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Expectant Moms, The White House is Calling The White House officially moved into the mobile phone health application business when it unveiled a free texting service for use by expectant and new mothers. With the program, at least three text messages can be sent weekly to pregnant women via cell phones giving them friendly reminders appropriate to their stages of pregnancy on how to keep themselves healthy. The program was announced by Aneesh Chopra, the White House chief technology officer, during a health IT meeting in Washington, DC. [ Read More]
NIH Panel Concerned about Barriers to Colon Cancer ScreeningsA National Institutes of Health State of the Science panel recommended that healthcare needs to identify better ways to stop colorectal cancer. The panel noted that while guidelines have supported the value of getting screened for colorectal cancer, the disease still remains the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. [ Read More]
Nurse Anesthetists Say They Practice Safely Without SupervisionNurse anesthetists across the country are vehemently defending their ability to administer anesthesia to Medicare patients without physician supervision, saying there's never been a study showing the practice to be unsafe, as alleged by two large physician groups who filed a lawsuit last week. [ Read More]
Four Ways to Properly Store VaccinesEvery year, healthcare providers dispose of millions of dollars of stored vaccines when those vaccines become too warm or too cold. However, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD, with funding assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently completed the first of a series of tests to find out the best practices for properly storing and monitoring refrigerated vaccines. [ Read More]
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From HealthLeaders Magazine |
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Beyond Meaningful Use
| Technology can help achieve better outcomes and cost savings, but only by incorporating decision-support tools and a coordinated approach to delivering care. [Read More] |
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Imaging After the Recession
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After freezing capital spending during the recession, hospitals are investing in imaging again. But reimbursement cuts and reform have changed the focus of the service line. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
Length of Stay: The Management Headache That Will Not Go Away: The current financial crisis notwithstanding, operating margins have continued to shrink and raising capital has become a daunting task. This increasing financial pressure comes at a time when EMR and other technology investments are needed to stay viable as a quality healthcare provider. Unless you have a lot of empty beds, improving patient throughput is key to successfully managing this pressure, say contributors William F. Ott, Jr., and Michael N. Abrams. [Read More]
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