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Price Transparency Will Deliver Real Results for Patients
The Trump administration is keeping the celebratory fireworks going with big changes in the health care industry. The White House recently announced an executive order taking bold action to increase price transparency and lower health care costs for American consumers. The order requires federal agencies to move forward in helping inform patients of actual prices …
California earthquake: Patients wheeled out of hospital, some still hooked to their IVs
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit 11 miles northeast of Ridgecrest, according to the US Geological Survey. It comes a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake centered near Ridgecrest rattled the region. That earthquake has produced more than 1,400 aftershocks, scientists said. Shortly after the latest earthquake, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital wheeled out patients — some still hooked to …
The Various Kinds of Healthy Food Products for Arthritis Patients
People who have arthritis suffer a lot due to inflammation as well as terrible pain and other associated problems. Although there is no specific diet that can cure this type of condition, there are a few foods that you can have to reduce inflammation of your body to a great extent. This article will highlight …
Mon Health Center Works In Virtual Reality With Patients | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo Provided Karen Buckton, a resident of Rock Cave, W.Va., and a cancer patient at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, W.Va., tries on virtual reality goggles while undergoing treatment. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dr. Jaschar Shakuri-Rad, a urologist at the Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, has carried out enough procedures to know that most …
Oxinium Knee Replacement For Young Patients With Osteoarthritis
Total knee replacement is generally performed in older patients with osteoarthritis. For the first time in India, a new prosthesis for young patients with osteoarthritis will be introduced. This prosthesis made of a wonder material called Zirconium, a ceramic coated metal ensures longer survival of the prosthesis after implantation. The introduction of this prosthesis will …
Culture and Latino Patients
Communication runs deeper than the words that are exchanged between two people. Words are important for sure, but often times when we’re working with patients of a different culture than our own, words alone are not sufficient to motivate a patient to make a lifestyle change, or to accept a suggested treatment plan. We must …
Health Trainers Help Patients Stay Well In Rural Communities Far From A Doctor : Shots
Volunteers participate in a recent Healthy U leader training in Lander, Wyo. the program provides health skills training to people in rural areas. According to a recent poll, 26 percent of rural Americans said there has been a time in the past few years when they needed health care, but did not get it. Courtesy …
Why it’s important for patients to look at their doctor’s note
When Pamela DeSalvo read the clinical note from her doctor’s visit, the words on the page hit her hard: “clinically morbidly obese.” She knew she was overweight, but seeing those three words together shocked her. It also inspired her to start losing weight. “I needed to see it in black and white, what I actually …
North Country at Work: how Kathleen Camelo manages patients and the health center at SUNY Plattsburgh
Jun 19, 2019 — Full-time physician, pharmacy and lab manager, head of a medical staff – those are some of the hats Kathleen Camelo wears on a daily basis as Director of SUNY Plattsburgh’s Student Health and Counseling Center. Kathleen grew up in Keeseville, moved to the West Coast to start her medical career, and …
Intermountain Healthcare seeking 500,000 patients for genetic database ‘unmatched in scale and scope’
Floyd Hatch’s little brother was just 23 years old and seemingly healthy when his heart abruptly stopped and he “dropped dead” while playing football with a friend. Ten years later, Hatch said, his sister, 47, collapsed and died. Hatch had run 41 marathons when, at age 64, his heart began to fail him. The culprit …
