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Providing for fundamental human needs to people who are close to death is complex and sophisticated, but ultimately it involves the integration of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual elements, according to a study1 published in PLoS Medicine by international researchers.
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The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according to a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, published in a recent issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has attacked President Obama's healthcare law initiative, which intends to give free screenings for birth defects to all pregnant women by requiring insurers to cover the costs of the test.
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According to a new study, kidney failure patients who take part in an education program are more likely to get evaluated for a kidney transplant.
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A study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology suggests that getting a legal abortion is much safer than actually giving birth. Researchers found that women were about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth to a live baby than to die from complications of an abortion.
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Provider's offices are no longer the "middleman" between schedulers and patients at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI, due to a newly implemented process.
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The second annual benchmark study by Ponemon Institute in Traverse City, MI, sponsored by ID Experts, finds that the frequency of data breaches in healthcare organizations surveyed has increased by 32%.
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Within one year, the patient access department at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, a 408-bed hospital in Chicago, reduced denials due to no benefit coverage and no authorization by 30%.
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Regardless of whether patients are covered by a commercial carrier, an employer group, or a combination of both, new processes are needed for patient access areas, says Gail Draper, director of clinic support services at University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics in Salt Lake City.
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Total point-of-service (POS) collections went from $650,000 in 2009 to $1.5 million by the end of 2011 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
