Taking drugs and driving a vehicle is extremely dangerous, and foolish-you can destroy lives including your own and others. Driving a motor vehicle after taking a prescription medication or a non-prescription drug like marijuana can lead to an arrest for driving under the influence of drugs or DUID. In the case of a prescription medication that has been prescribed by a doctor, you should not assume that you are immune from being arrested for...more
Imagine that it is the early evening and your doctor is on vacation when one of your children sprains an ankle, suddenly gets a rash or develops a fever from the injury. The illness is not serious enough to jump in the car and head for the emergency room, but nor is it smart to wait for an appointment with your primary care physician that may be scheduled days away.Fortunately there are urgent care centers. There are urgent care...more
With 19 million people in the United States having a very limited ability to communicate in English, the role of a certified Spanish interpreter in medical settings is becoming increasingly important. When non-English speaking people seek medical attention, the issue of being able to properly communicate is of critical importance. Communication is the key element to receiving proper medical care, as unexpected complications can arise if the patient or the family is unable to clearly convey the nature of the patients condition and the symptoms that have been experienced. The importance of effective communication is escalated in cases of medical emergencies, of course, so you can see why the availability of a certified Spanish interpreter, or a professional in any language, could very well be a matter of life and death.There are some hospitals and clinics with trained interpreters on staff for purposes of effective communication, but the overwhelming majority of facilities are not so equipped. Miscommunication through poor interpretation of a patients condition can have serious implications on the treatment and the outcome of the patients recovery. In a recent study by the...more
You all might have heard of medical alarm system. These are the wonderful devices that can help you and your needy family member to call for help when ever any emergency persists. Here we are resenting a complete informational story regarding the medical alarm systems, just for you. What are medical alarm systems? Medical alarm systems are the...more
Is your knee pain hurdling the flow of your life? Has it become the greatest obstruction for you to enjoy an active life? Having the ailment treated through a knee replacement surgery can definitely help you be all go without any pains. With advancement in technology, you are no longer required to have the entire joint replaced rather...more
Cosmetic surgery is the hippest thing in todays world. Celebrities to common people, men to women and young to old, cosmetic surgery is getting popular everywhere. Desire to look good and get a perfect body shape is not new. Since ages we have been using different techniques to acquire a perfect body shape. Though surgery (in modern form) wasnt possible at the time, people managed some natural methods to look good. Stories related to Cleopatras phenomenal beauty are still discussed with great deal of interest. With constant advancement in medical science, we are lucky to have a painless and comfortable cosmetic surgery. Face lifts, body toning, breast augmentation, liposuction and so on, achieving beauty has never been so easy. In fact, the conception that cosmetic surgery is reserved for wealthy people is also rapidly fading away. Such surgeries are now being accessed by common man or people with relatively lesser budget than celebrities. Breast implantation and skin toning are highly popular among women. The most interesting thing is that men have also shown high interest in cosmetic surgery procedures. After all, who does not want to have Greek God body? Apart from jokes,...more
When medical transcription work is outsourced it saves a lot of time of the health care professional and so most of them have realized the importance of Medical transcription service companies and have outsourced their medical transcription work to...more
Hopeless and helpless is the way most people would describe their situation, when ask about the health care system rates they are being ask to pay. However , it is not the end of the story, there is something you can do to be more in control of your...more
Are you looking excitedly ahead to taking the Med Surg certification examination? If not, then you may perhaps suffer from exam anxiety. Exam stress and anxiety is certainly a widespread issue with the vast majority of Medical Surgical examination...more
A lot of employers require their applicants or their employees to undergo testing to check if they are taking illegal drugs, which is normally against company policy. They usually do different types of test, like the blood test, the urine test and of...more
Pure Facts December 2007 /January 2008Treating children with drugs does not work in the long term and can stunt growth and lead to other unwanted side effects.The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD began in 1990 and followed the...more
Medicare is one of the largest payers for most practices and understanding the importance of managing and reducing or eliminating these denials is important to any medical practice. Denial management is one of the most overlooked aspects of the...more