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Pneumococcal Vaccine Ineffective at CAP Prevention; Flu Vaccine Limits
Hospitalization; Verapamil Not Up To Competition; International
Companies Unite Against SARS; New FDA Comissioner Brings Controversy;
Janssen: Dear Doctor Letter for Risperidone
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Another fluoroquinolone has been added to the list of antibacterial agents for respiratory tract infections. Gemifloxacin is a broad-spectrum agent that is highly active against the most common respiratory pathogens, including penicillin and macrolide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance; Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile
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When two police officers arrived at a hospital emergency department asking to be informed if the facility had treated an elderly woman reported missing by her family, hospital staff contacted their outside legal counsel for advice because of wariness about HIPAA privacy regulations. And its good they did.
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Looking at opportunities for improvement after becoming director of patient access at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta about two years ago, it was natural that Millie Brown would turn her attention to the quality of registration data.
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Being educated is the best defense when it comes to ensuring that your hospital is compliant with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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Nancy Stringer, director of patient access at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, would like to know how other nonprofit hospitals deal with the impact of nearby for-profit providers that have much stricter patient payment policies.
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Now that two significant HIPAA compliance deadlines have passed the April 14 deadline for health care industry compliance with the privacy rule and the April 16 deadline for health care business operations to begin testing transactions and code sets its time to take stock of how far along health care organizations really are when it comes to HIPAA compliance.
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Companies seek URAC security accreditation; HIPAA.ICC.NET started to facilitate transmission
