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NewsPrevention screenings increase when physicians get financial incentives, study finds
While quality of provider care shouldn't be based on financial incentives given to doctors, a new study examining the concept of monetarily rewarding certain patient screenings shows that such a Read more...
Study: Medicaid patients don't get cancer screening
Medicaid patients may not be getting the screening they need for cancers such as colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer--and a new study suggests that it may be due in large part to their primary Read more...
VA issues 'report card' touting hospital quality
Lately, the VA has taken a pounding over its handling of mentally-ill soldiers, not to mention the conditions under which physically-injured veterans have been treated at its facilities. Now, the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: U of Miami suffers massive patient data loss; Loyola U sets $1B strategic plan; and much more...
> The University of Miami School of Medicine has lost data backup tapes containing data on 2.1 million patients. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Provider groups ask CMS to delay NPI enforcement, again; Zyrtec marketers try something new; and much more...
> Several groups have asked CMS to delay the implementation of the National Provider Identification number, arguing that no one involved is really ready to move ahead. Read more...
| Press ReleasesENT and Allergy Associates®, LLP Introduces Oral Cancer Prevention Program: Minimally Invasive Test Makes Disease as PreveTARRYTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Preventing oral cancer -- a killer that is rapidly growing among women, young people and non-smokers -- may now be as simple as doing a self-exam of the inside of Read more >> BSD Medical Announces Recognition of Dr. Jacoba van der Zee for Her Pioneering Work in Hyperthermia in the NetherlandsSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) (the “Company” or “BSD”) announced today that Dr. Jacoba van der Zee, Erasmus University Hospital-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center Read more >> BSD Medical Reports Publication of German Oncology Journal Der Onkologe Emphasizing Benefits of Hyperthermia in TreatmentSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) (www.bsdmedical.com) today announced publication of an issue of the official journal of the German Cancer Society, Der Read more >> SaneVax Team Asks Senator Grassley to Expand NCI Ethics InvestigationTROY, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a letter addressed to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, the SaneVax Team congratulated the senator on his recent efforts to examine ethical questions raised by National Read more >> Guided Therapeutics Files Premarket Approval Application for Non-Invasive Cervical Cancer Scanner with FDATest uses light to scan the cervix painlessly for earlier disease detection NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: GTHP) announced that it filed its completed premarket Read more >> |
