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Diabetes Centers Support Physician Care
Education is key to self-management
Diabetes rates are climbing, and physicians in East Tennessee are diagnosing an ever-increasing number of patients with the disease while continuing to manage existing patients' care. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the number of Tennessee adults with diabetes rose 33 percent between 1990 and 2000, according to a 2003 report from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center...
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Practices Recognized for Outstanding Use of IT in Patient Care During the week of October 13th, East Tennessee Medical News (ETMN) presented four regional practices with the second annual TECHMED Award, recognizing their outstanding use of information technology in patient care. This year’s award, sponsored by Saratoga Technologies and supporting sponsors Mountain States Health Alliance and Mercy Health Partners, was independently judged by the Northeast Tennessee Technology Council and was divided into two categories: practices with 14 physicians and under and practices with 15 or more physicians... BRIDGET GARLAND |
Utilization of Health Information Exchanges
Shared Health Continues to Forge Ahead
Imagine one of your patients is on vacation and becomes ill. She goes to the emergency room and sees a physician she has never seen before. She can't remember all of the medications she's supposed to take, or all of the diagnoses you have made. The emergency room physician is forced to work with incomplete (and potentially incorrect) information from your patient... STACY FENTRESS |
Compliant Checkup = Clean Colon Gastrointestinal Associates, PC (GIA) in Knoxville performs 900–1000 colonoscopies per month screening patients for risk of colon cancer. As important for detecting initial evidence of a propensity for colon cancer, the follow-up procedure for patients identified with a risk for colon cancer is a vital component for monitoring colon health... BILL MORRIS |
OB/GYN Utilizes Clinical Experience with Business Education
To Build Disposable Instruments Company
In every outpatient clinic and hospital, there are issues that go unnoticed or ignored. Physicians identify potential problems but are too busy to effectively resolve the issue or do not have the necessary resources. Such was the case for James Patterson, MD, who identified medical instrument sterilization as an issue that is expensive, time consuming, and error-prone. MEREDITH HULETTE |
Innovative Academy Reduces Patient Error through Electronic, Physical Communication Patient safety is always of paramount concern in a practice or facility, but with new compliance protocols and other federal and state mandates, the issue is taking on increased importance.
While many are scrambling to put processes and procedures into place, the Holston Medical Group is already well ahead of the curve. It created the Academy of Patient Safety (APS) in 2005 and has been custom-tailoring its approach to the issue ever since... JOE MORRIS |
MSHA Answers Need for Physicians
mednews plus™ — An Invaluable Online Tool
Whether it's from an office based computer, a wireless laptop or a handheld portable device, in this day, everyone relies on getting information on demand. For physicians, and others in the medical field, it is imperative to be able to access breaking medical news... LEIGH ANNE W. HOOVER |
New Technology Gives Wellmont Physicians Ability to Read EKGs Any Time, From Anywhere Wellmont Health System recently began using sophisticated computer technology that allows a physician to diagnose a patient suffering a heart attack any time from anywhere – even from miles away.
Jonathan Burress, MD, of Cardiovascular Associates is excited about what TraceMaster – software designed specifically for use in cardiology–can mean for emergency patients... BRAD LIFFORD |
Beyond Physical Therapy, PLLC Announces an Innovative Program to Treat Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) There are a lot of people today who experience painful circulatory problems, specifically in the feet and legs. This condition is known as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN). Painful circulatory problems in the feet and legs can prohibit everyday functions from sleeping and walking to driving and performing daily activities. Imagine how those restrictions could feel and then imagine a solution that doesn’t involve medication or painful procedures. This solution presents itself through a program that combines physical therapy with a revolutionary system known as Anodyne®... JEAN-MARIE DONAHOO |
Planning for 2008 Federal Taxes An increasing number of taxpayers encounter surprise tax bills due to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The AMT is a parallel calculation of taxable income designed to ensure a minimum amount of tax is collected from taxpayers who benefit from certain deductions, credits, and exemptions under standard tax calculations. Every tax plan should include a projection of potential tax liabilities under AMT... CHERYL BAXTER AND AMY HOLLEY, LATTIMORE BLACK MORGAN & CAIN, PC |
Diabetes & HBO: Avoiding Amputations When diabetic patients, insulin dependent or not, begin to show signs of the breakdown of tissue on the lower extremities, the first recommendation I would make is to get them to stop smoking, if they smoke. The second thing to consider is referring these people to a wound healing and hyperbaric oxygen center (HBO)... THOMAS BEAHM, MD |
Diabetics have same risk for heart attack, stroke or death from cardiovascular diseases as those with prior heart attack DALLAS—People with diabetes have the same high risk for heart attack or stroke or cardiovascular death as people who've already had a heart attack, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
"The increased risk was observed in people at all ages with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes who were receiving insulin or other drugs to reduce levels of sugar in the blood," said Tina Ken Schramm, MD, lead author of the study and research fellow at the Gentofte Hospital in Hellerup, Denmark. "When people with diabetes do have heart attacks, they are twice as likely to die as non-diabetics..."
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Diabetes Centers Support Physician Care
Education is key to self-management
Diabetes rates are climbing, and physicians in East Tennessee are diagnosing an ever-increasing number of patients with the disease while continuing to manage existing patients' care. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report a 5 percent yearly increase nationwide, while the number of Tennessee adults with diabetes rose 33 percent between 1990 and 2000, according to a 2003 report from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center...
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Getting Ahead of the Tax Man The air and the apples are crisp, and football is in full swing. What time is it? Time for some serious tax planning before the end of the calendar year, according to CPA Keith Kamperschroer, immediate past president of Nashville-based HCAA, the National CPA Health Care Advisors Association... SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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Health Tip: Easing Hemorrhoid Pain
Title: Health Tip: Easing Hemorrhoid Pain Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
| | Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections?
Title: Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
| | Not All Smiles Are Created Equal
Title: Not All Smiles Are Created Equal Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
| | Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria
Title: Long-Term Antibiotic Use Affects 'Good' Gut Bacteria Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
| | Health Highlights: Nov. 19, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 19, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
| | Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels
Title: Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2008 Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 am CST
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Health Briefs - Blount Today
Health BriefsBlount Today, Blount - Nov 19, 2008Dr. James Howell joins BMH active medical staff Family medicine physician and Blount County native Dr. James Howell has joined Blount Memorial’s active ... | Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:37 pm CST
| | Clinic Opens 3 More Locations - WSMV
Clinic Opens 3 More LocationsWSMV, TN - Nov 19, 2008The clinics provide care for the entire family from age 12 months and up. Four additional clinics are also scheduled to open in the next 60 days in ... | Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:22 pm CST
| | HOSPITA LS FEELING THE ECONOMIC PAIN, TOO - Florida Weekly
HOSPITA LS FEELING THE ECONOMIC PAIN, TOOFlorida Weekly, FL - Nov 18, 2008Mike Biel, practice administrator for Internal Medicine Associates, a private group with about 30 doctors in Lee County, both primary care and specialists, ... | Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:15 pm CST
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