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For both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, weight control, exercise, and elimination of tobacco use are essential for controlling blood sugar levels and minimizing complications, says Faith Thibodeau, MS, RD, LD, CDE, a diabetes educator for Visiting Nurse Service in Saco, ME.
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You may be proud of meeting the Oct. 16, 2002, deadline for the transaction standards portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), or you may have successfully filed your request for a one-year extension, but it is now time to look carefully at how your agency will comply with the privacy standards.
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Home health agencies now may use standing orders to immunize patients for pneumonia and flu according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services policy published in the Oct. 2, 2002 Federal Register (Vol. 67, No. 191).
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As you let your staff members know about changes to your emergency plans, dont forget that patients also need information, says Rita Lapham, RN, director of patients services and owner of Golden Age Home Health in Oklahoma City.
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The recently released final privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) makes significant changes to the existing regulations. With the April 14, 2003, compliance deadline fast approaching, are your staff receiving the proper training?
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Five different health organizations have received six grants totaling $4.9 million for pilot projects to reward physicians and hospitals for higher quality.
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The recently released final privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) makes significant changes to the existing regulations. With the April 14, 2003, compliance deadline fast approaching, are your staff receiving the proper training?
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Recent studies of atrial fibrillation patients have shown that a strategy of heart rate control and chronic anticoagulation is equivalent to a cardioversion strategy with efforts to maintain sinus rhythm with regards to longevity.
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This paper describes the results of community-wide deployment of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to police officers.
