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EMTALA: The Essential Guide to Compliance from Thomson American Health Consultants, publisher of Trauma Reports, explains how the changes to EMTALA will affect emergency departments and off-campus clinics. In-depth articles, at-a-glance tables, and Q-and-A discussions of real-life situations are presented, and key differences between the old EMTALA and the new changes are succinctly explained.
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The ED physician and trauma surgeon must have evidence-based information on indications for emergency department thoracotomy that can be determined rapidly, easily accessible equipment, and the ability to recognize situations in which EDT clearly is not in the patients best interest.
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Insulin Plus Metformin vs Triple Oral Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes; ARB and ACE-I in Diabetic Nephropathy; Low-Glycemic Index Diets and Diabetes; Ultralow-Dose Estrogen and Bone in Older Women; Effect of Intensity of Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation; Patient Knowledge and Awareness of Hypertension
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The summer 2003 Industry HIPAA survey conducted by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) and Phoenix Health Systems found that not enough time was seen as the major roadblock to meeting the Oct. 16 implementation deadline for transactions and code sets (T&CS).
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The privacy regulations enacted as part of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have caused some unforeseen complications for hospitals trying to ensure patient safety and improve communication between providers and patients, say health care professionals and legal experts.
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This study corroborates a few earlier studies indicating that sympathetic vasomotor dysfunction may have a role in MS-related fatigue.
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Buljevac and colleagues assessed whether life events that are perceived as stressful by patients themselves are associated with exacerbations.
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The most recent publication of the deCODE investigators from Iceland describes the steps they took to go from a linked chromosomal region to culprit gene.
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Bond et al have shown by metaanalysis that the classification of ischemic events into different categories such as ocular TIA, cerebral TIA, and cerebral infarction leads to differences in surgical operative risk and benefit.