Secret History: Return of the Black Death Channel 4, 7-8pm In 1348 the Black Death swept through London, killing people within days of the appearance of their first symptoms. Exactly how many died, and why, has long been a mystery. This Secret History documentary follows experts as they pick through the evidence and reveal why the plague killed on such a scale. And they ask, what might be coming next?

Medscape

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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

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Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology.

Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D., Mary Alexander, R.N. Lillian A. Burns, M.T., M.P.H., C.I.C. E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D. Jeffery Garland, M.D., S.M. Stephen O. Heard, M.D. Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D. Henry Masur, M.D. Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M. Michele L. Pearson, M.D. Issam I. Raad, M.D. Adrienne Randolph, M.D., M.Sc. Mark E. Rupp, M.D. Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H. and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).

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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, 2011

Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine.

Abstract No. 90 Contemporary management and outcomes of liver trauma: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis

Accurately reporting Medicare enrollment.

Qui tam means trouble.

by inserting increased waste and cost into the value chain, decreasing the opportunity to deliver better outcomes.Ultimatevalueinradiologyis created when there is the timely delivery to a requesting physician of meaningful and actionable information; an inappropriate imaging test, by definition, rarely does. Most radiologists are familiar with this dynamic: the tension between offering an imaging test that might provide value and advocating for testing only when it is recognized as appropriate. In an attempt to provide support and guidance to providers caught in this dilemma, the ACR introduced the ACR Appropriateness Criteria � , which offer a comprehensive algorithmic approach to guide both referring physicians and radiologists alike to request the right test for the right patientat therighttime.Composed by a combination of leading experts within both the radiology and clinical communities, the Appropriateness Criteria use the best available evidence, toward the ultimate goal of delivering the optimal actionable information. Yet many radiologists andreferring physicians still do not consistently follow and adhere to these recommendations, perhaps because they are guidelines, not mandates, leaving providerswithconsiderablediscretion

Richard Duszak

Papers

Abstract No. 90 Contemporary management and outcomes of liver trauma: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis

Accurately reporting Medicare enrollment.

Qui tam means trouble.

Appropriateness, Scheduling, and Patient

The Accountable Care Organization Movement: What Its Early Experience Has Meant for Radiology