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Health eVillages Program Connects Rural Providers
What do Kenya, Uganda, China, and Haiti have in common with St. Mary Parish? Among other things, major healthcare issues, a lack of economic resources...Read More
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Health eVillages Program Connects Rural Providers
What do Kenya, Uganda, China, and Haiti have in common with St. Mary Parish? Among other things, major healthcare issues, a lack of economic resources and the connectivity necessary to access medical information needed to provide up-to-date treatments to patients...
TED GRIGGS |
A Sense of Independence
Nearing retirement in an era when 70 is the new 50, it can be difficult to picture a time when you won’t be able to hop in your car to run errands, swing a club or a racquet, attend an exercise class,...
CINDY SANDERS |
LEGAL AFFAIRS: Halfway Through the Session: How’s the Legislature Doing?
At this writing, state lawmakers are at the halfway mark of the 2013 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. The legislature must adjourn sine die no later than 6 p.m. on Thursday June 6, 2013. There has been a plethora of healthcare related measures contemplated this session...
CINDY BISHOP |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Robby LeBlanc
Runnin’ down a dream
Robby LeBlanc was born to run. His knack for distance racing earned the Baton Rouge native a track scholarship to LSU, where he strode alongside athletes from Kenya, Morocco, Jamaica, Germany and South Africa...
LISA HANCHEY |
In The News June
CIS Welcomes Cardiologist Leon Kraft, MD
BATON ROUGE- Dr. Leon Kraft has joined the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) team of cardiologists at 7941 Picardy Avenue in Baton Rouge...
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PwC: Pace of Rising Medical Costs Slowing
Lower-cost healthcare options such as retail clinics and a decline in hospital readmissions are holding the projected increase in medical costs to 6.5%, a full percentage point lower than the 2013 projected rate, says PwC's Medical Cost Trend report. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:21 am CDT
| | Patients Shoulder Nearly 25% of Medical Bills
Data from the American Medical Association details the costs of medical billing complexity on patients and physicians, who are put "in the awkward situation of having to ask patients for money," says an AMA board member. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:38 am CDT
| | Opinion: Sharing EMRs still too hard
The average patient can't fathom why the sharing of electronic medical records is so hard. But those inside healthcare aren't thrilled either with the state of electronic record interoperability, as several smart discussions at this week's Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison, Wis., showed. "If we're this far into this implementation across the country, and we still have this level of discordance, shame on us," said Dr. Frank Byrne, president of Wisconsin's St. Mary's Hospital. "How did we get here and how do we get out? Because we've created barriers
Epic CEO and founder Judy Faulkner highlighted some of the obstacles to data sharing, from patients wanting to control such sharing, to difficulty training clinicians, to the many technical challenges. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:14 am CDT
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The Discipline of Success
If the health care environment gets as tough as many experts predict, who is going to best weather the storm? There are a few strategic rules of the road that are likely to apply. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 am CDT
| | Docs Give Sunshine Act a Gloomy Forecast
Come Aug. 1, vendors will start collecting data on their financial relationships with doctors and teaching hospitals, and that info will go public in a little over a year. Doctors grumbled and groused over some of the particulars of the so-called Sunshine Act at the American Medical Association's Annual Meeting Monday. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 am CDT
| | New Ways to Beat an Old Problem
Patient falls have been an age-old problem in hospitals. As H&HN Editorial Director Mary Grayson points out though, sometimes a little old-fashioned detective work and homegrown know-how are all you need to find a solution. Posted Monday, June 17, 2013 12:00 am CDT
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Vendor Relationships and Your Medical Practice
Vendor relationship management, done with purpose and thoughtfulness, can benefit any medical practice - large or small.
| | Why the U.S. Healthcare System is not Broken
It’s not healthcare, it’s sick-care, and it’s not a system, so it can’t be broken.
| | High Number of Physicians Feel They Lack Financial Planning Info
A recent report reveals many doctors feel they don’t know enough about personal finances. We're here to help.
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OVERNIGHT HEALTH: House passes late-term abortion ban
The House approved a national late-term abortion ban Tuesday in the strongest congressional move against abortion rights since 2003. The bill from Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) garnered 228 "yea" votes, including six from Democrats. Opposing the measure were 196 members, including six Republicans. At least one GOP member had vowed to oppose the bill because it includes exceptions for some rape and incest victims.
The Senate is expected to ignore the bill, which would ban abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy on the disputed premise that fetuses can feel pain at that stage. A previous draft applied only to the District of Columbia, but Franks expanded it nationwide in light of the recent murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing several infants born alive after failed abortions. The trial has received special attention from opponents of abortion rights, who argue that a late-term abortion is no different than an infant's murder.
Franks's bill has spurred controversy on Capitol Hill in the last week. During a markup on Wednesday, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee shot down several amendments to provide rape, incest and health exceptions to the ban, arguing they would be abused. The final version approved by the panel would allow only women whose lives are in danger to access late-term abortions.
Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:10 pm CDT
| | House passes late-term abortion ban
Just six Democrats voted for the measure in a 228-196 vote, while six Republicans opposed it.
Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:45 pm CDT
| | GOP lawmaker cites fetal masturbation in defense of late-term abortion ban
Rep. Michael Burgess justified the proposed ban, arguing that fetuses as early as 15 weeks experience physical feeling. Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:31 pm CDT
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