Citations with the tag: MEDICAL care -- United States
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- CNE Questions.
// Healthcare Risk Management; Jul2008, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p84A quiz concerning medical care risk management in the U.S. is presented.
- Don't fail to communicate critical test results.
Spath, Patrice // Hospital Peer Review; Apr2008, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p58The article addresses the problems encountered by healthcare organizations in the U.S. in communicating critical test results.
- A guide to upcoming major medical meetings.
Londino, Kathleen; Riemschneider, Bea // Medical Marketing & Media; Aug97, Vol. 32 Issue 8, p46Lists meetings, conventions and exhibits related to the medical profession scheduled from September 1997 to August 1998 in the United States. Sponsors; Specialties; Estimated attendance; Locations; Contact information.
- Few problems with therapeutic switches.
Dickinson, James G. // Medical Marketing & Media; Sep97, Vol. 32 Issue 9, p28Reports that only few Medwatch reports have been submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration in response to the agency's request last March 1997 seeking adverse consequences of therapeutic switches.
- New companies and locations.
Dickinson, James G. // Medical Marketing & Media; Oct97, Vol. 32 Issue 10, p120Reports on developments in the healthcare industry as of October 1997 in the United States. Includes Innovex Inc.'s relocation of its United States corporate office to New Jersey; Lehman Millet Inc.'s opening of an office in London, England; Formation of the medical publishing company, Alliance...
- Information and resources.
Dickinson, James G. // Medical Marketing & Media; Oct97, Vol. 32 Issue 10, p121Reports on developments in the healthcare industry as of October 1997 in the United States. Includes Scott-Levin's launching of a Web site on industry news and analysis; V2 Inc.'s launching of a service called Strategic Account Management; Pharmacia & Upjohn's launching of a Web site for...
- Media news.
Dickinson, James G. // Medical Marketing & Media; Jun98, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p24Present news brief relating to pharmaceutical industries, while focusing on medical care in the United States. Features of the SilverPlatter Education company's Primary Web site; Details on the PPR Incorporation/SCP Communications Incorporated merger; Information on the material available on...
- Blues: Access on states' health agendas.
Hicks, Glen Thomas // AHA News; 02/05/2001, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p2Focuses on the results of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's Annual State Legislative Health Care and Insurance Issues 2000, Survey of Plans report, which was released in February 2001. Trends in state legislative issues concerning health care; Top proposals for the regulation of health...
- New Congress hits the floor running.
Kostreski, Farah // AHA News; 1/9/95, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p1Reports on the prospects for health care and welfare reforms in the United States in light of the power struggle between the Republican-dominated House of Congress and President Clinton's Democrat-filled White House. Need for consensus on health care policies; Disparity in the health care...
- News clips.
Kostreski, Farah // AHA News; 1/9/95, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p1Presents a list of developments on the health care industry in the United States as of January 9, 1995. Texas' lawsuit against federal government for health care, education and other costs of illegal immigrants; Settlement of illegal physician kickback case; Settlement of a case between a...
- News clips.
Kostreski, Farah // AHA News; 1/23/95, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p1Reports on developments in the health care industry in the United States. Settlement of a fraud case between the federal government and a health care provider; Federal relations symposium; Chairpersons for Senate committees.
- News clips.
Kostreski, Farah // AHA News; 2/27/95, Vol. 31 Issue 9, p1Reports on developments regarding health care in the United States as of February 1995. Reallocation of staff and resources by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; Recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia for HIV...
- Linkages/acquisitions.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 2/27/95, Vol. 31 Issue 9, p4Reports on linkages and acquisitions in the United States health care industry as of February 1995. Formation of regional health care network by several California hospitals; Joint venture by Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and Columbia/HCA; Development of HelixCare by Helix Health...
- On the record.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 3/27/95, Vol. 31 Issue 13, p2Presents news items affecting health care in the United States as of March 27, 1995. Introduction of a bill by Representative Donald Payne providing a health care program for abandoned and medically fragile infants; Changes of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services...
- News clips.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 4/3/95, Vol. 31 Issue 14, p1Reports on news developments in medical care in the United States as of April 3, 1995. Appointment of Spencer C. Johnson to the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; Approval of health-insurance tax break for self employed Americans; Patient care mistakes at University Community Hospital...
- News clips.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 4/10/95, Vol. 31 Issue 15, p1Reports on news and developments in the health care industry. Increase in the stock prices of for-profit hospitals in the first quarter of 1995; US House lawmakers' approval of a bill that would extend the Medicare Select program to 50 states; 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco's...
