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• U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley Advocates Patient Safety—Gets Shouted Down on House Floor

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  If you thought U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s “ You lie! ” moment during President Obama’s health care speech to Congress was an aberration, think again.  This past weekend, as Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) dared to champion the rights of the millions of Americans killed or injured by medical malpractice in this ...
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• Why Participatory Medicine?

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 145
  “For most people, their impetus to be actively engaged in healthcare comes from an experience with serious illness—either their own or a loved one’s. My journey into participatory medicine began during my internal medicine residency at Boston City Hospital, a public urban hospital, in the late 1980s. While ...
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• HIV Viral Load in San Francisco

  
  This and That — Authority: 142
  Via Joe.My.God San Francisco presently has about 15,000 reported cases of HIV/AIDS. Those with the highest viral loads tend to be African-American, homeless, and transgender.
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• Huff Post: Americans Suffering Enough from So-called “Tort Reform” and Don’t Need More

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  One of the more underreported, though no less important aspects of this past weekend’s Congressional  health care debate (which preceded the historic passage of the U.S. House’s health care reform bill)  was related to attempts by some seeking to “ derail ” the bill by arguing it didn’t contain ...
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• Doctors embrace social networking

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 145
  “In the waiting room, the patient’s family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos Wolf of Miami Plastic Surgery gave them a few keystrokes of information about how the patient was doing.”M is asleep,” one of Wolf’s nurses typed at 9:13 a.m. on June 3. ”We will start surgery ...
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• Joint Commission Announces 2010 National Patient Safety Goals

  
  Cataract Outsourcing — Authority: 140
  The Joint Commission has announced its 2010 National Patient Safety Goals for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program. Although no new goals have been developed for 2010, accredited organizations are expected to have fully implemented requirements related to healthcare-associated infections (NPSG 07.05.01 for ...
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• NATAP: pharmatimes reports merck/schering merger (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark ...
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• Money Changes Physician-Patient Relationship

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 563
  As medical costs escalate employers and insurers are requiring individuals to pay more of the bill with increased deductibles and out of pocket co-pays. This new consumerism may call for physicians to talk to patients about money, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Requiring ...
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• What Direction for EMS Education?

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 517
  Determining the balance between theory and practice is a constant academic challenge. Daniels believes a retreat into theory by th[...]
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• Do patient demands drive up health care costs?

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 610
  "> "> According to recent data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, upwards of 60 percent of patients first consult the internet for their health issues. This is leading to more educated patients, taking an increasing role in their own health care. And that’s a good thing. I’d rather be ...
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• Participatory Storytelling Online: A Complementary Model of Patient Satisfaction

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 145
  Measuring patient satisfaction is an important quality improvement technique. The World Wide Web offers new approaches to understanding patient satisfaction and stories about healthcare encounters. In this paper, we suggest that there is a wealth of patients’ stories being told online, in real-time, on social ...
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• rebecca roberts, top of the nation (NPR) interviews new US drug czar gil kerlikowske (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• There are many natural ways to get rid asthma

  
  puritanpub.com — Authority: 159
  There are many natural ways to get rid asthma. Give the asthma patient a steam bath and allow/him or her to breathe in the steam and exhale it. Such steam breathing is a perfect asthma remedy to correct the breathing disorders caused due to bronchitis asthma. Honey is the best medicine for asthma patients. During a ...
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• VACANCY : Physician Patient Relation Executive Area Medan & Surabaya

  
  Bursa Lowongan Kerja — Authority: 141
  Stemcord Indonesia is a fast growing Cord Blood company immediately seeking for potential professionals to fill in the following position as:1. PHYSICIAN PATIENT RELATION EXECUTIVE AREA MEDAN & SURABAYA (PPRE).REQUIREMENTS:-male/female-age 25-30-single-min.D3 all major-live in medan or surabaya-min.1 year ...
  19 hours ago

• Guest Post: MGMA’s Bill Jessee Discusses How MGMA Can Help You Meet 4 Key Medical Practice Trends

  
  Manage My Practice.com — Authority: 110
  By William F. Jessee, MD FACMPE MGMA President and CEO Spend one day in the shoes of an MGMA member and you’ll experience the challenging, changing environment of a practice administrator. Our industry is always in flux: new healthcare information technology to implement; new CPT and ICD codes to bill; new ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• Case #93: The man with shortness of breath

  
  In My Father's Footsteps — Authority: 126
  This is the chest radiograph of a young man with HIV. He complains of progressively worsening shortness of breath of 3 weeks duration with occasional low grade fever. On examination, he is tachypnoeic, afebrile, and auscultation of the lungs reveals occasional scattered crepitations. His oxygen saturation on room air ...
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• New tower to provide more patient-friendly facilities

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 136
  A new hospital tower which boast of a more efficient, patient-friendly design and ambiance that would address the needs of its growing clientele for more services and better facilities, is set to begin construction soon by the Asian Hospital and Medical Center. Located in the Filinvest Corporate City, the hospital ...
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• How to talk to your doctor on the telephone

  
  The Patient's Doctor — Authority: 140
  
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