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It's not unusual for Medicaid recipients to walk into one of WellPoint's community resource centers and ask for help in getting an appointment with a provider, arranging transportation or child care for a medical appointment, or to find out information about a chronic condition.
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A cancer management program helps Great-West Healthcare increase the quality of life and reduce the cost of care for people with cancer by providing support throughout the diagnosis and treatment process for patients and their family members.
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With evidence mounting of links between serious medical conditions and night shift work, you should evaluate your shift work policies and practices to make sure they adhere to recommended best practices, such as minimizing schedule disruptions, says Robert Emery, DrPH, assistant vice president for safety, health, environment, and risk management at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Treatment with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blocker may help keep workers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) employed, at least those with disease duration of 10 years or less, says a new study.
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Physicians need to understand the pathophysiology, preventative strategies, and acute management of patients with altitude sickness. This article presents an overview of the spectrum of altitude illness, diagnosis, and current management strategies, as well as preventative strategies.
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As research ethicists and others debate the merits of giving clinical trial participants the personal and aggregate results of studies, recent research suggests that participants want this information.
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Southeast Regional Research Group of Columbus, GA, starts serious discussions about where clinical trial participants can be found even before the new trial begins.
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Recruiting clinical trial participants is rarely easy, but finding subjects in rural areas where transportation and trust are big obstacles can be particularly challenging.
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It's a maxim in business marketing that it costs four to six times as much to find new customers as it does to keep existing ones.
