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Aging With Mental Retardation: Increasing Population of Older Adults With MR Require Health Interventions and Prevention Strategies: The second half of the 20th century vastly increased the life span of those with mental retardation MR. Today the average life expectancy of older adults with MR is 66.1 years and growing. As these individuals age, they present increasing challenges to the clinician. Primary care providers need to be...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., health care, strategy; White papers
How to Pay for Your EHR: The paper depicts that even by conservative estimates; an electronic health record system is a major expense. Including hardware, software, implementation, and training, an EHR can easily cost $30,000 per physician. But there are some ways to finance it that can ease the pain. This article presents some pros and...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., e-health, electronic health record, physician, finance, training, hardware, software; White papers
The Changing Face of Locum Tenens Practice: The paper reveals that weekly; thousands of physicians pack their bags and travel across the country to work on assignments lasting from a few days to several months, or longer. They provide coverage at hospitals, community clinics, managed care organizations, single- and multi-specialty practices, government medical facilities, and large healthcare...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., physician, patient, agency, health care; White papers
Adolescent Patients and Their Confidentiality: Staying Within Legal Bounds: Optimizing adolescent health Providers who care for adolescents must recognize and respond to issues that lie at the intersection of medicine, law, and ethics. Respecting an adolescent's right to privacy reduces one barrier to care. When a patient trusts a physician, they are likely to delay medical care and more...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Skyscape Inc., confidentiality, physician, patient, health care, ethics, barrier, environment; White papers
Breaking Down Financial Barriers to Long-Term Drug Therapy: Patients for whom the cost of drugs is a barrier to treatment for chronic conditions have a variety of optionsù from discount card plans tied to Medicare eligibility soon to be replaced by the Medicare Part D prescription program to drug-company-sponsored prescription assistance plans. Knowing the way these plans work...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare, patient, therapy, barrier, financial; White papers

Pain Management: Delivering Culturally Appropriate Care: For many Americans, pain is the number one reason to visit their doctors. Until recently, healthcare providers had only the crudest understanding of the mystery of pain. But due to the innovations of genetic research, radiology, and neurology, dramatic advances are being made in determining its causes. Yet, while advances...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., health care; White papers
Eliminating Medical Errors Is Part of Every Nurse's Job: Flagging medical errors and near misses makes it possible to fix the problem that led to the mistake. The article displays how one hospital developed a system that works. It seems as though everyone's talking about the importance of reporting errors and near misses these days, but achieving that goal...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., job; White papers
Faux Drugs: Can They Be Stopped?: Every day millions of Americans have prescriptions filled at their pharmacies with confidence that the drugs they purchase for themselves or their loved ones are safe. That degree of assurance is understandable. The U.S. drug distribution system remains among the most secure and reliable in the world. However, there is...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., public health, food, supply chain, industry; White papers
Unraveling Medicare: The Learning Curve Under Part D: Everyone has learned a lot since Medicare Part D was started on Jan. 1. Pharmacists learned new processes, people on Medicare learned new terms and options. Insurers and the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services learned to respond quickly to misunderstandings, technical glitches, and personnel shortages. Experience with these early...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare, Medicaid, incentive; White papers 2006-05-08
Knowing Your Medicare ABC&Ds: Among the sources of confusion accompanying the implementation of Medicare Part D is the distinction between drugs covered under Part B and Part D. CMS officials held a teleconference late in January to listen to provider concerns, answer questions, and correct misinterpretation. The original Medicare program was similar to employer...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare; White papers 2006-04-03
State of the Industry 2006: Summarizing the Healthcare industry and the state of the precarious union between providers and payers is like trying to balance a gallon of fresh gelatin in hands. Healthcare is an industry perhaps more complex, fragmented and difficult to comprehend than any other. This article provides information on the various "Balancing...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., health care, industry; White papers 2005-10-01
Feds Issue Marketing Rules for Medicare Part D: Pharmacists and potential plan sponsors finally got the ground rules on how they can market Prescription Drug Plans PDPs to Medicare beneficiaries, who can begin enrolling in Part D. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the guidelines to set standards that plan sponsors must follow. The goal is...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare, beneficiary, agency, sales; White papers 2005-09-26
New Guidelines Help Manage Chronic Heart Failure: Heart Failure HF is a major health problem and a leading cause of hospitalizations among the elderly. Keeping pace with the new treatment approaches, the American College of Cardiology ACC and the American Heart Association AHA task force released updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and the Management of Chronic Heart...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., therapy, health care; White papers 2005-09-26
Who's Eligible for Financial Assistance Under Medicare Part D?: Undoubtedly the public will be hearing much more about Medicare Part D as Prescription Drug Plans PDPs are selected and begin promoting their programs. At least one group of people with Medicare already received preliminary information in mailings from the Social Security Administration SSA: those with low incomes who may...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare, income, financial, benefit; White papers 2005-09-12
Cost-Effectiveness of 4 Empiric Antimicrobial Regimens in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: This study compares the cost-effectiveness of the 4 most common empiric antimicrobial regimens used for the treatment of adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia CAP at a community health system during a 6-month period. Associations between initial antimicrobials and total hospital costs were determined. Cost-effectiveness ratios were determined by dividing the total...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., regimen, patient; White papers 2005-09-01
New 'Smart Pumps' Reducing IV Medication Errors: This article highlights that the next generation of "Smart" IV pumps is getting smarter. The new systems that are in place are designed to guard more rigorously against errors of administration, dosing, drug interactions, and other issues. This software allows the hospital to preconfigure appropriate dosing limits for intravenous drugs....; Tags: Skyscape Inc., software; White papers 2005-08-22
Innovative Approaches Help Improve the Managed Care Trifecta: It is no surprise that many healthcare organizations are content with the status quo. But is the status quo good enough? According a World Health Organization report from 2000, the United Status spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, but only ranks 37th in health system...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Skyscape Inc., health care, patient, performance; White papers 2005-06-01
The Power of Low-Tech Nursing: Research has shown that touching patients has several benefits. One study found that patients whose hands were held during cataract surgery reported less anxiety and had lower blood epinephrine levels than those who underwent cataract surgery without hand-holding. Another study found that elderly female nursing home residents who received comforting...; Tags: Skyscape Inc., surgery, patient, health care, benefit; White papers 2005-06-01
Managed Care Confidential: With Medicare Part D looming in the industry's immediate future, formulary placement is high on product managers' list of priorities. A brand's formulary status with current health plans may well affect its placement with new Medicare prescription drug plans. So the central question for pharma is: How do managed care...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., Medicare, brand, health care, industry; White papers 2005-02-01
Higher Percentages of Americans Use Alternative Medicine: Consumers more and more are trying to take control of their own healthcare destinies. They are looking for more therapy alternatives so they can better manage their healthcare dollars. With more of that responsibility falling to consumers, many managed care organizations are realizing that they must offer choices that until...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Skyscape Inc., therapy, health care, tool; White papers 2005-02-01