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prostate cancer screenings

Craig Stevens
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The movement to back off prostate cancer screenings to avoid being overly aggressive in treatment concerns me. I get that there are times when it might be wiser to avoid treatment, especially when age is a consideration, but I really don't understand taking a stance to discourage younger men (in their 40s) from monitoring their prostate health and giving themselves the best...
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Reduce Tobacco Ownership in 401k Plans

Jason Vander Weele
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I was looking through my 401k plan and noticed that 1/2% of my portfolio is made up of "British American Tobacco Plc" http://quicktake.morningstar.com/syndication/holdings.aspx?cn=GLG117&symbol=VGTSX As a participant in an employer sponsored plan, I'm unable to cast a vote at the annual shareholder meetings of the plan. However, I was informed that my employer, being ...
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reduce infections due to PC data entry devices

Lawrence Emke
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I don't know if BJC has any protocal for cleaning computer equipment. I just read an article ("http://www.smartplanet.com/technology/blog/rethinking-healthcare/the-fight-against-hospital-infection-hits-your-pc/1403/") about the need to consider how PC equipment may contribute to spreading of disease in a hospital. As the article noted the use of PC equipment will incr...
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hospitalist

Cary Bynum
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A friend of mine just spent several days in a hospital in intense pain without a diagnosis (admitted through the ER). Her primary care doc apparently no longer handles inpatient care. The hospitalist she was assigned to never visited her over the course of three or so days. There was at least one misdiagnosis that might could have been avoided. To make a long story short...
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seeking info

Kathleen Antoni
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Why when lung cancer is listed as the #1 killer of all cancers is there very little, if any, side effects or after effects listed? Even the Doctor's comments are few, and support groups are almost non-existent.
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Between the cracks

Ian MacLeod
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No matter what kind of help you have available for low-income, indigent, disabled or whomever, always - ALWAYS - someone falls through the cracks, slides between the bars, just plain doesn't fit any category - and does without. I've a friend I met as a Chronic Pain treatment advocate who is now dying. He (self-administered thru the City) insurance's medical manager believes ...
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how health care can be better

dwayne dove
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As being a health care provider i feel that medicine can be made by having better equipment so we can provide the proper health care for the patients and by doing that our turn over ratio will not be sohigh with patients coming back for the same problems
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The big "C"

Kathleen Antoni
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No, I'm not speaking of Cancer. I'm referring to CLEAR Communication between Doctors, their staff, and the patient. First, I'm told the weekly X-rays really don't show how the radiation treatments are going, then I'm told the weekly X-rays show that my radiation treatments need to be adjusted. It's contradictory and I don't know what to believe, except that I was doing fine ...
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INSURANCE BILLING AND CODING

Phyllis Abbott
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It may be Hospital ER billing or doctor billings to the insurance companies; it needs to change. When a doctor tells you to go to the emergency room or to a specific doctor, the referring doctor's name should be listed on the insurance billing, also, the REASON that doctor sent you to the ER should also be on the insurance billing. Instead, what the insurance is reading is t...
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Emergency Room Billing

Phyllis Abbott
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Suggestion about ER Billing: When a doctor tells you to go to the emergency room, that doctor's name should be listed on the insurance billing, also, the reason they sent you to the ER should also be on the insurance billing. Instead, what the insurance is reading is your diagnosis. Then they refuse payment because they say it was not an emergency. EXAMPLE: My oncologist sen...
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Review appointments on-line

Lawrence Emke
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How about providing a way that a patient can review their appointment schedules by way of the internet? It could cut down on printing schedules on paper. This will save time for the people who print the schedules. It could cut down on the cost of paper and ink. It could be the first step to move patient care into the 21st century. It would save me tim...
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SSM Saint Mary's in Richmond Heights MO is THE BEST

Mary Frances Stoecklin
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In Oct of 09, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Miraculously found by my yearly mammo. It was 2 cm -- very small - but I had it removed, followed by only 10 days of radiation and no chemo. Most importantly, every single peron in that hospital, from receptionists to specialists to hormone therapy were excellent. If I was nervous, they calmed me down and readily answered any...
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Using Predictive Analytics to Reduce Cost

Jason Vander Weele
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I recently returned from a customer advisory board of a predictive analytic software company. It seems to me that many other for-profit industries are already using predictive software to increase ROI and reduce costs within their organization. It also seems to me that health care is still working at simple reporting of the descriptives of what is happening, and not anywhe...
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Medical care

Mary Roney
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First I think we should stop Doctors and Insurance companies from charging soooo much. They are getting very rich,....while we suffer!!! I thought they did what they did because they care about people. It is all about the money !!!! I thought I found a great place to go. I suffer from chronic pain. I found a clinic in Washington,Mo. that goes by your pay....She looked up my ...
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Waiting so long for care

Judy Hall
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When a patient is in pain or really feeling poorly, why must we wait several days or even weeks to see the doctor? I realize they are busy and booked but what alternative does a sick patient have other than going to the Emergency Room and waiting for many hours and then being criticized for using the Emergency Room as a doctor's office? There must be a better way to be see...
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Idea: Summary Report of Services Rendered

Adam flath
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Idea: After every visit, EVERY patient gets a Summary Report of what the Doctor just did for them, recommendations, next appointment, etc. It is unfair and in my opinion unethical to not provide your patients with a detailed summary of what services were rendered on my body. It should not have to be requested, it should be given. -When I get my oil changed at the mechani...
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real dorks

gale hans
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your doctors at your vandalia il hospital are incompetent. i wouldnt take my dog to that hospital
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"Medical Mystery"

Lee Schultz
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I was sent to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis after being seen by several doctors. The symptoms pointed to ovarian cancer, rhuematic fever and congestive heart failure and West Nile disease. Day after day I visited doctor after doctor until I went to Barnes Hospital in the middle of the night. I was admitted but my insurance was not notified, and I spent a total of 14 hours ...
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Feeling Side-Effects

Lauren H
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I don't understand why there still is medicine out here that has side effects that will kill you rather than cure you. I understand there is a trial and error process, but do no one take in comsideration of the issues that could happen to the patient. Radiation for cancer patients is one thing. I watched my grandmother go from feeling great to feeling like the side-effects w...
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WOAHHHH!!!!!!!!

Mary Lou Cummings
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Cut the prices D-O-W-N. No one needs to pay $20,000 for a cast to be put on!!!
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