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With growing scrutiny nationwide of how hospitals bill and collect payments from their uninsured patients, access managers and their bosses are taking a look at their self-pay policies and reflecting on how this trend will affect revenue management strategies.
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Not content to rest on their laurels after implementation of a cutting-edge outpatient tracking system, Parrish Medical Center patient registration manager Linda Lilleboe, RN, MSN, and business office director Christine Rich, MHA, are looking toward future enhancements of the process.
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Presented with the opportunity to revamp outpatient registration in conjunction with the opening of a beautiful new facility, Parrish Medical Center patient registration manager Linda Lilleboe, RN, MSN, and business office director Christine Rich MHA, faced more than the usual challenges.
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Family members often make promises that may not be in the best interest of the patient. While environmental, safety, and even clinical issues can be addressed in most cases, what about cognitive problems?
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Your patient is sleeping more, seems less energetic when awake, has lost interest in a favorite hobby, or has trouble following conversations. For home health patients, these symptoms can be the result of myriad conditions from diabetes to neurological problems. The symptoms also can indicate depression, a problem found in many older adults.
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The House version of Project BioShield excludes two elements believed to be key in enticing drug makers into developing biomedical countermeasures.
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The National Health Information Infrastructure Act of 2003, sponsored by Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT), was introduced July 24. The bill would establish architectural standards so that computerized software systems can communicate with each other.
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What would happen if one of your clinical trial participants appeared in an emergency department (ED)? How would physicians know the potential impacts of study medications on their treatment?
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Most learned people know something about the experiments done on black men in Tuskegee, AL, in the early part of the 20th century: Syphilitic men were enrolled in a study without adequate consent or understanding, and ultimately refused effective treatment in the name of science.