Archive for the ‘Wasted Health Care Expenses’ Category
Monday, April 27th, 2009
The goal is to lose weight and not your health... There has been another recall of diet aids as posted by the FDA. The website link is at the end, here's the press release posting:
Universal ABC Beauty Supply International, Inc. Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dietary Supplement Products Found to ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
At the September American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology Meeting in Boston, Dr. Timothy Whelan presented information regarding a shortened radiation protocol for early stage breast cancer. For select types of breast cancer, radiation treatments can be reduced in number of total treatment sessions and the recurrence outcomes remain ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
In chapter 8 of Personalizing Your Health Care, a review of health care information technology is provided for you, along with an assessment of the Department of Health and Human Services' information technology (IT) strategic plan 2008 - 2012. This comprehensive plan for connecting the computer systems in the United ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
If you have gone to the emergency room and left with questions, and maybe some confusion, you are not alone. The University of Michigan calculates that 78% of the patients receiving emerency care services do not fully understand their care, follow up instuctions, or diagnosis and cause. Of the group that ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
On 5/27/08 the St. Louis Business Journal reported that the company, Express Scripts, agreed to pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that they pressured doctors to change perscriptions so that their company made more money with those changes. (Express Scripts enters $9.5 million agreement in drug switching probe) With this ...
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