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An Acute Need for Malpractice Medical Crisis Insurance Reform

Physicians from across the United States are finding that it is more and more difficult to obtain inexpensive malpractice medical crisis insurance. The premiums have increased by leaps and bounds in the past few years, making it almost impossible to stay covered under a decent malpractice medical crisis insurance policy. The doctors who come under the high-risk category are the emergency medical doctors, obstetricians, surgeons and heart specialists. The plight is sometimes so bad that hospitals have even considered closing down their emergency rooms, obstetrics and other high-risk services. Malpractice Medical Crisis Insurance Problem Not Recent Development The malpractice medical crisis insurance issue has been escalating gradually for the last half-decade or so, and now today has reached a point where both availability and affordability have become factors for deep concern. The crisis has been further accentuated by the closure of many insurance carriers in the recent past

Radiology Medical Technologists

Radiology medical technologists or radiographers; administer non-radioactive materials from patient's bloodstream for diagnosis. In the testing, technologists use ionizing radiations to create image of the body parts. According to the images of injury, doctors diagnose patient and treat them. Radiology medical technologists carry out tests in laboratories at hospitals, medical laboratories and clinics. To create images radiology medical technologists use their experience to utilize most favorable radiographic techniques in examination of patient. Examination is done according to patient's physical ability, and nature of injuries. For assessment of patient, technologists have to incorporate various machines and techniques like X-rays, sonography, CT, MRI, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicines. Besides test, technologists treat cancer patient as well by giving does of the radioactive elements to the patient. From the radiations, images are captured. Further treatment is de

A Medical Malpractice Lawyer Told Me I Don't Have a Case

Have Your Medical Records with You If you have not already done so, request copies of all your pertinent medical records. If you saw a lawyer without them, wait until they arrive in the mail. Once they arrive, review them, place tags on pertinent pages, highlight where needed, organize into a presentation-type packet, and make several copies. While it may be easier to find a lawyer in your city, don't be afraid to look elsewhere in the state or, for that matter, the country. Schedule Free Consultation Appointments You've had a few appointments that didn't grab the interest of the medical malpractice lawyers. Make some additional free consultation appointments with a few more, and go in armed with your medical records. Make sure you can state your case clearly and precisely, and that you can reference documentation to substantiate your claims. To a lawyer, time is money. If you can't make the free half-hour generate income for him, he won't be interested. D

Medical Billing Programs

Insurance paperwork these days are overwhelming, especially to physicians who would much rather treat patients than deal with claims processing. As a result, third-party medical billing programs have come to occupy a wide niche in the medical industry. Medical billing programs are considered as one of the fastest growing occupations in the medical field industry. No wonder, the demand for medical billing programs have continually increased through the years and don't look like it's going to wane for a long time after. Medical billing programs are a process where steps are followed in order to ensure optimal reimbursements for a medical office or clinic. They are distinct from programs involving medical coding because where coders concern themselves with choosing the correct diagnostic and procedure codes, the medical biller is the one who makes decisions based on those codes. Medical billing programs are often described as income management for a medical practice, off

Handling requests for the proposal of electronic health record systems

It used to be that when you needed a patient's record, you would have to seek approval from the attending physician and go to the records section of the hospital, get a clearance for the record keeper and the search for the file folder hidden in cabinets or boxes. As tiring as it sounds, it gets even worse. After finding the file, you now have to make copies of it, either by photocopying or by hand and then return all of the records back to the library and be signed out by the record keeper. With the computerization of the healthcare organization, requesting for such documents is easier and faster. Because everything is in a computer network, you can access the patient's records through any computer terminal in the premises and get it hassle free. Electronic health record and its beginnings The need for a better way to record, store and retrieve patient's information has lead to the request for proposal of electronic health record from different computer software