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Patients Have No Way of Knowing If They Have Been Admitted or Not–Setting Patient Status is Confusing with Parameters Set by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 07 Sep 2010 9:48pm in a nursing home and a big bill, because they went from being under observation without an official inpatient status, and then they get a huge bill that is not covered. If the patient... The article states a tool designed by McKesson is the software of choice that many hospitals use to guide the decision making process. As a patient if you are kept Read on »

Visual means: Patient Status at a Glance (PSAG) by h2cm Posted Wed 16 May 2012 4:07pm A recent HSJ came with a CHKS supported document on Top Hospitals. Page 14 considers Worldwide comparison and learning from others with three items on Patient Status at a Glance (PSAG) Boards; Developing a safety culture; and Reducing readmissions. All are related (communication, safety, outcomes, multidisciplinary collaboration), but PSAG s ... Read on »

Assessment of serum antioxidant status in patients with silicosis by Jan Posted Wed 09 Mar 2011 10:16pm status of 113 silicosis patients and 116 control subjects without silicosis was examined. Serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and serum levels of malondialdehyde (MDA.... It is concluded that the measurement of serum SOD, GSH and MDA levels could be beneficial in the clinical evaluation of serum antioxidant status in silicosis patients. Read on »

Dietary intake and nutritional status in patients with systemic sclerosis. by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm a significant effect on nutrient absorption and nutritional status. In this study 30 patients with systemic sclerosis with symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract were compared with matched healthy control subjects with respect to nutrient intake (four day record), anthropometric measurements, and biochemical nutritional status. The intake of energy (8.1 Read on »

Oxidant/antioxidant status in patients with Raynaud's disease by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm of serum oxidative stress parameters, in terms of Hydro and TAC levels may be used as a routine and rapid test to verify the oxidative stress status in SR and PR patients... the parameters of oxidative stress in PR patients and to compare them to those of SR patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serum hydroperoxide (Hydrop) level, serum total antioxidant Read on »

Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Linked to Social Status by HealthFinder Posted Fri 28 Jan 2011 12:00pm ) -- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with low socioeconomic status are at increased risk for depression, a new study finds. Previous research has shown that 13 percent to 42 percent... looked at measures of socioeconomic status, such as race, income, education and health access. There were significant differences between depressed and non-depressed patients Read on »

Measuring disease activity and functional status in patients with scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon. by Jan Posted Sun 22 Nov 2009 10:03pm Bt Merkel PA. and colleague OBJECTIVE: To document disease activity and functional status in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis [SSc]) and Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) and to determine the sensitivity to change, reliability, ease of use, and validity of various outcome measures in these patients. METHODS: Patients with SSc Read on »

theStatus.com - helping patients talk to loved ones by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:17am theStatus.com - helping patients talk to loved ones: "theStatus.com was created when Mark Pearson, the company founder, set up a web site for his sister-in-law after she...-to-use templates so patients could create their own.Now, with thebabyStatus.com, expecting parents can create web pages to keep family and friends updated on a pregnancy as well Read on »

Antioxidant status after iloprost treatment in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm ? status in SSc patients with RP is impaired... is currently used in the treatment of SSc patients with RP. The objectives of this study were to compare the serum levels of MDA and CP, CAT and SOD activity in red blood cells Read on »

Vitamin status and bone mineral density at patients with adiposity and the cardiovascular pathology by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm It has been shown that among patients suffering from adiposity and cardiovascular diseases and osteopenia deficiency of vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin D, estimated on their blood serum level, and also raised daily urinary excretion of vitamin B2 take place more often, than among patients with the same pathologies, but without osteopenia. The data Read on »