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Billing and Documentation: A Primer
Authors Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM Ronald Pauldine, MD, Fellow Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, US [email protected] Billing and documentation requirements are extremely complex for critical ill patients and no relief...
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Council of the European Union: The Main Decision Making Body of the EU
Author Sonja Planitzer This is the third part in a series which covers the structure and operations of the EU institutions. In the first of the series (autumn 2005) Helicia Herman introduced the European Commission (EC).The second part (winter 2005) described the composition, functioning and main role of the European Parliament. In...
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The Priorities of the Austrian and Finnish Presidencies
Author Rory Watson EU Correspondent [email protected] ICU Management EU Correspondent, Rory Watson, describes current EU decision making activities concerning the working time directive, services directive, the European Commission’s health priorities programme 2006, and a new organ transplants legislative proposal....
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Industry
HAMILTON MEDICAL: RAPHAEL XTC www.hamilton-medical.com In March 2006 at ISICEM in Brussels, Hamilton Medical will launch the Raphael XTC, a single ventilation solution for both noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and invasive ventilation. Combining the RAPHAEL platform with a single-limb breathing circuit and...
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Societies
ESICM Research Awards Jean Daniel Chiche Head of Research Committee www.esicm.org The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) has launched a programme to fund European research initiatives led by young investigators. Thanks to a genuine partnership with industrial leaders, 6 Industry Research Awards ranging...
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Research
Research: SCCM Awards The 35th Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine was held in San Francisco 7th to 11th January 2006. A selection of the SCCM awards is reported here and a full list is available on the SCCM website: www.sccm.org/ membership/awards/recipients/index.asp The winner of the 2006 SCCM Vision...
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Anaesthesiology & Cardiology
Authors Fabian Spöhr, MD BerndW. Böttiger MD, DEAA Dept. of Anesthesiology Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany http://erc.edu/index.php/newsitem/en/nid=146 [email protected] Risk of life-threatening bleeding complications has prevented the use of thrombolytic drugs...
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Pharmacy
Author Richard S. Bourne MSc, MRPharmS Lead Critical Care Pharmacist Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, UK [email protected] New legislation and national standards in the UK promote the role of the critical care clinical pharmacist towards integration in the critical care teamand improving patient...
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IC Beds cf. Other Healthcare Provision in Four European Countries
Authors David L. Edbrooke, FRCA Professor Intensive Care Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, UK [email protected] Bertrand Guidet, MD Professor, Intensive Care Hospital St. Antoine Paris, France Akos Csomos, MD, DEAA Consultant, Intensive Care Markhot Teaching Hospital...
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Australian and New Zealand IC Databases
Authors Carol George MBus (IT) Lynda Norton, MPH Tracey Higlett, MPH Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) [email protected] http://sas.anzics.com.au/Portal www.anzics.com.au Acknowledgement The ANZICS database projects are funded at a regional...
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