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As a teenager, Muffy Davis goal in life was to make the Olympics. She consistently was ranked one of the top skiers in the United States. Fifteen years later, Davis retired from competitive skiing with a bronze medal from the 1998 Nagano (Japan) Games and three silvers from the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. A success story, but with a twist: Davis medaled in the Paralympics, not the Olympics, and she did it sitting down as a monoskier.
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When Steve Dawson, PT, was first approached with the idea of teletherapy four years ago, he had to laugh. Providing therapy services over a videophone to a patient in a remote location went against the very grain of his profession.
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The prospects for therapy in Huntingtons disease are rapidly improving. Another potential treatment is to use striatal neural grafts.
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The availability of comprehensive records of public health in Scandinavian countries is a major advantage in working out epidemiological studies. The present study of Swedish twins including many older than 80 now suggests that the genetic component of AD may be less than previously thought.
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Research from the past two decades shows that fewer Americans are dying in hospitals, and more are dying at home and in nursing homes.
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Medicare officials recently announced the three states where Medicare will conduct a demonstration project involving a new definition of homebound that would allow Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health benefits to leave their homes more frequently and for longer periods without risking the loss of benefits.
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If you still are doing last-minute ramp-up preparation for surveys by the Joint Commission, youre going to have big problems with the Shared Visions New Pathways process, warns Lynne Adams, CPHQ, director of quality at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD.
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The legal issues that apply to telehospice chiefly relate to the legal issues that already affect health care, including licensure, Medicares Conditions of Participation, accreditation, and malpractice laws, with some added details, an expert says.
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Experts predict a bigger role for telehealth in the hospice industry as model programs demonstrate high patient/caregiver satisfaction and improved staff efficiency and quality of care.
