|
|
Other links at Articles > Business of Medicine |
| 1. |
UK Colposcopy Clinics Abiding by Anesthesia Guidelines: Study
|
|
|
Research suggests that in UK colposcopy clinics, the proportion of patients treated under local anesthesia is roughly 80%, which is in line with current consensus guidelines issued in 2004 that recommend that less than 20% of treatments in colposcopy clinics be performed under general anesthesia. Reuters Health Information
|
| 2. |
U.S. Medicare to Tighten Rules for Private Plans
|
|
|
Companies that sell Medicare Advantage plans would have to modify sales commissions to stop salesmen from switching beneficiaries to a new plan each year to earn the highest possible fee, a U.S. government agency proposed on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
|
| 3. |
ACC Issues Appropriateness Criteria for Stress Echo
|
|
|
The American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Society of Echocardiography, and other organizations review the appropriateness of stress echocardiography in many clinical scenarios. Medscape Medical News
|
| 4. |
US Congress Votes to Ban Genetic Discrimination
|
|
|
A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
|
|
|
