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Achieving ISO 9001:2000 registration has helped Humana Inc.s Personal Nurse service move quickly to respond to customer feedback and improve services.
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"EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance" from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Emergency Medicine Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics.
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Medicaid plan would restrict nursing homes to truly poor; Nebraska unveils mental health plan
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According to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services in Olympia, studies have shown clearly that a relatively small number of beneficiaries with certain chronic illnesses account for a disproportionate share of Medicaid services.
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Recognition of Washington states Medicaid disease management program as Best Disease Management Program Medicaid by the Disease Management Association of America is helping focus attention on the value of such programs for controlling costs and improving health care in Medicaid.
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Interventional therapies, and drug-eluting coronary stents in particular, have had a major impact on the management of cardiovascular disease over the past decade. In 2003, the number of patients treated with coronary stents worldwide is projected to be three-fold higher than the number of patients who have coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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To introduce Ask Me 3, a new patient education program created by the Partnership for Clear Health Communication and designed to promote communication between health care providers and patients, Sharon Allison-Ottey, MD, CEO of COSHAR Medical Inc. in Lanham, MD, and Baltimore invited staff to a brown-bag lunch.