HighPoint Solutions Launches One-of-a-Kind Master Data Solution for ICD-10 Remediation By: Stacy Roberts About the Author About HighPoint SolutionsHighPoint Solutions is a premier provider of specialized IT services with vertically-focused business consulting, system integration, professional service, and managed hosting solutions for life sciences and healthcare companies. Since 2000, our 350 consultants have provided...more
The public safety issue of hospital mistakes being the fifth leading cause of death in the United States is once again gaining some notoriety, but this crucial subject is not exactly making headlines. However, there does seem to be more chatter about it in the blogosphere. It seems that since Medicare policy makers decided to refuse payment for medical and nursing blunders, all of the third party payers of health care services, such as state...more
Weight loss has been staying the main problem for very long time. During hundreds of years of existence, many nations of the world faced the problem of obesity. Healers and quacks had to find effective means for weight loss. And even then doctors know - obesity is not impossible to win with one fell swoop! Overweight is one of the most pressing problems of a modern man. The very life style today contributes to obesity: we move less, our diet contains a lot of refined and very little natural products, environmental pollution and constantly experiencing stress adversely affect the operation of our organisms. Now younger people face the problem of weight loss. Overweight gives not only the physical and psychological discomfort, but also leads to the risk associated with many serious diseases (diabetes, hypertension, angina pectoris, diseases of the digestive system and so on). Some people, who decided to achieve weight loss, lose weight themselves, others prefer to follow a specific program under the guidance of a physician. I hope you do not belong to those who are looking for a new fashionable way, which will free you from extra pounds quickly and without effort? Because we want so...more
Psychic treatments can be dealt out as indoor or outdoor patient to a person suffering from psychic disorders. As it is already said, psychic conditions are often related subconsciously or unconsciously to some physical condition that is what the psychiatrist treating the patient would look at the very first time.Psychiatry - Medical Specialty...more
Visit our website for more information on Kriya yoga, Ayurveda medicine and Yoga online.The Amazing Effects of Ayurveda Medicine By: Patresia Adams About the Author Patresia Adams is a healthcare consultant working with Divine Wellness. This interactive health and wellness portal offers Live online yoga classes through...more
Innovations in Oral Solid Drug Delivery: Advances in nanotechnology, controlled formulations & peptide delivery Table of Contents : Innovations in oral solid drug deliveryExecutive summary 18Market overview, dynamics and outlook 18Advances in nanotechnology 19Innovations in transitioning injectables to oral delivery 20Advances in delayed & controlled release delivery 21Advances in oral prodrug delivery 22Advances in taste masking technologies 23Innovative companies 24Chapter 1 Market overview, dynamics and outlook 28Summary 28Market overview 29Market dynamics 31Key indications 33Key trends 38Nanomedicine 38Transitioning from injectables 39Prodrugs 40Chrono release 41ODT 41OSF 42Funding issues 42Poor patient compliance 42Injections 42Poor absorbption 42Pediatric 43Geriatric 43Solubility and variable absorption 43Reduction of side effect profiles 44Non-invasive protein delivery 45Transition from injectables to preferred route of oral drug delivery 45Directed delivery and delayed delivery to reduce side effect potential 46Formulation technologies for poorly soluble compounds 46Taste masking for pediatric and geriatric formulations 47Competitive landscape 48Conclusions and key...more
FDA announced that an orthopedic medical device used in the knee should not have been cleared for marketing in the United States. Menaflex Collagen Scaffold, the medical device was re-evaluated after a FDA report in September 2009 identified problems...more
There are people all over this country who receive some form of at home medical care. The extent of the medical care will vary from special medication requirements to elaborate in-home setups with hospital grade equipment. A family with special needs...more
Lifelinkusa.com provides the peace of mind you need, every minute of the day. Our medical alarm systems are very user friendly and easy to install. After calling in to LifelinkUSA, our experts will be there to help you choose right system for you.The...more
An object of the medical stretcher is to provide a stretcher equipped with a non-step stopper mechanism capable of changing the height of a stretcher up/down smoothly in a non-step manner without rendering pain or uneasiness to a patient.Description...more
A medical alert for seniors or alert system can mean the difference between life and death or getting emergency help to the senior before it is too late. An alert system becomes the imaginary eyes and ears when a senior lives alone with the capacity...more
It can be interesting, as well as sometimes vital, to build a family health tree. The best place to begin is with your family – ask about medical conditions they and their nearest relatives might have. Once this source has been exhausted, you...more