PRACTICE LETS DOCTORS, PATIENTS CONNECT

The Boston Globe;  September 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......something had to give. The number of patients in his Framingham practice had swelled...a new specialty practice, with fewer patients - part of a growing trend called "boutique...where, in addition to their insurance, patients pay annual membership fees - in this...

Shipman successors let patients see GP notes and scans via internet

The Sunday Telegraph London;  June 3, 2007 ;     573 words ...THOUSANDS OF patients will be able to read their GPs' notes...killer Harold Shipman. More than 700,000 patients will be offered an internet service that lets them see all their notes and scans...on holiday. The scheme, which gives patients a password allowing them to see their...successful. However, ...

STATE LETS FOUR WINDS ADMIT MORE YOUNG PATIENTS.(Business)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 9, 2002 ;     340 words ......Health said the hospital can admit up to 24 patients on its children's unit and up to 24 patients on its adolescent unit. Each of those units...Four Winds from admitting any more young patients in March after inspectors found the hospital...

Meet the Robo-doc; Machine lets patients see their doctor even when they...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  May 18, 2005 ;     509 words ......that allows doctors to talk to their patients even if they are continents apart. The...hospital, or even another country. It means patients can consult international experts who...Robo-doc, surgeons can check the progress of patients after operations, allowing them to be...

Parkinson's drug success lets patients laugh again

The Independent - London;  April 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......greatly improved the condition of all five patients who took part in a trial, doctors said...suffering from Parkinson's. Some of the patients responded so well they learnt to laugh...consultant neurosurgeon who treated the patients at the Frenchay hospital in Bristol...

RULING LETS PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS DISCUSS POT JUSTICES' OK MAY EASE...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  October 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......means doctors now can talk to their patients about using medical marijuana without...them for having discussions with their patients or making a recommendation'' to try...drug as medicine. Tuesday's decision lets stand a federal appeals court ruling...doctors who discuss marijuana use with ...

RULING LETS PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS DISCUSS POT JUSTICES' OK MAY EASE...

Rocky Mountain News;  October 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......means doctors now can talk to their patients about using medical marijuana without...them for having discussions with their patients or making a recommendation" to try...drug as medicine. Tuesday's decision lets stand a federal appeals court ruling...doctors who discuss marijuana use with patients ...

How one HMO lets this specialist keep his patients

Medical Economics;  February 9, 1998 ;     347 words ......England and a "good number" of non-HMO patients who have chronic lung diseases like asthma...COPD. Most of Corrao's principal-care patients have indemnity insurance, "because the...biggest insurer is Medicare, and many older patients are not enrolled in HMOs." If any of...

New Device by Indianapolis Drug Firm Lets Patients Monitor Blood...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 3, 1997 ;     425 words ...May 3--Cardiac patients using the widely-prescribed blood thinner...approval to market its CoaguChek device to patients. The hand-held device has been in doctors...inserts it into the hand-held unit. Patients report results to their physician, who...

Technology that lets doctors keep track of patients abroad.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 16, 2008 ;     554 words ......FAMILYdoctorswillsoonbe able to keep an eye on patients onthe other side of the world, thanks...monitor heart and pulse rateseven if patients are sunning themselves thousands of miles...ThenewtechnologymeansaGPin Dublin can monitor the health of patients recuperating at home or loungingon a...

South Carolina Program Lets Medicaid Patients Make Decisions about Care.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 4, 2003 ;     623 words ......Long Term Care, a program for Medicaid patients who meet what is called institutional...home or hospital care costs. But these patients, like Rentz, would rather remain in their...agencies to provide long-term care to patients. But the individual plays no role in...

Researchers tailoring chemotherapy 'Genetic profiling' lets docs see how...

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 2, 2003 ;     583 words ......profiling in breast, lung and colon cancer patients. They cautioned their small studies need...predicted, with 75 percent accuracy, which patients would respond well to a combination of...Pusztai said. Colon cancer. In some patients, the new drug Irinotecan can cause severe...

Hospital that lets breast surgery patients go home the same day.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 5, 2006 ;     419 words ......under a pioneering scheme. Mastectomy patients would previously have expected to stay...quick turnaround also limits the risk of patients picking up an infection and disrupts...stimulation are also covered by the scheme. Patients are given 24-hour phone support after...

'EICU' Lets Doctors Monitor Many Patients

AP Online;  January 3, 2005 ;     605 words ......doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously...health professionals were monitoring 58 patients at two hospitals via screens that displayed patients' diagnosis and progress, doctors' notes...

They can see clearly now: Multifocal lens lets cataract patients see near...

Morning Call (Allentown, PA);  October 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......show an estimated 80 to 85 percent of patients who receive the multifocal lenses will...become certified to offer the option to patients whose own lenses have become less resilient...implants. The catch is the added cost: patients must pay out of pocket for the newer...