This article written by Carol Gentry was written 07/25/11 © Health News Florida is worth reading. The Department of Health is streamlining the process of getting dangerous health professionals out of practice — and it may already be paying off. Several simple, common-sense steps have been introduced for high-priority cases, Surgeon Gen. Frank Farmer said Friday in [...]
Medicaid patients, beware! This year, CMS (the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) made a public statement that physicians, nurse practitioners, clinics and hospital facilities will not be reimbursed any more for treating medical problems, injuries, or readmissions when they should were avoidable. This is in keeping with a section of the Affordable Care Act [...]
According to the October 2010 IOM press release: “Nurses’ roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by healthcare reform and to advance improvements in America’s increasingly complex health system. … Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in [...]
A recent survey was conducted by Hiscox on the attitudes of small business owners and social media. The results may be surprising to you. Small business owners are still lukewarm about social media: 53% say they use social media for business, but only 12% say social marketing is a must for their business, according to a survey [...]
The American Journal of Medicine reports in its findings by Dr. William Southern’s study that patients treated by doctors who practiced more than 20 years, were more apt to die compared to physicians who trained within the last 5 years. The results highlight “issues that we have as a medical profession in keeping up to [...]
A research study reported by Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College reports that when patients perceive their healthcare providers as showing empathy, they become healthier. Diabetes was actually seen to be controlled better than when these patients saw doctors that they perceived as cold and uncaring. This medical condition was chosen because control of the [...]
Representative Phil Gingrey, a physician in Obstetrics/Gynecology and a legislator in his fifth term in Georgia’s 11th district, was recently interviewed by Dr. Eli Adashi, professor of Medical Science at Brown University and host of Medscape One-on-one. Dr. Gingrey, 1 of 17 physicians in the House of Representatives, Co-chair of the GOP Doctors’ Caucus, brings [...]
The Institute of Medicine released data this week showing that 116 million Americans suffer from chronic back pain and results in healthcare and economic costs of $560 billion to $635 billion a year. According to the study, there is a correlation between obesity-related conditions and the small percentage of very sick patients racking up big medical [...]