- Other recent deals.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 4/10/95, Vol. 31 Issue 15, p4Reports on news and development related to the health industry. Includes WellPoint Health Networks Inc.'s merger with Health Systems International Inc.; Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center's affiliate agreement with Methodist Health Systems; Tulane University in New Orleans and Columbia/HCA...
- On the record.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 5/1/95, Vol. 31 Issue 18, p2Presents news items regarding health care in the United States as of April 19, 1995. Public meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee on May 10; Meeting of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on...
- News clips.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 5/8/95, Vol. 31 Issue 19, p1Features news related to medical care in the United States. Benefits from medical savings accounts; Payment adjustment for hospitals for 1996.
- Health care reform failures drive local innovations.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 5/8/95, Vol. 31 Issue 19, p6Focuses on the health care programs in the United States. Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); Benefits of On Lok Senior Health Services from PACE; Participation of Richland Memorial Hospital; Health maintenance organization offering of Memorial Hospital of South Bend.
- On the record.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 5/15/95, Vol. 31 Issue 20, p2Reports on developments about health care in the United States as of May 15, 1995. Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) issuance of correction on Medicare program; Introduction of legislation extending the Department of Veterans Affairs' authority; Meeting schedule announced by the...
- Low-cost health care not necessarily inferior.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 5/29/95, Vol. 31 Issue 22, p5Reports on a study conducted by researchers at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland showing that low-cost health care is not necessarily inferior. Relationship between use of laboratory tests and patient's quality of care; Quality of care accorded patients who seek care in...
- Free care surges.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 6/5/95, Vol. 31 Issue 23, p5Reports on the increase of free care that physicians provide in the United States. Charity care.
- News clips.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 8/14/95, Vol. 31 Issue 33, p1Reports on developments in health care in the United States. Call for US Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) chief Bruce C. Vladeck clarify Medicare and Medicaid regulations on emergency-medical care coverage; HCFA's meeting with senior citizens to discuss ways to reduce Medicaid and...
- Other recent deals.
Aston, Geri // AHA News; 8/28/95, Vol. 31 Issue 35, p4Presents some news items of interest to health care practitioners. Includes Blue Cross of Indiana's receipt of Internal Revenue Service approval of its proposed for-profit restructuring; Completion by Tenet Healthcare Corp. of its acquisition of Mercy+Baptist Medical center in New Orleans under...
- Linkages/Acquisitions.
J.G. // AHA News; 10/30/95, Vol. 31 Issue 44, p4No abstract available.
- Linkages.
J.G. // AHA News; 11/20/95, Vol. 31 Issue 47, p4Reports on developments concerning health care in the United States, for the week ending November 20, 1995. Includes the formation of the Unified HealthCare Network; Establishment of a new entity called Carroll County Memorial Hospital Inc. by the board of Carroll County Memorial Hospital in...
- Smart moves: Groups outline hospitals' 'strategic imperatives.
J.A. // AHA News; 12/11/95, Vol. 31 Issue 49, p5Reports on the strategic imperatives as response to changes outlined in the 1996 environmental assessment of the United States health care system by the Virginia Hospital Association and Deloitte & Touch.
- Did you know...
J.A. // AHA News; 12/18/95, Vol. 31 Issue 50, p2Presents information related to health care in the United States. Increase in the number of persons enrolled for Medicare from 1967 to 1995; Increase in the number of Medicaid recipients from 1967 to 1995; Increase in the number of dependent children.
- Wellpoint looks beyond its borders.
J.A. // AHA News; 1/15/96, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p4Reports on developments related to the American health care industry. Includes affiliation agreement between hospitals; Opening of psychiatric unit in Martha Jefferson Hospital; Expansion of Health Systems International.
- Other recent deals.
Asplund, Jon // AHA News; 1/29/96, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p4Reports on agreements within the health care industry of the United States. Termination of the talks between Quorum Health Group of Nashville, Tennessee with another health care company; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Partners HealthCare System's adult cancer program with Dana Farber, Brigham...
- Directory of resources.
Asplund, Jon // AHA News; 2/5/96, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p8Presents various information resources on medical care in the United States. Includes site visits on the results of the community initiatives of Santa Rosa Health Care in San Antonio, Texas; Software on hospital statistics; Information on the book `Transformational Leadership: Renewing...
- Collaboration bridges gap in local health systems.
Sumaya, Ciro V. // AHA News; 2/26/96, Vol. 32 Issue 8, p6Opinion. Reports on the need for collaboration to ensure the success of integrated-delivery systems of health care in the United States. Significance of the 1995 Memorandum of Understanding between the US Health Resources and Services and the American Hospital Association (AHA); Role of the...
- Bills seek medical-record protections.
