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Stress return on investment to maximize charity benefits
Atlanta-based Jackson Healthcare has released a lengthy eBook providing tips on how hospitals and related providers can maximize their charity services. The release of the 56-page eBook comes at a
Bill aims to reduce the rampant practice of defensive medicine
Although it may seem like ‘everyone' is practicing defensive medicine to avoid lawsuits, research from Jackson Healthcare reveals telling exceptions to the trend. Most recently, the healthcare
Most physicians not compensated for medical orders, tests, diagnostic imaging
Eighty-two percent of physicians are not compensated for prescriptions, lab tests, diagnostic imaging, hospital admissions and facility/surgery fees, according to a new survey conducted by Jackson
Defensive medicine epidemic costs billions in dollars, untold expense to physician-patient relationship
Physicians are nearly unanimous in their opinions that the practice of defensive medicine not only runs rampant throughout all specialties, but that tort reform is needed to decrease malpractice
Medical students learning to practice medicine defensively, survey finds
While limiting unnecessary tests is certainly one way to control spiraling healthcare costs, it's not a measure that's likely to take hold anytime soon. A national survey of 1,407 physicians found
SPOTLIGHT: Nursing inefficiencies
Nurses have long suspected that they spend far too much time shuffling paper and chasing down equipment rather than caring for patients, and now there's some data to back them up. A new survey from
Doctors' fear of lawsuits takes a hefty financial toll
Defensive medicine accounts for 26 percent of the nation's healthcare costs--one in four dollars, according to a new six-week, national Gallup survey of physicians sponsored by Atlanta-based
