Nurse Practitioner in Balsam Lake, WI Accepting Medicare
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 Ms. Debra Ann Leschisin, RN-C Nurse Practitioner - Women's Health Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 100 Polk County Plz, Suite 180, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Phone: 715-485-8500 Fax: 715-485-8877 |
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Study finds coverage to help kick smoking can be tricky
In her latest Kaiser Health News consumer column, Michelle Andrews writes: Most people who smoke want to quit, and the 2010 health-care law is supposed to make it easier for them by requiring many insurance plans to cover smoking-cessation treatments with no out-of-pocket cost to members.
Discharge-ready patients still breathing out SARS-CoV-2 particles, finds study
In just five months, the COVID-19 paralyzed huge cities, confined billions to their homes, and brought economic activity to a standstill in much of the world. Tens of thousands of patients became critically ill, overwhelming healthcare facilities. Even as many recovered and were ready to go home, a new study published in May 2020 on the preprint server medRxiv reports that a significant number of patients ready to go home still have virus particles in their exhaled breath.
Food safety measures taken by hospital minimize risk to food handlers
A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing E. coli. While sufficient preparation eliminated the presence of bacteria, poultry meat delivered to hospital kitchens remains a potential point of entry for these dangerous bacteria into the hospital.
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions may take longer, say researchers
Achieving widespread reductions in preventable hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries may take longer than many health care professionals originally anticipated, according to researchers at Penn State, the Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania.
Bereaved patients have increased heart rate and reduced heart rate variability: Study
The death of a spouse or child can cause elevated heart rate and other potentially harmful heart rhythm changes among the recently bereaved, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2010.
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