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Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center joins pilot 'bundled payment' program
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Consider how many separate claims would need to be filed to individual health care providers under the current Medicare payment system for the following case: A 75-year-old woman falls at home and is taken by ambulance to the hospital...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Therapy, Health Care Reform (2009), Health and Medical Professionals, Health Insurance
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Average child may get 7 radiation scans by age 18
CHICAGO (AP) — The first large study to examine the use of X-rays, CT scans and other medical radiation in children estimates the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18, a potentially worrisome trend. Most of the scans...Tags: Medical Research, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Elections
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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: Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Data Collection, Medical Procedures and Tests, Interior Policy
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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: Mother's Day, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Breast Cancer, Mammogram
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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: Marketing, Broken Bones, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at Work, Health Care Reform (2009)
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Treatments, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Magellan Reports Strong Earnings, Decreases Outlook Over Loss Of Arizona Contract
The Hartford CourantMagellan Health Services Inc. reported better earnings and stronger revenue for the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year, but the company lowered its outlook because it lost a multi-billion-dollar Medicaid contract in...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Auto Trends, Magellan Health Services Incorporated, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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West Boca Medical opens new breast cancer center
West Boca Medical Center has hired a breast specialist and nurse navigator and is adding additional diagnostic tests for the new Breast Center at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging in the Garden Shops at Boca. Half of the former imaging center at 7070 W....Tags: Biopsy, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, MRI (imaging), Health and Medical Professionals
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Why are prices for medical care such a mystery?
Ted Kamp wanted to make sure his daughter received the medical treatment she needed. That was his first priority. His second was making sure his insurance would cover things and that he'd pay a fair price for any procedures. The fact that this...
Tags: Prices, Networking, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, MRI (imaging)
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Computer tool may not boost mammograms' accuracy
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers that are caught, but also means more women without cancer have to undergo follow-up ultrasounds and...Tags: Biopsy, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Breast Cancer
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John Ward Ross-Duggan, MD
John Ward Ross-Duggan, MD (nicknames “ John Ross, Doctor John, Rhino) Died at age of 57 drowned in a sailing accident on February 23, 2013. Residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. Born: Long Beach CALIF. On August 2, 1955 Son of Dr. John K Ross-Duggan,...
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Doctors don't often tell patients of CT scan risks
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only about a third of patients surveyed at one U.S. medical center said their doctors told them about the possible risks of a CT scan, such as radiation exposure, a new study finds. Researchers, who published their findings in...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners
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