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Science News March 28, 2009	Science Past For March 28, 1959 Thoughts on patient resocialization in a mental hospital during the 1950s.
InternetNews June 14, 2010	Lax Data Security Results in Heavy Fines Five California hospitals got an expensive reminder of just how serious the state is about protecting patients' sensitive data. Expect more of the same in the near future.
InternetNews April 8, 2010	Unencrypted Patient Data Lost in Laptop Theft Once again, lost notebook PCs have exposed the data of thousands of health care patients.
InternetNews February 2, 2010	UCSF Patients Latest Data Breach Victims A laptop containing the personal information of more than 4,300 patients receiving care at the University of California, San Francisco medical school was stolen in November.
InternetNews December 4, 2009	Laptop Thief Nabs Hospital Patient Data It's the latest incident in which a lost or missing laptop leads to criminals gaining access to sensitive data.
CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients.
Managed Care May 2006	Physician Disclosure Strengthens Patients' Trust Patients who received a disclosure felt more competent to judge the effect of their physician's compensation on their health care, and nearly a quarter of patients who remembered receiving a disclosure reported that it had increased their trust in their primary care physician.
InternetNews April 23, 2010	Laptop Theft Exposes Data on 3,500 Patients Some people don't seem to learn. The latest lost laptop comes to you courtesy of a Massachusetts-based neurosurgeon whose unencrypted laptop was stolen, putting more than 3,500 patients' most sensitive data at risk.
InternetNews May 5, 2010	Thousands of Kentucky Medical Records Lost A flash drive storing patient names, birth dates, admission and discharge dates, as well as insurance information has gone missing from a Kentucky psychiatric hospital.
Nursing Management September 2011 Sally Austin	What does EMTALA mean for you? When a patient enters your hospital, do you know what your obligations are under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?
InternetNews January 15, 2010	Hard Drive Theft Nets Health Data of Thousands Breach of protocol leads to the potential loss of Kaiser Permanente patient data in California.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney	Saving Lives Shouldn't Be This Hard The health-care system doesn't give patients the tools or the support they need to make confident decisions about choosing doctors, treatments, or hospitals.
InternetNews October 26, 2009	Stolen Laptop Exposes 33,000 Patients' Data Laptop plucked from employee's car at Daytona Beach, Fla. medical center exposes potentially exposed thousands of patient IDs.
Managed Care December 2002	California Puts Doctor Scores On Report Cards The competency of physician groups is often as important as HMO performance in determining patient outcomes, California health regulators have decided
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin	Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty.
InternetNews November 20, 2009	Health Net Loses 1.5 Million Medical Records Another external hard drive goes missing, exposing the medical records and Social Security numbers of thousands of patients.
American Journal of Nursing November 2009	Barriers to Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Substantial barriers to preemptive kidney transplantation remain for patients with CKD; a lack of financial resources and educational deficits were the most common barriers found.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Affymax Lives to Fight Another Day Affymax takes on Amgen with its anemia drug.
InternetNews May 17, 2010	Data Breach Tags N.M. Medicaid Patients Nearly 10,000 participants in New Mexico's Medicaid program had their personal information compromised after a car with a laptop in the trunk was stolen in Chicago.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors' Personal Data Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people's personal data at risk but this time it's the caregivers - not the patients - who are at risk.
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 Andrew Turley	Baxter to pay $4bn for dialysis firm US drug maker Baxter has struck a deal to buy privately-owned Swedish firm Gambro, which makes dialysis products, for $4 billion
Managed Care October 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	Plans and Purchasers Team Up To Manage Kidney Disease Cooperation between three health plans has fostered better employer appreciation of early detection and intervention in kidney disease.
Managed Care July 2007 John Marcille	Perverse Incentives Abound, But Maybe We Can Control Them With all the intellectual capital working on the problem of provider compensation, you'd think perverse incentives would be curbed.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Al Topin	Less Selling, More Time What can happen when pharmaceutical reps focus on the physician-patient conversation?
PC Magazine November 4, 2003	Paging Dr. Robot The Johns Hopkins Hospital's latest physician addition, Dr. Robot, isn't a real doctor. He's a five-foot-tall robot -- a swiveling video camera and computer screen mounted on a mechanical base that allows doctors in remote locations to examine patients.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Al Topin	The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author.
