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Industrywide EMR adoption accelerates as barriers are overcome
There are indications that the industrywide adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) technology has begun to move forward at something more than the glacier-like pace of the past few years.
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Part D: What physicians need to know to ensure their Medicare patients get the drugs they need
Medicare's drug benefit (Part D) is outpatient prescription drug coverage available only through private companies. To get this coverage, anyone who has Medicare Part A and/or Part B can enroll in a Medicare private drug plan. Each Medicare drug plan will cover different drugs at different costs.
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Effective medicines now available to combat osteoporosis
In the United States today, 10 million people have osteoporosis (bone density that's about 25% less than a healthy young adult). In addition, 34 million more people have low levels of bone mass, placing them at increased risk. Osteoporosis is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures annually, including 300,000 hip fractures, approximately 700,000 vertebral fractures, 250,000 wrist fractures, and more than 300,000 other fractures. About 68% of those affected by osteoporosis are women.
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Sophisticated analytical tools help fuel successful disease management
IN THE 1980s and early 1990s, case management for patients with complex illnesses began evolving into the more specialized discipline of disease management. By the late 1990s, disease management was in widespread use, viewed as an effective way to help control swelling healthcare budgets while improving medical outcomes.
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