Nursing Homes in Boonsboro, MD
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 Sterling Care At South Mountain Medicare and Medicaid Location: 141 South Main Street, Boonsboro, Maryland 21713 Ratings: Phone: (301) 432-5457 |
Fahrney-keedy Memorial Home Medicare and Medicaid Location: 8507 Mapleville Road, Boonsboro, Maryland 21713 Ratings: Phone: (301) 671-5013 |
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Scientists aim to create data mining tools to identify personalized treatment options for cancer
In the laboratories of Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland, drug testing is done ex vivo. That is, various leukemia drugs are tested with patient samples instead of the patients themselves. This enables the researchers to test different drug combinations efficiently and without burdening the patient.
Gold Standard/Elsevier launches consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages
Gold Standard/Elsevier, a leading developer of drug information and medication management solutions, announced today the launch of MEDcounselor Languages, a module that provides trusted MEDcounselor consumer medication information in 12 foreign languages. The new MEDcounselor Languages will enable healthcare providers to help non-English speaking patients better understand their drug therapy, take their medications safely, and avoid potentially harmful errors.
Most health care firms expect to benefit from health law
The court's decision to uphold the law is expected to help nearly every corner of the health care industry, The Associated Press reports. But other outlets also note that insurers are concerned about new rules.
Study explores factors for misuse of prescription opioid in young injection drug users
A new study by researchers at Drexel University's School of Public Health suggests that abuse of prescription painkillers may be an important gateway to the use of injected drugs such as heroin, among people with a history of using both types of drugs.
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Nursing Home
A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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