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Thomson American Health Consultants is offering an hour-long audio conference, "HIPAA's Final Privacy Regulations: What You Must Know to Comply," Dec. 4, 2002, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., Eastern time.
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One year later: Emergency department response to biological terrorism, part II - smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers, tularemia, and botulinum toxins.
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American Health Consultants is offering "Imminent Smallpox Vaccinations in Hospitals: Consequences for You and Your Facility," a 90-minute audio conference on Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 2-3:30 p.m. EST.
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American Health Consultants is offering "HIPAA's Final Privacy Regulations: What You Must Know to Comply," an hour-long audio conference on Dec. 4, 2002, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Eastern time.
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The bones of the hand are the most commonly fractured bones in the body. Other hand problems frequently present to the emergency department, as well: infections, dislocations, tendon lacerations, burns, bite wounds, etc. The ED physician must be aware of which problems can be managed in the ED and which require urgent or emergent consultation by an experienced hand surgeon.
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While stroke is most often a result of progressive atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, occurring with increasing frequency as the population ages, there are less common causes of stroke that mainly affect younger populations.
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Many staff emergency physicians and resident physicians interact with pharmaceutical representatives on a regular basis. It seems a fairly harmless interaction, with the emergency physician then returning to the daily grind in their busy emergency department.
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The goal of this study was to elicit views of key clinical faculty members regarding the effects of residency duty-hour limits on patient care, education, professionalism and faculty satisfaction.
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This paper reports on a telephone survey of US non-rural hospitals and the physician directors of their ICUs.
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Previous trials have demonstrated that administration of recombinant erythropoietin to critically ill patients decreases the need for red blood cell transfusions and leads to higher hemoglobin values.