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Online tool reduces inappropriate medical tests
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A web-based decision-making tool that alerts heart doctors when diagnostic tests would not be useful for a specific patient can curb wasteful procedures, according to a new study. "This educational tool helps doctors determine...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, General Practitioners, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, X-rays
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ORs go high-tech, boosting safety, cost savings
South Florida operating rooms are getting a high-tech makeover, and patients are reaping the benefits, including less time under anesthesia, better protections against medical mistakes and potential cost savings. If the flat-screen TV monitors and the...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Heart Surgery, Medical Procedures and Tests, Nursing, Fort Lauderdale
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Regional Medical Center implements first phase of paperless system for daily medical records
The Anniston StarWith a few keyboard clicks, Dr. David Zinn pulled up a list of all his patients Thursday afternoon. A tap of his computer's mouse brought up a single patient's medical lab and radiology results. Previously, Zinn would have needed to visit various...Tags: Nursing, General Practitioners, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, X-rays
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ECRMC offers free credit monitoring after X-ray theft
Staff WriterAfter the loss of thousands of X-rays, El Centro Regional Medical Center is offering free credit monitoring to patients whose records may have been compromised. The incident first surfaced last November, when a company contracted to digitize X-rays in...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Theft, X-rays, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization
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Belk to offer free mammograms at Tennessee sites
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.Belk stores of Northeast Tennessee will offer free mammography screenings through its BelkGives on the Go mobile mammography center. The 39-foot-long, state-of-the-art screening center on wheels will offer free, convenient mammogram screenings during...Tags: General Practitioners, Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Internists
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Judge Bill Brogan set to retire May 24
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.Twelfth Judicial District Judge Bill Brogan on Thursday announced his retirement from the bench. His last day will be May 24. He said he believes it's time to retire. Brogan, 69, is a former Alamogordo city attorney and Ruidoso assistant village...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Highway Transportation, Justice System
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Missoula-based CostCare to open clinic in Helena
Independent Record, Helena, Mont.The idea of affordable health care is sort of a joke, right? Not to the founders of Missoula-based CostCare, who are opening their first clinic in Helena Monday. Co-founder and co-owner Carol Bridges said Wednesday she thinks the CostCare model is a...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, X-rays, Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia
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A happy Mother's Day -- thanks to quick thinking by 7-year-old twins
The Charlotte ObserverNicholas Wolfson is 7 and doesn't like to talk about the day he helped save his mother's life. It was scary to see her lying face-down in the grass. "Mommy, get up!" Nicholas implored, and he showed her how to push herself up and then he tried to move...Tags: Charlotte, Hospitals and Clinics, Cheesecake Factory, Mother's Day, Medical Specialization
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An important reminder: Mammograms save lives
We all know someone who has had breast cancer. Breast cancer affects one out of eight women in their lifetime. On this special Sunday in May, when we celebrate the mothers and special women in our lives, we want to remind the women of Michiana to take...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Demographics, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Mother's Day
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Police probe theft of radiology films
The BladeAuthorities are investigating the theft of radiology films of between 2,000 to 2,500 patients stolen in March from a Wood County Hospital storage room. Catharine Harned, director of marketing and business development for Wood County Hospital, said the...Tags: Theft, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment, Medical Specialization, Movies
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Challenges, changes and controversies: ECRMC deals with evolving medical climate
Staff WriterHealth care reform, budget cuts and ever more stringent governmental regulations are what El Centro Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer David Green finds as the main challenges the hospital faces. “So what are we going to have to do...Tags: Theft, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Chicago, X-rays, Medicare
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READER SUBMITTED: Hospital's breast program named Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence
Greater New BritainThe Hospital of Central Connecticut's comprehensive breast program recently became the first such program in Connecticut to be recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast CentersTM (NQMBC)...Tags: Nursing, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Treatments, Breast Cancer, Radiation Therapy
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