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C Marietti

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PubMed1998

Bullet-proof warehouses.

Organizational transformation, complex reporting requirements and growing respect for evidence-based medicine are driving data warehousing implementations. But the current dearth of health-care-specific applications and turnkey systems still makes the data warehouse a custom project.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed1997

Robots hooked on drugs. Robotic automation expands pharmacy services.

Hospitals are not known for automating labor-intensive tasks but robots are just beginning to make inroads in health-care. The first--and still only--robot grew from a class assignment to use an established technology in a new growth industry. The established technology was bar coding; the industry health-care; and the result a robotic device for the hospital pharmacy.

Electronic Data Processing↗
PubMed1991

[Secretory IgA. Recent progress].

After a brief introduction on the role of the immune system, the paper illustrates the methods of IgA production and their local protective functions. Those pathologies in which the monitoring of IgA levels plays a diagnostic and prognostic role are also described. In conclusion, the current methods used for the correct evaluation of IgA2 titres are discussed: RIA and competitive immunoenzymatic and immunofluorescent tests, although the latter can only be used on biopsy tissue.

Adult↗
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Feds stake a claim on standards.

One of the biggest challenges facing managed care organizations in the wake of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is the lack of standards in the area of electronic claims. Administrative simplification--the federal government's plan to improve the transmission of medical data through the use of information technology--is putting pressure on payors, providers and vendors to come up with a standard set of rules before they begin to address other requirements of the new legislation. Article by Charlene Marietti.

Career Mobility↗
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Handling risk. Proactive risk management spans the spectrum of care delivery.

Risk management has changed in recent years. What once was a paper-pushing, claims issue has become a more involved process. Today, proactive risk management spans the spectrum of care. This article addresses the needs now facing risk managers and others involved in the care of patients and members, the data they need and how they can collect it. Financial and clinical data are discussed as they relate to the management of risk in today's managed care organization. This, certainly, is not an easy industry to get one's arms around.

Data Collection↗