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States Offer Critiques, Advice On Reform
Various states weigh in about health care reform with particular concerns about financial difficulties and different reform models. Massachusetts looks to its own experience to offer advice.
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NICE Announces Review Of Its Skin Cancer Guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has announced that it will convene a guidance development group to formally review the recommendations relating to the diagnosis and removal of "low risk" basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) in primary care in its guidance Improving Outcomes in Cancer for people with skin tumours including melanoma (2003).
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Electronic Coding Overestimates Prevalence Of Barrett's Esophagus
In a review of more than 2,000 patients coded for Barrett"s esophagus, electronic diagnosis overestimated the prevalence of the disease according to researchers in California. They found that only 61.9 percent of patients assigned a billing diagnosis code for Barrett"s esophagus actually had Barrett"s esophagus after a manual record review. The study evaluated the accuracy of diagnostic codes for Barrett"s esophagus by contrasting codes from electronic databases with diagnoses from a detailed medical record review. Researchers also evaluated the reproducibility of a pathologic diagnosis of Barrett"s esophagus between two pathologists and between a single pathologist on two different occasions. The study appears in the May issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).
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American Career College's Ontario Campus Approved To Offer Respiratory Therapy Program

American Career College has gained approval to offer a Respiratory Therapy (RT) program at its Ontario campus, where the program"s initial class will commence on July 20, 2009. Currently, American Career College offers an RT program at its Orange County campus in Anaheim. "American Career College introduced its first Respiratory Therapy class in September of 2008 at its Orange County campus and judging by that program"s success, we are confident that the Ontario campus will experience a similar response," commented George Garcia, Director of the Ontario Campus Respiratory Therapy program at American Career College. "The addition of our Ontario program will enable students from the entire Inland Empire region to access our Respiratory Therapy program with ease." Graduates of American Career College"s 20-month Respiratory Therapy program not only earn an Associate of Occupational Science degree, but also become eligible to sit for both the entry-level (CRT) and advanced practitioner (RRT) exams offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Because of this eligibility, students take college-level general education courses, such as in English, math, anatomy and physiology, before moving into the core curriculum. Respiratory-related classes cover such areas as respiratory pharmacology, adult and neonatal/pediatric cardiopulmonary pathophysiology, cardiopulmonary diagnostic testing, and critical care monitoring. An extensive clinical internship allows students to put knowledge to practice and gain critical hands-on experience in a variety of clinical environments. "American Career College provides students a bridge to higher learning. Most Respiratory Therapists work in hospitals, where their services are needed in various areas, such as the emergency room and adult intensive care. Some hospitals will train Respiratory Therapists in specialty areas such as neonatal intensive care or pulmonary function laboratories. Regardless, ideal candidates have a strong desire to help other people," Garcia remarked. American Career College


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