Generating treatment plan in medicine: a data mining approach.
INTRODUCTION Accurate and error-free of diagnosis and treatment given to patients has been a major issue highlighted in medical service nowadays. Traditionally, healthcare providers provide services based on their knowledge and experiences whether individually or collectively depending on cases. Research done proved that hospitals do not all...

Association between paternal age at birth time and the risk of offspring developing schizophrenia.
INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia is a chronic devastating behavioural psychiatric disease whose history turn back to medical science ancientness. Less than 1% of world population attacked by schizophrenia. that have spread in every geographic region. Its prevalence and incidence rate is similar around the world but there is difference...

Clostridium difficile: the not so sporadic spore.
Infection with Clostridium difficile is increasing in both incidence and severity and is becoming more difficult to treat. Recent reports of a more virulent and more resistant strain of C. difficile causing epidemics in both North America and Europe have increased awareness of the importance of early recognition of...

Kaiser Permanente Has Most Hospitals in Nation With Inpatient Electronic Health Record.
All Southern California members covered by end-to-end EHRs OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente announced today another milestone achievement in health information technology, bringing the convenient and potentially life-saving technology of electronic health records to 22 hospitals serving 4.8 million members, the most hospitals using...

Survey Indicates that Order Set Software Delivers Benefits in 3 Areas for Hospitals.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-23 October 2008-Survey Indicates that Order Set Software Delivers Benefits in 3 Areas for Hospitals(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Process improvements, regulatory compliance and patient safety were the top three areas in which hospitals "greatly benefited" from the use of order set software, according...

Research and Markets Adds Report: 2009 U.S. Medical & Surgical Hospitals Industry Report.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-9 October 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: 2009 U.S. Medical & Surgical Hospitals Industry Report(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Medical & Surgical Hospitals Industry Report" report to Its offerings. In a...

Oregon Hospitals Earns Medicare Reporting Benchmark for Third Straight Year.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-8 October 2008-Oregon Hospitals Earns Medicare Reporting Benchmark for Third Straight Year(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Acumentra Health, Oregon's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), announced that, for the third year in a row, all Oregon hospitals that receive payment from Medicare under the acute-care,...

Healthcare Company Cymetrix(SM) Names New VP of Patient Access and Entitlement Solutions.
Jim Zuran leads company's development and delivery of industry-leading solutions that focus on improving the start of hospitals' and healthcare networks' revenue cycle, including the launch of a new Comprehensive Self Pay Solution. IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymetrix(SM), a leader in providing hospitals and healthcare...

Tenet Healthcare Outsources Materials Management and Procurement Functions to Broadline.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-20 October 2008-Tenet Healthcare Outsources Materials Management and Procurement Functions to Broadline(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Broadlane, a provider of hospital supply chain services, announced that Tenet Healthcare (THC) has outsourced its materials management and procurement functions for its 52 hospitals. In...