Data bank tracks fraud convictions, exclusions: federal effort.
Think the government is only tracking your malpractice convictions? Think again. For nearly 4 years, the Department of Health and Human Services has been building a data bank of information on any person or entity involved with health care--physicians, nurse practitioners, bookkeepers, health plans--that was ever convicted...

Fewer than 17% of patients recently e-mailed their physicians.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Not many patients are e-mailing their physicians, and of those who do, the majority click "send" less than once a month, an online survey of 1.881 people suggests. Fewer than 17% of respondents reported recently e-mailing their physicians. Dr. Thomas K. Houston said at...

States brace for outbreak as mysterious disease attacks people worldwide. (On First Reading).
The frenzied preparations states made after the 2001 anthrax outbreaks may be a boon in battling a contagious and mysterious infectious disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), that has been killing people around the world. SARS has spread primarily in Southeast Asia (China, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand),...

Members have access to it all.
Count among your benefits of membership in The American Running Association that you have access to high quality health information at www.americanrunning.org. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association evaluated health information on a variety of topics on the Internet using 14 different search...

Data bank tracks fraud convictions, exclusions: federal effort.
Think the government is only tracking your malpractice convictions? Think again. For nearly 4 years, the Department of Health and Human Services has been building a data bank of information on any person or entity involved with health care--physicians, nurse practitioners, bookkeepers, health plans--that was ever convicted...

Training and information resource needs analysis of youth workers and allied professionals. (Reports).
Brisbane Youth Service and Youth Link, published by Communicable Diseases Unit, Public Health Services, Queensland Health, 2002, 65pp. Brisbane Youth Service and Youth Link are funded by Queensland Health to provide sexual health training for those working with marginalised young people. This report is the result of...

Focus on medical ethics.
Although I am grateful for any and all constructive efforts to improve the quality of patient care. I am increasingly confused and alarmed at the time and resources allocated to collecting data and reporting incidents regarding medical misadventure ("'Culture of Blame' Perpetuates Errors," April, 1, 2004, p. 1). ...

Patients not yet flooding their physicians' e-mail in-boxes.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Not many patients are e-mailing their physicians, and of those who do, the majority click "send" less than once a month, an online survey of 1,881 people suggests. Fewer than 17% of respondents reported recently e-mailing their physicians, Dr. Thomas K. Houston said at...

INTERNET HEALTH PRIVACY.
Many health Web sites transmit user information to third parties in direct violation of their stated privacy policies, according to the California HealthCare Foundation. The foundation studied 21 health Web sites and found many inconsistencies between the sites' stated privacy policies and their actual practices. Sites are using "cookies,"...

MEDICARE PATIENTS ONLINE.
Doctors treating Medicare patients may want to ramp up their Web sites. A survey by the Health Care Financing Administration shows that 21.3% of Medicare beneficiaries had access to the Internet in 1999, up from just 6.8% in 1997. HCFA also quotes a September 1999 report in Interactive PR...