ERISA preemption: will the elimination of the ERISA preemption clause help or harm America's ability to death with its pending health care crisis?
I. INTRODUCTION Many health experts argue that "the American health system is a work in progress; it can and ... will get better."(2) Unfortunately, for individuals like Barbara Garvey, the health care system had not progressed fast enough to save her life.(3) In 1994, Barbara Garvey was...

More Than 2 Million Cancer Patients Treated with BrainLAB m3(R) Shaped Beam Radiosurgery.
250th m3 High-Resolution Multileaf Beam Shaper at UMC Health System WESTCHESTER, Ill., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainLAB AG, a global leader in software-driven systems for targeted, less-invasive medical treatments, has sold its 250th m3 high-resolution micro multileaf beam shaper at University Medical Center (UMC) Health System, Lubbock,...

CARE Bill Introduced in House of Representatives.
Bill Undergoes Name Change ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (CARE bill) was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, Jan. 19. This bill, H.R. 583, introduced by Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa.,...

Beyond Logic; Medical tourism's drawbacks.
Byline: Myrna M. Velasco The medical tourism phenomenon is a fix that the Philippines embraced hinged on high expectations that it could corner a chunk of the estimated $ 20 billion offshore medical industry. Concerned officials set goals that this lucrative industry will bring in sizeable revenue...

Beyond Logic; Medical tourism's drawbacks.
Byline: Myrna M. Velasco The medical tourism phenomenon is a fix that the Philippines embraced hinged on high expectations that it could corner a chunk of the estimated $ 20 billion offshore medical industry. Concerned officials set goals that this lucrative industry will bring in sizeable revenue...

Beyond Logic; Medical tourism's drawbacks.
Byline: Myrna M. Velasco The medical tourism phenomenon is a fix that the Philippines embraced hinged on high expectations that it could corner a chunk of the estimated $ 20 billion offshore medical industry. Concerned officials set goals that this lucrative industry will bring in sizeable revenue...

Beyond Logic; Medical tourism's drawbacks.
Byline: Myrna M. Velasco The medical tourism phenomenon is a fix that the Philippines embraced hinged on high expectations that it could corner a chunk of the estimated $ 20 billion offshore medical industry. Concerned officials set goals that this lucrative industry will bring in sizeable revenue...

Assessing capacity to execute a health care proxy: a rationale and protocol.
This article discusses the concept of capacity, various relevant mandates, and a rationale for the assessment of capacity to execute a health care proxy. Some specific New York State regulations, pertaining to the execution of a health care proxy by persons who have intellectual disabilities, are presented and contrasted...

Dialog Medical Inks Pact with The Hospital of Saint Raphael.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-16 July 2008-Dialog Medical Inks Pact with The Hospital of Saint Raphael(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dialog Medical, a provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices, announced a new contract for its iMedConsent application with The Hospital of...

Medical tourism covers coming soon in the West.
MUMBAI: A report by Swiss Re forecasts that medical tourism covers will eventually become available in the West - a move that would boost manifold the inflow of foreign patients seeking treatment in India. In its Sigma report on Global Trends in Private Medical Insurance, Swiss Re...