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Healthcare Reform Moving Toward House Vote
Compromise not Set in Stone
As the sultry days of summer heated up, so did talks about President Barack Obama's push for his signature domestic legislation — meaningful healthcare reform that covers the uninsured and puts a lid on medical costs.
LYNNE JETER |
Mapping Out a Plan of Attack
Saint Thomas Hospital Employs New Technology in Brain Lab
Any good strategist will tell you 'forewarned is forearmed.' Certainly that is the theory behind the latest technology adopted by neurosurgeons at the Saint Thomas Hospital Brain & Spine Tumor Center. New technology integrates software-generated fiber bundles into the intraoperative guidance system. This neuro-navigational enhancement better enables clinicians to map out the optimal surgical route to reach a tumor while avoiding the eloquent areas of the brain that control speech, motor function and vision.
CINDY SANDERS |
Will the FTC Raise a White Flag?
AMA May Join ABA in "Creditor" Lawsuit
On July 14, the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) wrote a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairman Jonathan D. Leibowitz urging the FTC not to interpret the 2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) to require lawyers to comply with the Red Flags Rule.
LYNNE JETER |
Vital Signs
After a multiyear drought, healthcare once again has a reason to discuss, or even utter those almost-forgotten letters of the finance world: I-P-O.
Walker Duncan |
Connecting Caregivers with Patients
AmeriChoice Investment in Telehealth Keeps Care Local
As the summer wound down, AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee kept the focus on the future of telemedicine by announcing more than $300,000 in grants to better serve rural patients and debuting an 18-wheel mobile health clinic during a statewide sweep.
CINDY SANDERS |
Chronic Fatigue Association Offers Help to Clinicians
Problems with concentration and memory. Unrefreshing sleep and debilitating fatigue. Muscle and joint pain. Headaches. Recurrent sore throat. Tender cervical or axillary [cq] lymph nodes. What's the diagnosis? According to K. Kimberly McCleary, not enough physicians consider chronic fatigue syndrome as the culprit.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD - 2 opinions posted |
| REIMBURSEMENT & ACOs Focus |
Keeping Young Nurses on the Job
Why They Leave
According to research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and published in the July/August issue of the journal Nursing Outlook, 18.1 percent of newly licensed registered nurses leave their first nursing employer within a year of starting their job, and 26.2 percent leave within two years.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Hospital Worker Retention: It's About the Environment
It's easier – and cheaper – to retain good employees than to recruit them. While that simple premise is acknowledged as truth in management circles, the reality of worker retention in the medical environment is far from simple.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Recruitment and Retention: A Rural Hospital Conundrum
The times are a-changin' when it comes to human-resources management in Tennessee's rural hospitals. While the spotlight still shines on the problem of physician and nursing shortages, add to that the challenge of recruiting allied-health professionals to rural locales.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Physician Spotlight: Allen F. Anderson, MD
Tackling Sports Medicine
It takes one to know one.
For Allen Anderson, MD, treating young athletes with sport injuries in his orthopedic practice has a déjà vu quality.
KELLY PRICE |
Sometimes Less is More
New Partial Knee Offers More Options for Patients
In 13 years of practice, Stuart Smith, MD, has performed about 5,000 joint replacements of the hip, shoulder and knee.
CINDY SANDERS |
Working Through the Pain
Options for Osteoarthritis
Old age ain't for sissies.
Although often used in a humorous context, the underlying truth is all too painfully evident the older we get. Nearly 27 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis (OA) with increasing incidence rates corresponding to increasing age. This degenerative disease worsens as cartilage between bone and joint breaks down over time.
Cindy Sanders |
Bone & Joint Decade Brings Awareness to Musculoskeletal Issues
The United States Bone and Joint Decade (USBJD) – 2002-2011 – is nearing the end of Phase I. Yet, the work of raising awareness and research dollars to better address preventive measures and effective treatment options has really just begun.
CINDY SANDERS |
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