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Electronic health records are valuable but won't be a panacea
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care.
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9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital ...
Children's experts say doctors and parents can sort out symptoms with a checklist
Oct 07, 2008 |
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A young child arrives at the emergency room after several days of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea and is sent home with a diagnosis of viral gastritis and treatment for the symptoms. The child seems better for a while, ...
Hospitals, doctors deal with swine flu jitters
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Concerns about a possible pandemic have sent people streaming into crowded emergency rooms and walk-in clinics - not with swine flu, but the swine flu jitters.
Insurance, medical provider do not assure asthma control
Aug 03, 2009 |
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It is widely believed that providing better access to medical care can improve the health of Americans. New research at National Jewish Health indicates, however, that having insurance and a medical provider is not enough ...
New mathematical model more accurately diagnoses acute heart failure in emergency rooms
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have developed the first mathematical model in cardiology and emergency medicine to more quickly and reliably diagnose acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency room patients. Research findings ...
Crowded emergency departments pose greater risks for patients with heart attacks
Jun 04, 2009 |
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June 04, 2009 - Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department ...
Emergency treatment may be only skin deep
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Doctors’ unconscious racial biases may influence their decisions to treat patients and explain racial and ethnic disparities in the use of certain medical procedures, according to Alexander Green from Harvard Medical School ...
Report concludes uninsured are costly for all
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.
Medical home gives patients better primary care at no more cost
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A one-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative is the first to demonstrate the measurable benefit to both patients and staff when a primary care practice adopts a "patient-centered medical home" model. This model gives ...
Busted: Student Disproves Popular Emergency Room Myth
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Like the emergency room seen each week on ER, emergency departments in Canada increasingly seem overcrowded and chaotic. Emergency department overcrowding has been a pressing issue across the country for the last two decades. ...
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