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Cash Up Front or Else -- Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their Patients
Cash Up Front or Else -- Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their PatientsHealth care crisisI find it disgusting that people in the US are subjected to this kind of treatment. We are 1st world right? Why dont they send someone over to Taiwan and inspect their medical infrastructure and systems. My...
Tags: Cash Up Front, health care, hospital, insurance, patient
Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Clinician's Role in Advising Patients on Enhancing Female Sexual Pleasure Addressed at 14th Annual Congress on Women's Health
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Initiating a conversation about your patient's sexual health concerns is a daunting task. Many patients and health care providers are not comfortable discussing sexual issues. Yet the sexual health of women is an important part of overall health, and clinicians can learn strategies for including this...
Tags: health care, patient, U.S. Congress, women
Research articles 2006-05-09
Health subsidies a major NY ill.(Viewpoint)
When gov. george pataki vetoed $1.3 billion in health care spending last month, hospitals and health care unions launched an expensive advertising campaign claiming the cuts would lead to disaster. The ads charged that accident victims would go untre When gov. george pataki vetoed $1.3 billion...
Tags: advertisement, health care, hospital, patient
Research articles 2006-05-29
Fiserv Strategic Ally Patient Choice Wins Leapfrog, NBCH Award; Model Drives Improvement in Health Care Quality and Efficiency by Engaging Consumers to Shop for Value
MINNEAPOLIS -- Fiserv Health, a business group of Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), has announced that one of its strategic allies, Patient Choice, was honored with one of the first Driving Value in Health Care Awards from The Leapfrog Group and the National Business Coalition on Health NBCH.
Tags: Fiserv Inc., health care, patient
Research articles 2006-09-06
Towards more--and better--choices in health care: the AMA on HSAs, health system reform & the uninsured.(American Medical Association)
Good morning and thank you for the warm welcome. I am proud to be here today to speak about a subject the AMA has thought long and hard about, consumer-directed health care--or as we sometimes like to call it, patient-focused health care, with an e ...
Tags: American Medical Association, health care, patient, tax
Research articles 2004-12-01
BNET Dispatch: March 19, 2007
Airbus' A380 superjumbo jet, the world's largest passenger plane, made its U.S. debut today, as two of the jets landed in New York and Los Angeles. Airbus designed the aircraft to challenge Boeing's command in the large plane market. But due to several delays, Airbus has suffered billion dollars of...
Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Benefits, Daimler AG, Disney Corp., Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Accounting, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Resources, Investment, Joseph De Avila, Patient, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Software, Steve Jobs, Stock Option, Stock Options, Stock Options & Grants, U.S., Vertical Industries
Blog posts 2007-03-19
Health Care Interpreter Network Taps Cisco Technology to Meet Needs of California's Diverse Patient Population; Innovative and Collaborative Effort Aims to Remove Language as a Barrier to Quality Healthcare
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco SystemsR, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced that solutions from its Unified Communications product portfolio are being deployed in one of the world's first voice and video over Internet Protocol IP call centers as a part of the Health Care Interpreter Network HCIN.
Tags: barrier, Cisco Systems Inc., health care, network, patient
Research articles 2006-08-07
Consumer Reports(r) Rates Health Insurance Plans Based on Huge Reader Survey; Free Web Guide Helps Patients Appeal Denials of Care
YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As we approach the annual open enrollment period, when millions of people who purchase health care insurance through their employer will have the opportunity to switch plans, Consumer Reports' CR September story,YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As we approach the annual...
Tags: health care, health insurance, patient, survey, Web
Research articles 2005-08-09
Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Don't raise minimum wage Editor: This governor, Senate and House are hell-bent on taking Michigan further down the tubes than it already is by even considering an increase in the minimum wage. Increasing the minimum is not going to save Michiga...
Tags: DTE Energy Co., Editor, health care, Labor, minimum wage, patient
Research articles 2006-04-03
Partners Healthcare Increases Commitment to Connected Health Programs to Deliver Quality Patient Care and Expand Disease Management and Wellness Programs
To: HEALTH EDITORSTo: HEALTH EDITORS
Tags: Connected Corp., health care, Partners HealthCare System Inc., patient
Research articles 2007-01-17
E-newsletter
No legal avenue for reimbursement, court rules Aetna has no legal recourse to recover excess disability payments from an Ohio computer programmer, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. In Charles Buchanan v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., a case with gr No legal avenue for reimbursement, court rules Aetna...
