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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
“The Social Security Administration also has an interest and has a project in place to automate the process for obtaining authorized information from electronic health records. With over 2 million claims for disability benefits each year, the process is becoming a bit overwhelming. The records now have to arrive by mail and sometimes takes months. [...]
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Ph articles (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay news ) -- High or low levels of the hormone thyrotropin may be associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease in women. Thyrotropin affects thyroid gland function and thyroid hormone levels. Between 1977 and 1979, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School measured thyrotropin levels in 1,864 people, average age 71, without...
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BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
From Nashua, NH: Motorcyclist crashed, fell four stories July 13, 2008 The family of a motorcyclist says his helmet saved his life as he fell four stories after crashing into a parking garage wall this week. Leon Belesca, 28, of Nashua, fell over the wall and to the pavement below after his motorcycle crashed on the top floor of [...]
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Lean Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Modern Healthcare Online ($$) | Fierce Healthcare (free) For those not in healthcare, the Joint Commission is a non-profit hospital accreditation organization. You might remember that Paul Levy and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital posted their full Joint Commission report online last year. They conduct assessments and make recommendations that are supposed to help improve safety and quality. They are...
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Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Paul Levy, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has made lots of waves with his no-holds-barred blogging -- highly unusual for someone in his position. He's at it again today, with some very thoughtful observations both on the latest health care news, and on the prospects for health care reform in general. Read the whole thing . Here are a few samples (emphasis mine): Two illustrative stories...
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Running a hospital (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008 Posted by Paul Levy at 0 comments: Subscribe to: About MePaul Levy President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston My Causes General Topical Links Personal Story Links Social Media, Marketing, and Networking Links Media Sponsored Links Transparency Related Links Artists and Performers and Authors Nurse, Doctor & Other Caregiver or Related Links Blog Archive...
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ScienceRoll (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
There is a real hype about electronic health records nowadays and Medsphere seems to be an interesting example. Dr. Edmund Billings, Chief Medical Officer for Medsphere and a pioneer in the development of electronic medical records, kindly answered my questions. Please introduce briefly your service to us. What does Medsphere focus on? Medsphere offers electronic health record [...]
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Drug Injury Watch (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Something Old And Something New: Two Items From July 3, 2008 NEJM Show Why Preemption Applied In These Types Of Cases Is Bad Public Policy (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) We start with the something "old", which only goes...
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Dr. Wes (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
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If you haven’t seen the remarkable management of a medical “never” error that was displayed by Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital over at Running A Hospital, I’d encourage you to read it . This post should be a “must read” for any hospital risk management personnel or hospital administrator. In short, this is what happened: It was a hectic day, as many are. Just beforehand,...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
American Hospital Management announced the appointment of Gregory Ciottone,
MD to the position of Chief Medical Officer of American Hospital Management
Company.
LONGMONT, Colo., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- American Hospital Management
Company (AHMC) effective July 1st, 2008 has appointed Gregory Ciottone, MD
to the position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Ciottone will be responsible
for Continuing Medical...
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openPR.com Newsfeed (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
American Hospital Management Company (AHMC) effective July 1st, 2008 has appointed Gregory Ciottone, MD to the position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Ciottone will be responsible for Continuing ... read more
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The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
By Bob Wachter Yet another case of wrong-side surgery, this one at Boston’s Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital. Though CEO Paul Levy does a nice job discussing the case on his blog, I’ll focus on two aspects Paul neglects: the role of...
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Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Eric Turkewitz on how BIDMC is dealing with their medical mistake: "If more hospitals and doctors acknowledged mistakes and sought to learn from them -- as Beth Israel Deaconess is doing -- it would probably go a long way to putting medical malpractice attorneys out of business. And the reason is really quite simple, and human. Worse than being injured by negligence is adding insult to the injury by...
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A Healthy Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Massachusetts health blogosphere has lit up with (3 links) discussions of the wrong-site surgery performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In case you missed the story, an experienced surgeon operated on the wrong side of a patient. The error appears to have occurred because the team did not take a “time [...]
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Genetic Archaeology News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Study implicates several genes involved in helping the brain learn from experience
