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Ensure you’re using the current mileage rate when calculating your total as it can change from year to year. For example, the 2023 rate was 22 cents per mile, but the 2024 rate is 21 cents per mile. A small calculation error such as using the wrong rate may trigger an audit. Multipl...
The PICU, or pediatric intensive care unit, is the unit of a hospital that provides the highest level of care to children. It is similar to the intensive care unit (ICU), where adults receive special care, but the staff in the PICU specialize in working with children. ...
FILE PHOTO: Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit's Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, attends to a COVID-19 patient in the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak,...
“As an experienced patient, I sometimes stop, or modify the dose of the prescribed medications without referring to my doctors. If they do ask, I would tell them that I am in full compliance.” “My knowledge of medication mostly comes from a peer patient who appears to be very knowledge...
The popularity of online health consultation (OHC) has grown rapidly in recent years and has become a common method for patients to receive affordable heal
If unpleasant sensations occur, the device should be turned off immediately using the patient magnet. Diathermy therapy. Do not use short-wave diathermy, microwave diathermy, or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy (all now referred to as diathermy) on patients implanted with a neurostimulation ...
"Nursing is a dynamic field, and being a nursing major keeps me on my toes in the same way. While the classwork is often challenging as a nursing major, I find it to be incredibly rewarding. Completing each piece of the puzzle in the classroom has a very tangible result in the lab an...
Patients with narrow heart valves may experience symptoms including shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness and fatigue. As recently published in my article,“Aortic Stenosis: The Danger Zone Is Here”, this disease can be fatal. According to research byDr. Eugene Braunwald, the mortality rate...
Hospital Ratings to Focus on Outcomes An updated methodology will determine ratings in 22 procedures and conditions. Min Hee Seo,Xinyan ZhouandBen HarderMarch 18, 2025 Changing Your Medicare Plan Knowing when and how to change plans is key to ensuring your coverage best fits your needs. ...