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Rules, Regs, Red Flags & RAC
Providers Prepare for Another Round of Regulatory Oversight
Shocking, but true … the federal government is preparing to unleash a new layer of federal regulations and oversight that will have a direct impact on healthcare providers.
CINDY SANDERS |
Methodist Performs One of First Robotic Colorectal Surgeries
John Cromwell, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Methodist University Hospital's Minimally Invasive Surgery Center (MISC), has performed one of the first robotic colorectal surgeries in the state and Southeastern region.
KRISTIN M. KEIPER |
LEADERS IN HEALTHCARE: Paige LeMay, president of Mid-South MGMA
Taking on the multitude of issues that come with being in the healthcare industry is a task that is no longer solely for management. Everyone has to be involved in the game of legislation and regulation if they want to survive. That is the message Paige LeMay, president of the Mid-South Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), promotes within the community.
HOLLI W. HAYNIE |
New Study to Examine Role Estrogen Plays in Oxidative Stress
Infertility in women is often due to a lack of estrogen. In addition to helping with procreation, estrogen is one of the body's most effective antioxidants. In women, the significant presence of estrogen serves to protect the body from potentially harmful conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
JANE SCHNEIDER |
A Dose of Reality - Patient Tolerated the Procedure Well, but he screamed a lot.
If you have ever looked at a patient chart, probably your own, you have likely seen that phrase: Patient tolerated the procedure well. I have often wondered who started wording it that way. Patients never seem to do fabulous or great. I envision the first doctor writing that and it catching on because it doesn't say much about the screaming or wailing. (Remember, anesthesia is relatively new in the historical sense) What if I had screamed, would it show up in the record?
William R. Breen, Jr. |
Cyber Medicine: Opportunities for Healthcare Providers
Just when you were positioning yourself for electronic health records and e-prescribing, along comes additional Internet and other online activities that you hear is essential to your technology strategic plan. I am assisting the University of Memphis in the design of an online course in ambulatory healthcare for the Graduate program for Health Administration. They know to be competitive and to reach more students, the Internet will play a significant role for this program to continue to grow and be competitive.
BILL APPLING |
| Health Information Technology Focus |
Does The HIT Stimulus Money Mean Smooth Sailing – Or Rough Seas?
The cheerleading is fast and furious. The federal government and various medical organizations continue to hail the nearly $19 billion health information technology portion of President Obama's economic stimulus as the catalyst needed to break down barriers to widespread use of electronic health records. Yet there's an undercurrent of caution among providers, HIT entrepreneurs and the popular media.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Urgent and Emergent
Nation's Trauma & Emergency System Nears Breaking Point
Congress is currently considering two pieces of legislation that many leaders in trauma care and emergency medicine consider a lifeline for their respective specialties. Without intervention, these professionals fear a time will come when a call for emergency care cannot be answered.
CINDY SANDERS |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Martin Croce, MD
The heat of summer typically brings a steady stream of accident victims to the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center at The MED. But in hard times, people don't even have the money to find trouble.
JANE SCHNEIDER |
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