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ViaCell will begin to enroll patients in a Phase I/II clinical trial of CB001, a highly purified population of stem cells that has been isolated from umbilical cord blood and multiplied using the companys patented Selective Amplification technology.
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Abbott Laboratories is not backing down from its decision to increase the price of ritonavir (Norvir) by 500% monthly for patients who take 100 mg a day. Ritonavir is used in almost all protease inhibitor combinations for treating HIV infection.
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Researchers from Harvard Medical Schools teaching hospital in Boston decided to test if they could encourage physicians to switch appropriate patients from intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) medications.
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Its a year-round problem in every ED: How to limit exposure of coughing, sneezing, or sniffling patients.
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The emergency severity index (version 3) five-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption; Outcome of patients with a final diagnosis of chest pain of undetermined origin admitted under the suspicion of acute coronary syndrome: A report from the Rochester epidemiology project; Utilization of the emergency department after self-inflicted injury.
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Have you been wondering when your ED will switch to a five-level triage scale? Theres no time like the present, urges Paula Tanabe, PhD, RN, co-chair of the Des Plaines, IL-based Emergency Nurses Association task force on five-level triage formed jointly in 2003 with the Dallas-based American College of Emergency Physicians.
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Boosting morale. It sounds easy enough, but good solutions for this problem that plagues many EDs are tough to find.
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Recent guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services recognizes that a good-faith determination of financial need may vary depending on the individual patients circumstances and that hospitals should have flexibility to take into account relevant variables.
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The California Healthcare Association (CHA) has adopted a new set of voluntary guidelines on financial aid, charity care, and discount payments for its member hospitals, including a recommendation that hospitals provide financial assistance for patients at or below 300% of the poverty level.
