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Eating Healthy
Many people do not get the correct amount of nutrients in their daily food intake. What should you be eating to stay healthy?
Is your doctor prescribing electronically?
E-prescribing is available to all NTSP Physicians. Check with your doctor to see if they are prescribing electronically.
Health News
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May 2008
- Harris shifts patients to JPS amid shortage of neurosurgeons
- Fort Worth hospital focuses on women's health care
- Identity thieves prey on patients' medical records
- 10M children worldwide die from lack of health care
- Hospital council's study points to economic contributions
- Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs
- Health savings accounts growing in popularity
- Texas lawmakers vow to press for expansion of health insurance for children
April 2008
- As Doctors Get a Life, Strains Show
- Across USA, anxiety over access to patient records
- Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways
- 1 in 4 Uninsured Are Eligible for Aid But Aren't Enrolled
- Hospital planned for Loop 820 and Texas 199
- Fraud costs military health program $100 million-plus
- Lighting up common despite hospital smoking bans
- An unhealthy trend: U.S. has fewer general surgeons
- Life spans decline in some U.S. areas
- Contaminated blood thinner heparin called a worldwide problem
- Reports: Data on Vioxx was misused
- AMA calls for more physician training in aging care as IOM releases report
- Study: Boomers to flood medical system
- Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors
- Drug companies to reveal grant practices
- Warning on medication mix-ups for kids
- Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions
- Health care businesses take off at airports
March 2008
- Study Finds Many Patients Dissatisfied With Hospitals
- North Texans to get price cuts in Medicare supplies this summer
- County worried over decrease in patient load
- Most Older Americans Living Longer and Better
- Houston nurses' vote on unionizing may touch Dallas
- Primary Health Care Needs Fixing Before Universal Care Can Work
- Outlook Remains Bleak for 2 Programs
- Hospitals snatch up Dallas-area land to pave the way for medical systems of the future
- Drug Updates Via Email: Just What Doctor Ordered
- Weighing costs in choosing cancer care
- New patient tower will be the face of JPS Hospital
- Medicare tries to save $1 billion
- 'Smart' pillbox helps patients remember
- Red Cross: Many Iraqis still lack basics
- Mayo Clinic reports 2007 revenue grew 10%
- Texas enrollment in Children's Health Insurance program surges 7%
- Prescriptions' future may be easy to read
- As Population Grows Older, Geriatricians Grow Scarce
- Paperless patients
- Fidelity: Couple needs $225,000 to cover health care in retirement
- The $34 trillion problem
- Medical Groups Launch E-Prescription Advocate Site
- States: Medicaid changes costly
- Doctor-owned hospital plans to serve fast-growing SW Fort Worth
- Recent Generic Drug Approvals
- States combat drug reps to cut costs
- Audits sting hospitals, physicians
February 2008
- ER of future fights threats big and small
- GAO disputes Medicare cost advantage
- Private Medicare Plans’ Cost Questioned
- Shortage of surgeons pinches U.S. hospitals
- New York City to Help Doctors Track Patients’ Records Electronically
- Health care spending surge seen in next decade
- Escalating Health-Care Costs Hit Churches
- Just 1 in 4 know heart attack signs
- States redefine family health policies
- Exchanging information electronically may become model
- Hispanics worry most about health care, study shows
- Hospital 'code blue' deadlier at night
- High costs drive online prescribing push
- Insurer urges computerized prescriptions at hospitals
- Health Care Reform Must Include IT Issues, Group Says
- E-mails Improve Patient-Surgeon Communication
- Medicare won't pay hospitals for errors
- 1 in 10 patients gets drug error
- Medicine meets a culture gap
- Blue Cross halts letters amid furor
- Number of US primary care doctors down
- Lancaster's only hospital to close its doors
- Leavitt seeks expanded use of electronic health records
- Health Care Risks Grow As Retirees Face Limits
- ERs fail as the nation's safety net
- Arbitration a growing trend in health care
- Physicals undergoing a new examination
- Seton unveils new Round Rock hospital
- Wal-Mart expands in-store health clinics
- Good night, sleep tight, turn off hospital lights
- Can PHRs Actually Make You Healthier?
- Budget Proposes $560 Billion Cut
- Health care collections cause swelling of bills
- Top-Rated Hospitals Continue to Deliver Better Care
January 2008
- Cold Meds Send 7,000 Kids to Hospitals
- St. Luke's, Kelsey-Seybold look to grow in county's northwest
- Internet helps doctor get back to basics
- Diabetes' Health Toll Hits $174 Billion Annually
- Co-Pays Contribute to Drop in Preventive Care
- Doctors Paid To Prescribe Generic Pills
- Heart disease deaths plummet ahead of 2010 goal
- Wal-Mart says percentage of uninsured workers down
- Infections after breast surgery found to be costly
- Dallas-Fort Worth nonprofits offer health care to thousands without insurance
- Will aging boomers lose benefits?
- ’Bundling’ hospital processes may help prevent infections
- Early retirees try to fill gap in health coverage
- Emergency Care Waits Found to Be on Rise
- Most back mandatory health coverage: study
- YMCA tackles America's health crisis
- Chinese most concerned about health care
- Time-strapped patients feeding growth of urgent care centers
- France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking
- Drug spending raises US health care tab
- Nurse's product battles germs
- Group sues FDA for stronger warnings
- Childhood Diabetes Boosts Risk for Kidney Problems