Nursing Homes in Oshkosh, NE
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 Regional West Garden County Nursing Home Medicaid Location: 1100 West 2nd, Oshkosh, Nebraska 69154 Ratings: Phone: (308) 772-3283 |
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Ortivus implements new strategy to streamline its core operations
Ortivus is now implementing its strategy to streamline its core operations into a clear focus on advanced mobile and clinical decision support for modern medical care. Consequently its North American subsidiaries, which provide administrative systems primarily for ambulance services, have been sold to an American company - TriTech Software Systems.
Senate Dems go to White House to assess health law political fallout
The group of 16 met with President Barack Obama for about two hours, focusing on the floundering Healthcare.gov website and the possibility of backlash in next year's elections. Some lawmakers also pressed the administration to extend the health law's open enrollment period.
MUHC study examines effect of regular re-evaluation of antibiotic use on cost, C. difficile infection rates
Resistance to antibiotics is an important health concern that affects both the spread of infections, like Clostridium difficile, and the medication budget. Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre examined the effectiveness of adopting an antibiotic "time-out" during treatment, which involves regularly re-evaluating the treatment strategy as the clinical situation evolves.
New technique could eliminate hip replacement surgeries in young trauma patients
A novel surgery using transplanted bone and cartilage may help young patients avoid a hip replacement after a specific traumatic injury to the hip joint, according to a case study by orthopedic trauma specialists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study appears in the February issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
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