Sarah Jane Tribble Unlike bigger hospitals, rural hospitals can’t get discounts on expensive drugs that treat rare diseases because of a last-minute exclusion written into the ACA MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. — Hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston remembers when Lulabelle Berry arrived at Stone County Medical Center’s emergency department last year. Berry couldn’t talk. Her face was… Continue reading USA: Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs
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Accountable Care Organizations, Explained
Jenny Gold An ACO is a network of doctors and hospitals that shares financial and medical responsibility for providing coordinated care to patients in hopes of limiting unnecessary spending. At the heart of each patient’s care is a primary care physician Orignially posted at Kaiser Health News, US based nonprofit national health policy news service.… Continue reading Accountable Care Organizations, Explained
Do cell phones belong in the Operating Room?
Shefali Luthra | Kaiser Health News Cellphone use is not generally restricted in the operating room, but some experts say the time for rules has come Next time you’re on the operating table and you have one last look around as the anesthesiologist approaches, don’t be too sure that that person in scrubs looking at… Continue reading Do cell phones belong in the Operating Room?