Healthcare Review

Washington — Contrary to beliefs that uninsured Americans are a major cause of increased emergency department crowding, insured Americans accounted for most of the 16 percent rise in hospital emergency room visits between 1996-97 and 2000-01. This information came from a national study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

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New York — New research from Accel Healthcare shows that MDs believe that the Internet can be used to enhance doctor-patient interaction and increase the level of patient care.
Specific survey findings show that:

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has introduced an educational campaign for helping surgeons prevent antimicrobial resistance in their patients. The CDC made the announcement at the American College of Surgeons conference in Chicago, IL. The surgeons

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Charlotte, NC, and Thousand Oaks, CA — Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Global Treasury Services and Blue Cross of California (Blue Cross) have collaborated to expedite the electronic delivery of both payments and related paperwork to health care professionals via the Internet. Through the new Bank of America Global Advice(tm) service for Explanation of Benefits, [...]

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Washington — The fallout from rapidly rising medical malpractice insurance premiums is prompting some physicians to refer more patients to already crowded emergency departments, refuse to provide on-call emergency department coverage and decline elective referrals, according to a study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
Along with more commonly recognized forms of [...]

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Washington — After completing a national competition to identify best practices in physical activity programming for older adults, The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has selected 10 programs to receive a cash award and recognition out of the over 1,100 that downloaded theapplication.
Each of the following will receive a $1,000 award and certificate of [...]

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Gainesville, FL — Women doctors are better at relating to patients than men are — and they are also far less likely to be sued for medical malpractice. In general, 20 perrcent of our doctors are women, yet only 6 percent of the malpractice cases go against them.
In all other professions where risks have to [...]

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Washington — The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced the appointment of Linda Ohler, RN, MSN, CCTC, FAAN, as director of education. She will responsible for all education programs and products developed for APIC members and other health professionals who seek to advance their knowledge of infection control.
Ohler has been a [...]

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Chicago –The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) have released findings from a field-test of ICD-10-CM medical code sets. The findings indicate that ICD-10-CM represents a significant improvement over the current ICD-9-CM coding system and can be implemented without excessive staff training costs or changes in documentation practices.

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West Lafayette, IN — A recent study concludes that supplementing your diet with selenium can reduce DNA damage within the prostate, which may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary selenium supplementation on the fate of DNA damaged cells that accumulate within the aging prostate gland.
David [...]

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Carlsbad and Sunnyvale, CA — iMetrikus announced that its interactive MediCompass system for improving difficult-to-manage asthma will be featured on Yahoo! Health beginning immediately. Using the MediCompass product featured on Yahoo! Health, consumers are able to track their asthma condition online, getting up-to-the-minute status reports and the ability to email their information directly to their [...]

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