Primary Care Clinics in Osawatomie, KS Accepting Medicare
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 Olathe Health Family Medicine-osawatomie Clinic/Center - Rural Health Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 100 E Main St, Osawatomie, KS 66064 Phone: 913-755-3044 Fax: 913-755-2149 |
Olathe Health Family Medicine-osawatomie Clinic/Center - Rural Health Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 100 E Main St, Osawatomie, KS 66064 Phone: 913-755-3044 Fax: 913-755-2149 |
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State highlights: Experts cite 'serious' health care risks at Calif. prison; higher cigarette tax in Mass. prompts smuggling fears; psychiatric care payment plan in N.C.
Medical experts reporting to a federal court monitor say health care at the California state prison at Corcoran poses "an ongoing serious risk of harm to patients" that results in preventable deaths. The report, filed in federal court Monday, finds "serious patient care issues" within the general hospital at the prison, including life-threatening infections caused by unsanitary conditions, nurses who did not check vitals and doctors who repeatedly "cut and paste" the same patient notes (St. John, 7/30).
Checklist for seniors to reduce risk of falls
For those 65 and older, falling can be fatal; in fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among this age group, and some 40 percent of seniors fall at least once each year. Additionally, one in four who sustains a hip fracture from a fall will die within a year, and another 50 percent will never return to their pre-fall level of mobility.
Global Fund approves 79 grants with two-year commitment of $1.7B
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Board of Directors on Wednesday approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of "$1.7 billion dollars for projects against the diseases, amid warnings that some hard-hit African countries were being left out," Agence France-Presse reports. The commitment, according to Ethiopian Health Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who chairs the Global Fund's board, "shows that even in hard economic times, we can continue to expand the fight against the three diseases" (12/15).
Researchers report unexpected finding in Staph aureus study in child care facilities
A new strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria associated with exposure to livestock was recently discovered in one Iowa child care worker who reported no contact with livestock, according to University of Iowa researchers.
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