Chemistry World September 7, 2015	Cancer Drugs Fund axes 23 treatments The Cancer Drugs Fund, which covers the cost of some cancer treatments that are not currently available on the National Health Service, has cut 23 treatments -- involving 16 drugs.
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Haas et al.	Management of the Difficult Patient All physicians must care for some patients who are perceived as difficult because of behavioral or emotional aspects that affect their care. Specific communication techniques and greater patient involvement in the process of care may enhance the relationship.
InternetNews April 21, 2006 Tim Scannell	An Active Hand in The Healing Process Hospitals are turning to the Internet and remote reporting technologies to get patients more involved in medical decision-making.
AskMen.com April 15, 2001 Joshua Levine	Choosing The Right Doctor Choosing a doctor is one of the most important decisions you can make. It's probably best made when you are healthy and have some time to think about a number of possibilities. If you don't have a doctor or are thinking about changing doctors, now may be the best time to look...
Salon.com July 4, 2001 Alicia Montgomery	Could just anyone get a pacemaker like Cheney's? Not necessarily, HMO critics say. And Bush has already promised to veto a bill that would help patients get care as good as the vice president's...
American Family Physician September 1, 2004 Johnson et al.	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults: Part I. Definition, Disease Stages, Evaluation, Treatment and Risk Factors Family physicians should weigh the value of the National Kidney Foundation guidelines for their clinical practice based on the strength of evidence and perceived cost-effectiveness until additional evidence becomes available on the usefulness of the recommended quality indicators.
American Family Physician September 1, 2000 Cheryl Winchell, M.D.	Curbside Consultation What to do when a patient makes inappropriate, seductive advances to you, his/her physician...
Managed Care March 2005 Frank Diamond	Kaiser's Asthma Outcomes Will Take Your Breath Away The company's Mid-Atlantic States Region has seen impressive savings since launching a disease management program for asthma.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005	The Doctor: Dr. Lauren Koniaris Online prescribing and record-keeping free her up for patients.
Nursing Management March 2010 Becker & Schmidtke	All along the watchtower: Suicide risk screening, a pilot study Patients will continue to die if healthcare organizations don't take action and appropriately assess patients at risk for suicide in general hospitals.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2008	Financial Triage Innovative ways that hospitals are looking at patient finances.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Maggie Helmig	Direct to Consumer: Patient Education Reform Marketers can empower patients to start a dialogue with their doctors.
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Hospitals Becoming Popular ID Theft Target 'Cancer patients are big money' for ID thieves, privacy expert warns.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Mahesh Krishnan	Preoperative Care of Patients with Kidney Disease Preoperative attention to common medical problems that occur in patients with impaired renal function can lower some surgical risks.
Managed Care February 2006 Sharon Baker	Hospitalists No Longer Novel Increased emphasis on improving quality and patient safety in hospitals, growing pressures to reduce costs, and new limits on residency work hours have all led to an explosion in the number of physicians who work solely in hospitals.
CIO December 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	Why Paul Levy Loves His CIO The CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center knows technology saves both lives and money. That's why he's agreed to give his IT department an investment transfusion.
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CIO August 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	An End to Medical Forms? Patients could keep all their medical information online using iHealthRecord, a new service that Medem (a joint venture of the American Medical Association and six other medical societies) introduced in May.
American Family Physician August 15, 2000 James Hallenbeck	Curbside Consultation When should a physician disclose personal information to a patient, and what do we do when a particular case touches on our own suffering? At a deeper level, how do we deal with our own mortality in caring for the seriously ill and dying?
Managed Care October 2002 Pamela L. Popp	How To -- And Not To -- Disclose Medical Errors to Patients Health care facilities and physician practices must commence development and implementation of a disclosure policy. The policy should include a statement of the need and willingness of the patient and physician to have an open and honest relationship and a constant dialogue.
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Adams & Tolich	Original Research: Blood Transfusion: The Patient's Experience This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort.
AFP eWire February 17, 2009	Congress Removes Language Barring Prior Patient Solicitation Congress replaced the problematic nonprofit hospital provision that barred healthcare organizations from contacting prior patients with new language that gives patients an "opt-out" from solicitations.
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