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The healthcare sector added 20,000 jobs in February 2021. Though the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect overall employment in the United States, February showed a small upward shift in employment in the healthcare sector to the tune of 20,000 jobs. This small bump, however, did little to affect the 6.2 percent unemployment rate. According to […]
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When clinical documentation gets overrun with auto-populated data, it’s time to redirect technology to better serve our patients. Medical providers will no longer be required to document the history/medical interview during outpatient/office services in health records starting Jan. 1, 2021, per the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This new policy is supported […]
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The Johnstown, Pa., local chapter hosted a May MAYnia event members will never forget. By Christina LaRosse, CPC With so many mass shootings in the United States, the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, AAPC local chapter, reached outside of the normal festive florals and spring themes for May MAYnia this year with “Threat Preparedness Training.” Being an AAPC […]
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Wow! This is really scary!
I’m sure everyone is aware that medical mistakes to happen, but you’d think that in this day and age, medical mistakes would be on the downward swing, not on the upward swing.
The worst part of this whole scenario is that so many of these medical mistakes are preventable. But would you believe that now, yes right now, they are one of our nation’s leading cause of accidental death?
I don’t know about you, but to me there is something terribly wrong with that picture!
Research has shown that the death toll from medical injury, including infections that patients acquire during their treatment, is approaching 200,000 a year!
Approximately ten years ago, there was a federal report that called the death toll shocking, and “challenged” the medical community to cut it in half, within five years.
Well, guess what? Federal analysts say the rate is increasing! But, how can this be?
Let me tell you…It was found that the medical community, the federal government and most states have failed to take the simple, effective steps outlined in that report a decade ago!
As a result, the death toll from what could be preventable medical injuries and infections, since then is close to 2 million!
Knowing all this, I’m really apprehensive about having to go to a hospital!
Now, I do believe that there are probably going to be times in our lives, we might “really” need to go to a hospital, urgent care or a specialist for reasons beyond our control, but I also believe that there are many of those medical appointments or hospital stays that could be avoided!
We DO need to take better care of our health! Duh, we all know that, right?
I’m sure you all know the drill…eat healthier, exercise, get plenty of rest, etc. And I’m sure, if you’re like me, you really try. But it’s not easy, is it?
Did you know that just about all health problems (diseases) are caused by inflammation? If we could “prevent” that inflammation from happening, that alone could diminish medical visits or hospital stays.
Of course I’ll point out again that eating healthier and getting enough exercise and rest are the keys to better health, but there are “other” preventative measures that can really help and should be seriously considered.
Arlene Bridwell is a Network Marketer who is hoping to make a difference by educating people on how they can use preventative measures to stay healthier.
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Travelling can have lots of purposes. Some people travel regularly as it is the need of their business or profession while some travels occasionally to enjoy a leisure travel. It is a good idea to save some time from your busy daily routine to enjoy an all entertaining vacation while exploring different parts of the world. Yet, some people travel for a totally different reason.They travel to obtain better health.
Medical tourism is not a new idea. Even in ancient times, people used to travel across the borders to obtain medical help. The Ancient Greeks used to travel to a region that was known as Epidauria, in the Saronic Gulf of the Mediterranean, to obtain healing from the God Asklepios.
In the modern times, medical tourism is gaining popularity because of the many benefits that are attached with it. The major purpose for medical tourism is to obtain high quality of medical assistance and help in a cost convenience manner. Medical tourism also offers a chance to combine the fun of travelling and meeting exotic people and visiting beautiful sites along with obtaining high quality medical treatment.
Many Asian and European countries are becoming hot-spot for medical tourism because of the cheaper, healthier and technologically advanced medical facilities offered by the medical experts and hospitals in these countries. Medical tourism is gaining a status of economically profitable industry in developing countries like India, China and Brazil. European countries like Hungary are developing their base in medical tourism industry while providing specific medical facilities related with cosmetic surgeries and dentistry.
People from western countries prefer to travel long distances to countries like India and China to obtain cheaper medical facilities in a much advanced and sincere manner. Furthermore, the total cost of travelling and medical treatment often comes out to be much lesser than the cost of similar medical treatments in native countries. Some people who suffer from serious diseases like heart, liver or kidney failure prefer to tour India to obtain a replaceable human organ so that they may survive.
Thus, medical tourism do not only offer cheaper and technologically advanced medical facilities, but also works as a great and sure way to save many lives while it is certainly a great way to increase international economic activities along with allowing patients to obtain cheaper medical care.
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