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Does Involuntary Outpatient Treatment Work?

In most mental health systems there are people with severe mental illness who are prone to relapse, have repeated hospitalizations and criminal justice contacts, and disproportionately use the most costly services. Many also have alcohol or drug abuse problems. Such individuals often fail to take their prescribed medications, worsening their...

Tags: RAND Corp., medication, patient, health care

White papers

Medicaid Policies to Contain Psychiatric Drug Costs

This study reviews Medicaid policies to restrict access to psychiatric medications. Policies on prior authorization, preferred drug lists, limitations on the number of prescriptions, fail-first requirements, and use of generics are reviewed. All states apply one or more of those policies to medications for mental illness, and many apply several....

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Project HOPE, medication, Medicaid

White papers 2005-04-01

Do Drug Benefits Help Medicare Beneficiaries Afford Prescribed Drugs?

The paper reports about a survey of a random sample of 1,500 elderly people with chronic diseases, who were enrolled in eight Medicare Choice plans. The plan consisted of zero-premium, $200-$300 annual drug benefit and no deductible. The findings indicated that an estimated 32 percent did not fill a prescription...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Project HOPE, beneficiary, medication, income, Medicare, benefit, survey, health care

White papers 2004-08-01

Redesigning the Medication Ordering, Dispensing, and Administration Process in an Acute Care Academic Health Sciences Centre

Two simulation models have been built to quantify the advantages of an electronic medication ordering, dispensing and administration process compared with the current manual process at an acute care academic health sciences centre. The first model represents the current manual system, and has been validated against observed data. The second...

Tags: medication, health care

White papers 2003-10-31

Technology's Impact on Reducing Medication Errors

Danville Regional Medical Center DRMC, 50 miles north of Greensboro and the centerpiece of the health system, is a 350-bed acute care hospital. The hospital needed to re-engineer medication use processes and implement the most effective medication administration information technology. This included reducing paper records as much as possible to...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Nelson Publishing, medication, hospital, health care, information technology

White papers 2002-11-01

The Medicare Prescription Benefit: Implications for Long-Term Care Residents

About two-thirds of nursing facility residents are Medicaid beneficiaries, due to low income or having spent down their assets. Their medications are currently paid for by the Medicaid programs of the various states. Another 8-10% of nursing facility residents are covered by Medicare Part A, which pays for medications along...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicaid, medication, Medicare, long-term care, income, asset, benefit

White papers 2002-08-13

Quality Indicators for Appropriate Medication Use in Vulnerable Elders

Medication use provides an ideal opportunity for monitoring quality of care in the vulnerable elders. Because drugs are readily and unambiguously specified and filled prescriptions and medication lists are increasingly computerized, automated screening is both practical and efficient. Furthermore, unlike many other health care interventions, the evidence base for medication...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, RAND Corp., medication, clinical trial, health care, patient, monitoring

White papers 2001-10-16

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Healthscreen agrees to buy Regent Healthcare

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-25 June 2008-Healthscreen agrees to buy Regent HealthcareC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Healthscreen Solutions Limited (TSX VENTURE:MDU), a supplier of medical software and services to physicians, announced on 24 June that it had signed an agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of Regent Healthcare Systems. ...

Articles 2008-06-25

Toshiba America Medical Systems Enters into Strategic Business Agreement with Healthcare Leader PinnacleHealth

Strategic Business Agreement Offers Large Healthcare Providers Unparalleled Value, Leading Technology and Exceptional Customer Service TUSTIN, Calif. -- Enhancing its flexibility in providing medical imaging solutions for large hospitals and healthcare networks across the country, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced a strategic business agreement with PinnacleHealth, a...

Articles 2008-06-25

Mediware Delivers New Product Ahead of Schedule to Improve Safety of Transplantable Materials

BiologiCare[TM] is the First Commercial Grade, Integrated Software Product to Ensure Safe and Efficient Management of Bone, Tissue and Other Cellular Products Used in Healthcare Facilities LENEXA, Kan. -- Mediware Information Systems (NASDAQ: MEDW), a provider of ClosedLoop[TM] clinical systems for blood and medication management, announced the launch...

Articles 2008-06-25

Editorial: Pennsylvania Health-Care Reform

Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania Senate - fully insured for  their  medical needs - can breathe a sigh of relief. Their eleventh-hour patchwork of health-care proposals has had the desired effect: It's a sedative, not a cure. As a result, Gov. Rendell is no longer talking about stronger medicine. For...

Articles 2008-06-25

Research and Markets: Ypsomed Holding AG Healthcare - Medical Equipment SWOT Report Available Now

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/28b993/ypsomed_holding_ag) has announced the addition of the "Ypsomed Holding AG Healthcare - Medical Equipment SWOT Report" company profile to their offering. Ypsomed Holding AG Healthcare - Medical Equipment SWOT Report is a comprehensive report of the company including both quantitative and qualitative...

Articles 2008-06-25

Research and Markets: SWOT Analysis Report of Anika Therapeutics, Inc. - Medical Equipment Producers

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f6d682/anika_therapeutics) has announced the addition of the "Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Healthcare - Medical Equipment SWOT Report" companyprofile to their offering. Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Healthcare - Medical Equipment SWOT Report is a comprehensive report of the company including both quantitative and qualitative research....

Articles 2008-06-25

Biomedical Materials May 2008 Issue Including Research Alerts, Industry News and Regulatory Affairs

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bc575f/biomedical_materia) has announced the addition of the "Biomedical Materials - May 2008 Issue" report to their offering. Materials: Manhattan Scientifics flags intent to buy Metallicum Products: * Valve offers improved solution for regaining of speech after...

Articles 2008-06-25

60 Medical Clinics to Deploy 90 Self-Service Kiosks for Optimized Patient Check-in and Payment

Healthcare Automation Project is One of the Nation's Largest and Continues Kaiser Permanente's Market-Leading Electronic Integration Efforts PASADENA, Calif. -- Kaiser Permanente deployed its first "KP Self-Service Kiosk" to optimize the patient check-in and payment experience in an innovative project that will include over 60 medical clinics in...

Articles 2008-06-25

Providence St. Mary Medical Center selects ProVation software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

MINNEAPOLIS -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Providence St. Mary Medical Center has selected ProVation[R] Medical software for Gastroenterology and Pulmonary procedure documentation and coding. The software will be installed at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla...

Articles 2008-06-25

Learn about the World Breath Analyzers Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue. World Breath Analyzers Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p090580/World-Breath-Analyzers-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Breath Analyzers in Thousands of US Dollars. The major end-use segments analyzed are Regulatory Authorities,...

Articles 2008-06-25

Medical Students Open Up To Epocrates

Third Annual Survey Reveal Students' Views on School, Healthcare and Technology SAN MATEO, Calif. -- For the third consecutive year, future physicians speak out on the quality of medical training and failing healthcare system. Technology is also top of mind for today's medical students, who are seven times...

Articles 2008-06-25

RemakeHealth Launches Website Connecting Healthcare Consumers With Medical Imaging Centers

Over 500 million medical imaging tests areperformed each year, making MRIs, CT Scans and X-rays a critical part ofevery U.S. patient's medical life. Today's healthcare consumers, however,have few resources to learn about and choose from among the nearly 7,000medical imaging centers that perform Radiology tests. At www.remakehealth.com, consumers...

Articles 2008-06-25

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. to Present at the Jefferies 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference

SAN ANTONIO -- Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE:KCI) today announced that it will present at the Jefferies 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 26, 2008 in New York. Martin J. Landon, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will provide a company presentation to conference attendees at 9:30...

Articles 2008-06-24