Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers
BOSTON — Calling Brockton the “epicenter of the heroin crisis in southeastern Massachusetts,” the city's mayor, Bill Carpenter, is proposing tougher penalties for dealers caught trying to sell drugs within 300 feet of an addiction treatment center …
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Galloway, NJ Welcomes New Drug Treatment Center: Addiction Treatment …
ATSI is founded on several beliefs: that addiction is a complex and destructive disease; spirituality, fitness and family involvement are vital keys to success in treatment; and professional drug treatment help is required in order to achieve long-term …
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medical center to cater to elderly, drug addicts
While the medical complex will also include a 20-bed hospital, world-class geriatric care and substance abuse treatment will “define” MMC, according to Ali al-Hajj a health care consultant working on the project. The 114-bed center for elderly care …
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What's the best way to treat doctors on drugs? #tellusatoday
As a licensed emergency medical technician and University of California, San Francisco, nursing student, I know that medication diversion and health care worker drug addiction is an alarming but unsurprising practice ("Doctors on drugs," USA TODAY …
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EMDR in the Treatment of Addictions
Treating these concurrent conditions would help to reduce the negative impact of addictions. EMDR has been proven effective in the treatment of PTSD and Depression. Therefore EMDR can be used as one of the effective supportive therapies in addictions.
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Med-Sci: New Edition of the ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine Available
The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release:. Senior Editor Richard Ries, MD, FASAM, ABAM Diplomate, said it is the go-to source in addiction medicine, blending scientific principles with the practical essentials of …
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Business briefs: Ministry Health Care facilities recognized
MILWAUKEE – Seven hospitals in the Ministry Health Care system have been named 2014 HEALTHSTRONG Hospitals by iVantage Health Analytics. Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital, Weston; Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay; Ministry Saint …
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Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month, Toby Douglas, California's Health Care Services Department director, said just 10% of the available inpatient beds in the state are in facilities that meet the federal government …
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State bans Recovery Center in Sullivan County from accepting new patients
The Sullivan County Recovery Center is unable to accept new patients while under investigation by the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The center is Sullivan County's major facility for alcohol and drug treatment, and many are …
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Medical transcription or also known as MT is an allied health profession that deals in the process of converting voice- recorded reports as dictated by physicians or other health care professionals into text format. Many health practitioners are still relying on the services of medical transcriptionists to handle this time-consuming task. As such, most physicians and medical officers are looking for multiple price quotations for medical transcription.

RFQ for medical transcription is essential to get best out of this service. Since medical transcription is a profession of understanding critical information, it is imperative that you find RFQ that will suit to your requirements. Handling records as a legal document is sensitive that requires confidentiality. This is one of those jobs that can be accomplished from home. For this reason, the interest level gets very high as people are searching for business that will not require too much capital. There are companies out there trying to take advantage of interest. Thus, the results are over-priced and sub-standard.

Medical transcriptionists are the people behind this profession. They carefully listen to dictated recordings made by physicians and transcribe them into documents such as autopsy reports, discharge summaries and other documents that became part of patients’ medical history. In order to transcribe information accurately, licensed medical transcriptionist should understand medical terminology, anatomy, operation procedures, treatment and had enough experience in transcribing medical records.

It is a medical language specialty so it requires not only proper training but also eagerness and commitment to unending learning as technology and terminology changes.

These days, people are putting all types of business with inaccurate information over the Internet and declaring it a proven fact and effective. However, Internet has still a number of trusted websites you can go for accurate information. Websites that currently referring medical transcription services offer different deals to attract clients. This website will never steer you wrong when it comes to transcription facts.

Medical transcription quotes are provided by most web-based purchasing referral service. Clients who are interested to acquire the service of the chosen company listed in the website will request quotations to compare prices of various companies. It serves as customers guide to estimate the amount of service they will render. Medical transcription quotes must be filled up with the correct and reliable information and details for further review and approval.

Request for quote is obviously a good way to connect customers and medical transcription providers to settle down issues about the corresponding price of the service. Other than that, it is a gateway for clients to know more about medical transcription companies. It is important to know if that company is worth enough for a business transaction.

Evolution of transcription requires many considerations. In connection with this, everyone must be wise and careful in choosing medical transcription provider. It is not about choosing a huge and famous medical transcription company or a home- based medical transcriptionist, but more on choosing a service that will provide detailed and precise result. It is important that medical transcriptionist have a complete understanding of the dictation in order to ensure that they are transcribing exactly what the doctors stated in the video-recorded report.

Following veteran's overdose death, report finds problems at Miami VA drug …
The patient then was transferred to an inpatient mental health unit, according to the report, and several days later he was admitted to the drug abuse rehabilitation program, where he again tested positive for cocaine. He was placed on restriction with …
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Opinion: Building on an 90-Year a Legacy at Glen Cove Hospital
Glen Cove's highly acclaimed inpatient rehabilitation program and Traumatic Brain Injury Unit also currently remain at Glen Cove, although they will continue to be evaluated in the context of health care reform and community needs. Working together …
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