Tag: california workers compensation
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Diagnosis: Five Challenges to Accurate and Timely Detection
There are few things more important in the Healthcare industry than the ability to diagnose patients accurately. After all, a doctor must first understand exactly what health issues are affecting their clients if they are to recommend proper treatment. While most physicians are able to reliably pinpoint common symptoms fairly easily in most situations, the…
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Going Hybrid: How Cloud Storage Helps the Medical Industry
The medical industry is undergoing serious change – and most of it can be attributed to the rapid advancement of digital technology. As various medical service establishments move to enhance electronic health record (EHR) systems with modern patient engagement and high-precision programs, the need to improve the overall capability of adopting digital solutions grows more…
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Practicing Independent Medicine: Five Keys to Success
These days, the idea of opening an independent or private medical practice is becoming more and more interesting to medical professionals. Doing so grants doctors the freedom to choose how they want to practice medicine, rather than forcing them to adhere to the rigid policies of a large, corporate healthcare establishment. Physicians that “go it…
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The Role of Packaging in Medical Non-Adherence
One of the biggest, but least talked about, problems of the medical industry is the issue of non-adherence to medicine, which, put simply, is the likeliness of patients to fail to use prescribed medicines in an appropriate way. This happens in many different ways – such as patients being unable to afford or buy prescribed…
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WILL NEW LEGISLATION PROTECT WORKERS WHO NEED HEALTHCARE BUT HAVE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS?
…..Have you ever tried to apply for health coverage only to find out you can’t afford it because of huge premium spikes linked to one or more pre-existing medical conditions? If so, then you may have experienced the same feelings of betrayal that many others have felt when turning to a healthcare system designed to…
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California DWC to be investigated for Malfeasance
\ …..The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), California State’s authority responsible for protecting workers that get injured at work, has been lined up for investigation regarding possible malfeasance that may have resulted in the deterioration of their workers’ compensation system. Assemblyman Rudy Salas (Bakersfield) has ordered the State auditor to mount an inspection after allegations…
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Why your Patients may keep secrets from you
………A study conducted by the University of Utah Health found that an alarming amount of U.S. patients do not tell their physicians the whole truth and may hide information from their physicians about risks that are potentially life threatening. Results showed that up to 47.5% of respondents chose not to tell the whole truth to…
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US PHYSICIANS EXPERIENCING LOWER CAREER SATISFACTION RATINGS DUE TO UNDESIRABLE LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
A recent study by the International Journal of Health Services suggests that the leading cause for low career satisfaction ratings for physicians in the US has nothing to do with the actual work of medical practitioners – but with the administrative work that comes with it. Furthermore, it seems to only be getting worse: The…
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5 TECH TRENDS THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE MEDICINE IN 2020
…..Rapid technological development has changed the world more than ever over the last thirty years, and advancements only seem to be picking up steam. One of the biggest beneficiaries of tech development is the Medical industry, as doctors and patients alike learn to rely on new software, improved machinery, and the Internet for quicker and…