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...When a white-blood-cell count isn't high enough to "justify" hospitalization for IV antibiotics, the physician whose judgment says "this patient is sick and belongs in the hospital" is told his services, as well as the hospitalization, will not be paid for. So he has two choices: wait for the patient to get sick enough to justify his treatment plan or join the game - and lie about how sick the patient is. It's just a matter of clicking a different item on a pull-down menu...
...outlook for a patient depends in part on acting fast: call 911 or drive the victim to the hospital; do not wait to reach your own doctor. The rest turns on the type of injury. Richardson died of an epidural hematoma, an accumulation of blood between the skull and dura, the tough tissue covering the brain. A subdural hematoma is blood between the dura and brain. Both injuries have a mortality rate of about 50%. Intracerebral bleeding, which occurs within the brain, is even more serious. "Patients get redlined to surgery in 15 to 30 minutes" if they have...
...just 17%. Physicians' notes - which can be confusing at best and flat-out illegible at worst - had gone digital in just 12%. The only bright spot in the findings was computerized results-viewing, which allows doctors and nurses to call up lab results onscreen instead of having to wait for them to be delivered by hand; that time-saving upgrade had been implemented by more than 75% of the hospitals surveyed...
...both been mentioned as possible caretaker premiers. Or the country might decide to go to the polls early which would open the way for the rightwing Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz) party to gain power. Though Fidesz leaders are publicly calling for an early vote, they may prefer to wait until next year. "Fidesz's rhetoric is that they desperately want elections, but they are afraid of the job," says Political Capital's Szabados. "If they win early elections, they will have to face the financial crisis and find solutions." (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...Considering how much they spent for a meal they couldn't keep down, stricken customers have been asking if they can expect compensation any time soon. But the restaurant is taking a wait-and-see approach. "The discussion regarding any need for some sort of compensation will only happen when the investigation is complete," says Jo Livingston, a spokeswoman for The Fat Duck...