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Oct 7, 2009
High-tech 'scribes' help transfer medical records into electronic form

side note: This is a growing area, but for how long? Well, we have 100,000’s of doctors with millions of patients, so they’ll be busy for sometime. There is always added risk when you have someone working with your medial records, so it’s always recommended to go with a company that has been properly qualified. […]

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Oct 7, 2009
Diagnosing swine flu online

side note: This is a smart tactic that will help lower healthcare costs if they are able to spread the word to check online before you rush to the hospital because you have swine flu. You have to think that there had to be an incredible high number of people misdiagnosing themselves and then running […]

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Sep 17, 2009
Court says insurer can't void medical malpractice insurance policy

side note: Here is an interesting case. A doctor lied to his insurer by not disclosing previous claims; then disappears after damaging the plaintiff in this case — never to be heard from again — and is unavailable to participate in his own defense. A sad case all around. Here’s hoping this never happens to […]

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Aug 4, 2009
Litigation screening panels on trial

side note: Another great article from the people at American Medical News. Indiana and 19 other states employ a pretrial screening panel designed to “weed out” non-meritorious malpractice lawsuits. In this article, the author look at how effective these panels have been in lowering physicians’ medical malpractice insurance premiums and the overall cost of malpractice […]

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Jul 28, 2009
High costs of care and insurance don’t add up to health care reform plan

side note:The high cost of healthcare usually ends up in the consumers’ laps. This is very much the same thing in regards to medical malpractice insurance, we need to learn that this model cannot last forever. By JAMES H. “SMOKEY” SHOTT Bluefield Daily Telegraph Depending upon whom you ask, the U.S. either has the best […]

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Jun 29, 2009
Local doctor retires after 50-year career

side note: I couldn’t imagine paying $30 a year for Medical Malpractice Insurance. With that being said, this physician pays 10K a year….I know some doctors who would love to pay that premium! Congrats to Dr. Moneyhun and his long successful career! Garrett StackTheHeraldBulletin.com ANDERSON — The doors to Dr. James Moneyhun’s office, which have […]

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May 20, 2009
Global Center for Medical Innovation launches

side note: It’s exciting news when 4 research institutions like these get together and share their resources. I’m expecting good things from this….. Atlanta Business Chronicle by Urvaksh Karkaria Four Georgia research and health-care organizations will collaborate to launch a center to boost development and commercialization of next-generation medical devices and medical technology. Billed as […]

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May 15, 2009
National health care: The plan

side note: Well….even though I’ve read through a bunch of the details of President Obama’s health care plan….this really breaks it down into simple points. No one knows if it’ll work, but everyone can pretty much agree that something needs to be done to deal with rising insurance costs and what to do with people […]

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May 14, 2009
Urgent-care centers: Illinois numbers grow as time-pressed families seek low-cost option to ERs

side note: I have noticed quite a few of these Urgent-care centers pop-up all over the place in the Chicagoland area. There does seem to be a lack of oversight and accreditation though….will this cause issues in the future? Chicago Tribune by Judith Graham & Melissa Healy But potential patients should evaluate their own symptoms […]

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