L.B. // AHA News; 05/20/96, Vol. 32 Issue 20, p3Focuses on the introduction of a bill designed to protect patients' privacy in an era of new technology. Emphasis on the handling of genetic information; Examination of medical records; Comments from the bill's drafters.
- New company makes first acquisition.
L.B. // AHA News; 05/20/96, Vol. 32 Issue 20, p4Reports on developments concerning medical care in the United States, as of May 20, 1996. Includes Memorial Hospital's affiliation with Trinity Mother Frances Health System and Principal Hospital Co.; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Methodist Hospital's plans to merge their services in...
- Consumer prices up.
J.A. // AHA News; 05/20/96, Vol. 32 Issue 20, p4Reports on the rise in the cost of medical care for consumers in April 1996. Consumer Price Index; Outpatient services; Prices for commodities.
- Linkages.
J.G.; L.L. // AHA News; 8/19/96, Vol. 32 Issue 33, p4No abstract available.
- Linkages.
J.G.; L.L. // AHA News; 08/26/96, Vol. 32 Issue 34, p4Compiles news topics pertaining to developments among health care organizations in the United States as of August 26, 1996. Formation of healthcare system between Park Ridge Health System and St. Mary's Hospital; Lease of Baptist Health-owned Cleburne Memorial Hospital; Completion of operating...
- 1996 tracking trends.
J.G.; L.L. // AHA News; 09/09/96, Vol. 32 Issue 36, p4Presents key indicators of the health care industry in the United States as of May 1996. Admissions; Outpatient visits; Cost per case.
- Quality is in the eye of the beholder.
J.G.; L.L. // AHA News; 09/16/96, Vol. 32 Issue 37, p5Presents information on the availability of a report called the `Oregon Consumer Scorecard Project' which compares the differing views of officials of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and health care providers regarding criteria for high-quality health care. Contact information.
- Linkages.
J.G.; L.L. // AHA News; 09/30/96, Vol. 32 Issue 39, p4Reports on developments in medical care in the United States as of September 30, 1996. Includes Forbes Health System's decision to merge with Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation; OrNda Healthcorp's acquisition of Fallon Healthcare System; Alliance between Moses Cone Oregon Health...
- Competition stiffens as markets tighten.
Cassil, Alwyn // AHA News; 11/04/96, Vol. 32 Issue 44, p1Highlights the findings of the National Committee for Quality Health Care report entitled `Six Competitive Health Care Markets: Putting the Pieces Together.' Impact of competitions sparked by employer and consumer demands for more choice and lower costs on health care; Continuation of...
- Trustees get an earful.
Reiter, Jim // AHA News; 12/16/96, Vol. 32 Issue 49, p2Presents the American Hospital Association (AHA) Committee on Governance members' observations on communities' concerns about health care. Access to health; Cost of coverage; User-unfriendly health bureaucracy; Need for hospitals to address health care concerns; Reaction to hospitals'...
- Wait reduction.
Murray, Kevin // AHA News; 12/16/96, Vol. 32 Issue 49, p5Focuses on the results of the Boston, Massachusetts-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 1995-96 collaborative program designed to reduce delays and waiting times commonly found throughout health care systems. Collaborative members' participation in learning sessions; Hospital delays...
- Poll: Consumers lack confidence in health care.
Murray, Kevin // AHA News; 1/27/97, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p3Reports that consumers fear that the health care system is putting profits ahead of people according to a survey conducted by the national Coalition on Health Care last December 18-22, 1996.
- Hospitals losing the fight for the public's confidence.
Oplatka, Elizabeth // AHA News; 2/3/97, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p4Presents the results of a survey in the report `Eye on Patients: A Report to the American Public,' by the American Hospital Association and the Picker Institute. Need to give information to the patients regarding their own health care; Accessing care and working with insurance companies;...
- How is the health system doing?
Oplatka, Elizabeth // AHA News; 2/3/97, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p4Presents the opinions of patients on how the health system in the United States is doing.
- 1996 tracking trends.
Oplatka, Elizabeth // AHA News; 2/10/97, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p4No abstract available.
- Linkages.
Dunn, Philip // AHA News; 03/31/97, Vol. 33 Issue 12, p4Announces developments in the health care industry as of March 31, 1997. Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s plan to sell French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, California to comply with the Federal Trade Commission's ruling on its OrNda HealthCorp. deal; Entry of seven hospitals into...
- Survey finds disparity in feelings about care.
Dunn, Philip // AHA News; 05/12/97, Vol. 33 Issue 18, p5Reports on the results of a study conducted by Yankelovich Partners Inc. showing the percentage of Americans concerned about the nation's health care system.
