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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: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Specialization, Cardiologists, Health and Safety at School
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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: Medical Specialization, Computing and Information Technology Industry, X-rays, Nursing, Procedural Sedation
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Data Collection, Medical Specialization, Interior Policy, Theft
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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: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Medical Specialization, Internal Medicine, Medical Research, X-rays
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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: Skin Cancer, Medical Specialization, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Death
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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, Broken Bones, Asthma, Health Care Reform (2009), X-rays
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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 Specialization, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Nursing
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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: Medical Specialization, Companies and Corporations, Abusive Behavior, Economy, Business and Finance, Mental Health
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Magellan Health's Earnings Up For Quarter, Year
The Hartford CourantMagellan Health Services Inc. beat Wall Street analysts' expectations on earnings, but missed on revenue for the final quarter of 2012. The company's earnings, reported Thursday, leapt nearly 26 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier, $37...Tags: Medical Specialization, Companies and Corporations, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Economy, Business and Finance, Earnings
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Avon-based Magellan Health Services To Have A New CEO Starting Jan. 1
The Hartford CourantMagellan Health Services Inc. will have a new chief executive at the start of the year as current CEO René Lerer steps down to become a full-time executive chairman. The change is part of a transition to take place over several years. Barry M. Smith will...Tags: Medical Specialization, Companies and Corporations, Healthcare Industry, Corporate Officers, Magellan Health Services Incorporated
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Cigna Corporation, Google Inc., Networking, X-rays
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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: Medical Specialization, Breast Cancer, Cancer, X-rays, Biopsy
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