Stress, Anxiety and Depression - What Is The Difference?
If your feelings of anxiety are causing disruption in your daily life, you may have a more severe form of anxiety called an anxiety disorder. If this is the case, you need to seek professional help.Depression is a common illness like diabetes or art
Eating Disorders and Their Causes
Eating disorders have become a major health problem in recent years and, according to the health professionals, they are caused by many different factors. Every person with an eating disorder will be affected by these different factors in their own
Slimming - Exploring the Options
Why do people want to lose weight? The answer to this is complex and can involve a wide variety of factors. While some people recognize the damage they are doing to their body by carrying more weight than it was designed to carry, others may decide
Obesity Letter
Obesity has reached a crisis level in this country, with obesity registering at 30 percent of the population. Gastric bypass surgery is generally considered to be the best surgical procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity. In fact, doctors are
Bariatric Surgery: Cosmetic or Necessary?
During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Thirty states have obesity rates of more than 20 percent. Currently, more than 44 million Americans are considered obese, the result of our fast-food life
Hospital Peer Review
In September, 2005, AllMed conducted research about the issues surrounding external hospital peer review. The purpose of this survey was to determine the problems which hospitals and medical groups are looking to solve when sending out cases for ext
How New Technology Can Help Claims Managers
Information technology (IT) has long been touted as the key to improved business processes. So, how is IT advancing to help make a claims manager's life easier, better respond to patients needs, meet mandated guidelines, ensure patient privacy, and
Outsourcing Preauthorizations For Improved Outcomes
Increasingly, medical management firms and managed care organizations are turning to Independent Review Organizations (IROs) to pre-authorize treatments at the forefront of the healthcare decision-making process. Why?With rapid medical advances, it'
Hospital Stays - When to Pay for the Last Day
When a patient is admitted to the hospital, the most expensive days are the first few. These are the days when the patient is the sickest and the hospital staff is running tests and doing workups trying to sort out the patient's condition. After tha
Managing Evidence-Based Self-Insurance Plans
Instead of contracting with a traditional health insurer to provide group health insurance, many organizations are turning to self-funded insurance plans that are managed by third-party administrators or an outside health management company. Accordi
