon, Jul 12 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Remote Area Medical, Patients, Uninsured, free heatlhcare, New Orleans, BP, Oil Spill, Free health clinic
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This is an interesting case and ruffled feathers along with the facts from what I read here seem to be mixed in. The hospital fired the doctor who works for a physician’s group; however, doctors in California are covered under the whistle blower statutes. He wants to be able to come back...
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Thu, Jul 8 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, CEO, Lawsuit, Claims, doctor, Whistle Blower, Patients, peer to peer, management, Modesto, corporate medicine
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Back in April things were already stirring relative to to charges from hospitals and in Germany they can also opt for additional private health insurance as well as contributing to the government system. With the new increases the poor will be protected and their payments will be subsidized by...
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Tue, Jul 6 2010
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Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, EHR, medical billing, PHR, HealthVault, Medical Tourism, Heatlhcare, Politics, Patients, Cost, Germany, insurance agent, Dr Horst Kunhardt
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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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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, Physicians, Hospitals, Hospitalists, Patients, ER, Arizona, Contracts, healthcare reform, Banner Thunderbird, Banner Hospitals, physician medical groups