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A Lifelong Commitment To Healthcare
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Revised Field Triage Guidelines
Navigating Medicare Maze
Huge Burden of Diabetes
 
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Issue: #23

January/2009
Welcome!
 
To San Antonio's newest online healthcare and bioscience community and to The HCB Newsletter, feeder publication to the S.A. HC+B website and the upcoming San Antonio Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine, www.hcbmagazine.com.
 
At S.A. HC+B Magazine, we are about to embark on an exciting new venture--launch of the magazine, kicking it off with a digital edition that will surely compliment the subsequent printed version and the newsletter. 

Every digital edition will include all of the content in the print edition, including the ads and articles but will also include bonus content exclusive to the online medium.  To make the online interaction as engaging as possible, the digital edition will include user-friendly downloadable articles from the magazine, notable healthcare and bioscience whitepapers, videos, and podcasts, as well as links to relevant websites, email addresses, and ads. 
 
It's an exciting time alright so check back next week to learn more about S.A. HC+B Magazine contents.

Best regards,
Melba Romero
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S.A. Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine
Sevocity EHR Debuts on 2008 "Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards" Report for Ambulatory EMRs
Dr. TolcherConceptual Mindworks, Inc., San Antonio, TX - January 27, 2009
 
Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced its debut on the KLAS 2008 "Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards" report for Ambulatory EMR (1 physician). The rankings are based on client feedback encompassing ease of use, support and overall satisfaction for ambulatory EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) solutions. Sevocity ranked number three overall in the category. Full Story.
A Lifelong Commitment To Healthcare Is Needed
ParedesModern Health Magazine - January 27, 2009

With the current economic crisis and a new presidential administration, healthcare is back in the spotlight. Our hopes are to reduce costs, increase access and promote quality. The vast overhaul for healthcare that some have suggested will represent an enormous social, political and financial challenge. Full Story.
CDC and National Expert Panel Promote Revised Field Triage Guidelines of Trauma Patients
CDC LogoCDC - January 27, 2009
 
Guidelines published in today's MMWR Reports and Recommendations are aimed at ensuring that trauma patients with more severe injuries are taken to trauma centers designed to handle such injuries. The recommendations designed to standardize decision-making at the injury scene also offer guidance on new technologies such as vehicle crash notification systems, which alert emergency services that a crash has occurred and automatically summon assistance. Full Story.
TMA Offers Physicians Free Tools to Navigate Medicare Maze
TMATexas Medical Association, Austin, TX - January 26, 2009

Physicians and their office staff agree: Medicare has far too many rules regulating how doctors must care for their patients, and what they need to do to be paid for providing that care. If physicians do not adequately interpret the thousands of pages of Medicare regulations, the government will not pay them for providing care, or worse. Full Story.

New Survey Results Show Huge Burden of Diabetes
NIHNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - January 27, 2009

In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose study includes newly available data from an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Full Story.