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Consolidation of the treasury and cash management departments of the two hospitals has already resulted in a savings of $1.5 million, says Vice President Robert Scott. And two new physician groups have just joined the affiliation...
...contacting my dad--it's very difficult," Price says. "My medical forms are incomplete, and my dad is my physician... I was back and forth between phones when I'd rather have sat down in my room to take care...
Formerly a practicing physician, Nasrin has been a target of Muslim fundamentalists since the publication last year of her novella Shame (Lajja) which portrays the brutalization of a Hindu family amid Muslim reprisals. A Hindu chauvinist party in India used the book for propaganda purposes, fomenting further animus against her at home. Bangladesh banned the book...
Doctors call it the brown-bag test, and a growing number of them administer it the first time they meet with someone over the age of 65. The idea is for patients to empty the contents of their home medicine chest into a bag and bring it into the physician's office to show which drugs they have been taking. The results can be horrifying. Although most older Americans are taking fewer than five prescription drugs, it is not uncommon to find people who are swallowing three times that number. Often the person is being treated by several doctors...
...According to a study of 6,000 people published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, 23% of Americans ages 65 and over are using medications that are notorious for triggering insomnia, fainting spells or even amnesia among the elderly. Says Dr. David Himmelstein, a physician at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts and one of the study's co-authors: "It's a sad commentary on the prescribing practices of many doctors in this country...