Tags: Aetna Inc., health care, IBM Corp., incentive, patient
Research articles 2006-06-01
UnitedHealthcare Collaborates with YOU: The Smart Patient Author Dr. Mehmet Oz and Simon & Schuster to Help Consumers Improve Their Health and Find the Right Doctor
* UnitedHealth Premium([R]) designation program empowers patients to become smarter health care consumers
Tags: health care, patient, Simon & Schuster Inc.
Research articles 2006-11-10
Free prescription drugs boost usage, cut costs; Program targeting chronic conditions improves health.(News)
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK WASHINGTON-A major U.S. hospitality industry employer has found that giving free prescription drugs to certain employees who have chronic but manageable health conditions can save money as well as improve health care outcomes Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK WASHINGTON-A...
Tags: health care, Marriott International Inc., patient, prescription drug
Research articles 2007-03-26
World Health Organization Partners With Joint Commission and Joint Commission International to Eliminate Medical Errors Worldwide
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Aug. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Recognizing that health care errors seriously harm one in every 10 patients around the world, the World Health Organization WHO is designating the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizOAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Aug. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Recognizing that health care errors...
Tags: health care, patient, World Health Organization
Research articles 2005-08-23
Widow, Victim with Over $650K in Medical Bills Call for California Ban on Junk Health Plans As Congress Moves to Expand Them
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A consumer group and two patients with insurance who were left with $650,000 in medical bills called on the state legislature to cap the amount of money patients must pay out of pocket for health care. Later SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 7 /U.S. Newswire/...
Tags: health care, patient, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-03-07
Industry risk report healthcare
INDUSTRY RISK REPORT HEALTHCARE Medical malpractice liability may not be the dreaded fear it once was to the industry, but it's still a concern. Even without medical malpractice and professional liability headaches, there's enough risk to manage, from workers' comp risks to staffing shortages to reductions in federal government...
Tags: company, health care, HCA Inc., hospital, patient, risk
Research articles 2007-10-01
Senator Kennedy Joins International and Local Health Care Leaders Examining New Initiatives to Improve the Quality and Safety of Patient Care; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts convenes Saving Lives, Safeguarding Care
BOSTON -- Members of the New England health care community gathered today at a health care public policy conference entitled, Saving Lives: Safeguarding Care, to examine best practices for improving the delivery of high quality medical care, glean lessons from the United Kingdom on the topic, and collaborate on the...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, health care, leader, patient
Research articles 2005-10-24
American Airlines teams with doctors, health plan to improve quality care.(News)
Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK DALLAS-In an rare three-way initiative, a large employer is teaming up with physicians and a health plan in an attempt to directly influence how well the doctors who regularly treat its employees follow established medical tr Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK ...
Tags: American Airlines, health care, patient, physician, team, UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-26
Exhibitor Profiles 2 for eHealthcareWorld, Dec 04 - 06 in New York 2000
Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers eHealthcareWorld New York NEW YORK--BW HealthWire--Dec. 4, 2000-- -0- *T Active Health Mark Stern 212.608.7700 mstern@ahm-usa.com www.activehealthmanagement.com *T ActiveHealth's clinically sophisticated "end-to-end" solutions improve quality and manage the...
Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., e-business, e-health, health care, Internet, patient, physician, software application, Web
Research articles 2000-12-04
Dialysis demand spurs health care blood feud; State wants law to allow more control; hospitals fear for-profits' incursion.(News)
Byline: Gale Scott Each day, thousands of New Yorkers spend several hours hooked up to lifesaving dialysis equipment. The process of cleansing the blood is essential for those whose kidneys have failed--usually because of diabetes, but sometimes as a Byline: Gale Scott Each day,...
Tags: DaVita Inc., health care, hospital, patient
Research articles 2006-02-27
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