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• in Lifestyle
  Medical Marijuana Patients Going Organic
  Organic options provide more benefits for medical marijuana patients
  by jimwriter1 / on Mar 23, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Thugs, Drugs and the War on Bugs Provides an Alternative Look at American Healthcare
  “Technically, anything that lives off of you can be considered a parasite…bacteria, yeast, fungi, viruses…and teenage children…” –Dr. Brad Case
  by missbobetier / on Jan 1, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Haitian Doctor Demonstrates True Human Strength
  Dr. Claude Surena turned his Haiti home into a makeshift hospital for earthquake victims
  by amohit / on Jan 17, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “patient”

 

• Text Messaging News: Virgin America encourages passenger flirting with seat-to-seat texting, Have Anxiety? There’s an App for That, Mobile customers using online self-service more satisfied

  
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  Texas Urology Clinics Save Time with Vital Interaction Read More Mobile customers using online self-service more satisfied Read More Have Anxiety? There’s an App for That Read More Virgin America encourages passenger flirting with seat-to-seat texting Read More Mobile phones will help advertisers give consumers what ...
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• Medical Abbreviations Explained by Mobile App

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 145
  By Rhona Finkel First Posted at HealthWorks Collective on 5/20/2013 Does this happen to you? Do you ever find something–something unusual, that perhaps no one else wants–and think to yourself, “Where have you been my whole life?” Well, anyone who has followed my love affair with mobile health apps will ...
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• mHealth News Byte: In South Africa – Using Mobile Technology to Improve Maternal Health Access, Mobile Technology Is Transforming Healthcare, Growing ‘App’etite for Mobile Health

  
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  In South Africa, Using Mobile Technology to Improve Maternal Health Access Read More Mobile health technologies to rapidly test and track infectious diseases Read More Mobile Technology Is Transforming Healthcare Read More Brazil slum study says mobile health technology could provide savings, improved care for poor ...
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• J.J. Watt Surprises 12-year-old Cancer Patient At His Home [Video]

  
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  J.J. Watt surprised one of his biggest fans this past Thursday, as 12-year-old cancer patient Cristian Beasley was watching his sixth-grade class from home. Beasley is currently fighting leukemia and the youngster uses a robot he named “Watt” to virtually attend class everyday. KHUO-TV wrote a story about ...
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• Maria Eleni Levada, MD, FACOG, Represents New York with Entry into Renowned Publication The Leading Physicians of the World

  
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  Representing the obstetricians and gynecologists of New York, Maria Eleni Levada, MD, FACOG, has been selected by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals, IAHCP, to represent her community in the publication of The Leading Physicians of the World.  In practice for nearly 35 years, Dr. Levada ...
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• Stupid and cruel, both

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 145
  By Paul Levy First Posted at Not Running a Hospital on 5/20/2013 One of the signs of political sickness in America is the degree to which some Republican governors, apparently out of sheer spite for President Obama, have decided to be both stupid and cruel to citizens in their own states.  I refer to those [...]The ...
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• Practical Alternatives for Doctors Who Hate “Black Hat” Selling

  
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  Practical Alternatives for Doctors Who Hate “Black Hat” Selling Most doctors hate the idea of “sales,” “selling,” or being a “sales person.” To many, the concept behind sales-and the old-school reputation-is more about taking than giving. And it’s not just physicians. The culture and mind-set ...
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• Disaster prep efforts after Boston bombings draw privacy criticism

  
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  An attempt to collect information on patients treated during the Boston bombings by the citys Public Health Commission for disaster preparedness and response planning purposes is being treated as a potential HIPAA violation. read more
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• Request for data on Boston Marathon bombing victims draws privacy protests

  
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  An attempt to collect information on patients treated during the Boston bombings by the citys Public Health Commission for disaster preparedness and response planning purposes is being treated as a potential HIPAA violation. read more
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• Nurses for Boston bombing suspect put patient care first

  
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  All of the nurses asked by supervisors to care for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspected Boston Marathon bomber,  said yes and those interviewed by The Boston Globe said they were proud of the treatment they provided to him. read more
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• Study finds hospitals that treat black patients provide poor care for trauma victims

  
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  A study in  Health Services Research  finds hospitals that treat black patients provide poor care to trauma victims.  read more
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• CMS provides in-depth guidance on discharge planning

  
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  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service has revised its  guidance  on discharge planning, offering hospitals in-depth guidelines to help promote better patient care outcomes and reduce readmissions. read more
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• Primary care physicians rely more on ER docs to evaluate their patients

  
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  Hospital admissions from the emergency room increased by 17 percent over seven years, in part because primary care physicians often rely on the emergency physicians to evaluate and hospitalize their most complex and sickest patients, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. read more
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• Pentec Health, Inc. Recalls in Date Nutritional Prescriptions for Renal Patients

  
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  Pentec Health, Inc. has decided to initiate a limited, voluntary recall of in-date nutritional prescriptions for renal patients due to lack of sterility assurance associated with one of its laminar flow hoods used in compounding. The recall covers renal therapies that were compounded in this hood on or before May 2, ...
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• The Star Thrower, or How Healthcare Looks to Consumers

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 145
  By Lisa Suennen First Posted at Venture Valkyrie on 5/19/2013 It is always interesting how events find ways of connecting themselves together even when they seem so unrelated. I was at my sister Alexis’ graduation from law school on Friday, where I had gone directly from leaving a several day event organized by ...
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• Pfizer-backed analysis finds dearth of patient-reported outcomes in trials

  
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  An analysis of online data found that only 7.4% of 650 clinical trials for diabetes treatments included patient-reported outcomes, which are supposed to shed light on patients experiences on the meds.
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• New patient advice from veteran MD Anderson patients and caregivers

  
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  For many patients and caregivers, the first visit to MD Anderson can be a little daunting. On top of wondering how you and your family will cope with your cancer diagnosis , you may be worried about everything from parking to what to expect on your first day to whether your doctor will listen to your concerns. ...
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• WEDI Seeks Participants for New 2013 Workgroups

  
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  Selects Co-Chairs New 2013 WEDI Report Workgroups The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a non-profit organization established in 1991 by Health and Human Services (HHS). WEDI’s mission is to improve the use of health information technology and reduce healthcare system costs. In 1993, WEDI released ...
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• Angelina Jolie, BRCA1, Public Health, Patent Law — & the Empowered Patient--David Harlow

  
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  Going public recently with her story of a prophylactic double mastectomy after testing positive for BRCA1 (a gene linked to breast cancer) via an op-ed piece in the New York Times , Angelina Jolie is clearly trying to get the message out that radical choices must sometimes be made in order to increase one’s chances ...
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• Why surgical complications may actually hurt hospital profits, despite what youve read

  
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  If there is no financial incentive to reduce excess length of stay, why has every hospital spent the past 20 years trying to reduce it? Theres a high-profile and important paper in JAMA this week by Sunil Eappen and colleagues. The study looked at surgical discharges during 2010 from a single 12-hospital system and ...
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