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What Are Advantages of Healthcare Utilization Review?
Although healthcare practitioners such as doctors and nurses occasionally resent the utilization review process, it provides benefits both for consumers and healthcare organizations.Utilization review...
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The History of Home Health Nursing
Home health nurses serve people who are disabled, chronically ill or who have a terminal illness. The person to whom the care is given might be a child recuperating from a hospital stay or an elderly...
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What Is the Meaning of Non-formulary Drugs?
Health insurance companies use a formulary system to help control costs while providing safe, effective medications. A formulary is a listing of brand name and generic medications that are preferred by...
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Stroke Certification Requirements
Primary Stroke Center Certification (PSCC) is awarded to healthcare facilities who meet the criteria of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCHAO). The PSCC program...
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Benefits for People Who Receive Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability is a program that pays monthly benefits to those who are legally determined to be disabled. You can be determined disabled at any age. The Social Security Administration has...
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Compounding Pharmacist Job Description
A compounding pharmacist mixes prescription drugs to a doctor's orders so that a patient gets a personalized dose of medication. Compounding pharmacists usually work in specialized compounding...
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Vitamin K Cream & Warfarin
Warfarin is a blood thinner that can have drastic and detrimental effects if taken in conjunction with high doses of vitamin K. Warfarin and vitamin K actually counteract each other. Therefore if you...
View ArticleLow Cost Health Insurance in Massachusetts
The state of Massachusetts offers low or no-cost health insurance plans through the Commonwealth Care program. These managed health care plans are a low-cost option for those who meet certain...
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Types of Afo Joints
Doctors may prescribe a special brace called an ankle foot orthotic (AFOs) for people suffering from disorders such as drop foot, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, an unstable ankle or problems...
View ArticleTypes of Manual Wheelchairs
Manual wheelchairs have been around for many years and they are a great tool for those who have trouble walking or cannot walk at all. Manual wheelchairs can be moved by the person in the chair or...
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Procedures for Writing a Case Report
Case reports allow medical and psychiatric professionals to share their experiences and research with other physicians on distinctive or rare conditions, diseases and treatments through publishing...
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How do I Flush Triple Lumen Catheters?
Vascular access devices such as a catheter allow direct access to the circulatory system. They are used for therapies that require placement where there is a high blood flow. Once a medication is...
View ArticleHow do I Troubleshoot the Optium Glucose Meter?
The Optium glucose meter is a handheld device used to measure blood sugar, and is primarily used by individuals who are diabetic or suffer other blood sugar disorders. The Optium meter is distributed...
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How to Discharge a Patient From a Medical Practice
Doctors can choose to terminate care at their discretion. Reasons for termination include patients who do not pay their bills or are not following medical advice. Physicians also terminate care to...
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Technologies to Improve Nurse to Patient Communication
Nurses are constantly looking for ways to improve patient care. How a nurse provides and receives communication with patients is crucial to improved productivity in caring for the sick. According to a...
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Grants for Caregivers in Florida
Caregivers provide a valuable service in attending to those with special medical needs, sometimes on a round-the-clock basis. In Florida, several organizations offer grants to support and encourage...
View ArticleAbout Health Insurance in the Philippines
According to the Allianz website, a combination of private and public institutions provide health care in the Philippines. A national health-care system provides affordable health insurance to the...
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Managed Health Care Considerations
A managed care system is a form of insurance in which the insurer works with specific healthcare providers, rather than covering healthcare across the board.
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Tricare Partial Hospitalization Regulations
Tricare is the single-pay health-care program of the Department of Defense, formerly known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). It uses a variety of providers...
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How to Deduct Assisted Living Expenses
In order to include the complete cost of assisted living expenses as a federal income tax deduction for medical expenses, certain criteria must be met. The patient must be chronically ill and...
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