Invasive Tests For Urinary Tract Cancer May Have Minimal Diagnostic Value Kaiser Permanente Study Cautions Parental exposure to BPA during pregnancy associated with decreased birth weight in offspring Will electronic health records save the planet What Changed EHealth Records Produce Some Environmental Benefits Hawaii medical group hires three physicians The Disappearing Family Doctor Is It a Bad Thing Gamification Video Feature Cleveland Clinic And Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer Society Personal Health Doctors Connect Elderly Diabetes Patients With Very Low Glucose Levels Slightly Increased Risk Of Death gets OK for San Rafael expansion Immunization not linked increased hospitalization children inherited disorder Collage KP Center Total Smart Cloud

Hematuria or blood in the urine may trigger a battery of tests for urinary tract cancer that are invasive and can unnecessarily expose patients to radiation, yet the procedures contribute little to the diagnosis, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente Southern California's Department of Research & Evaluation published in the May issue of the Journal of Urology. Kaiser Permanente Southern California's current practice guidelines are the same as the recommendations of the American Urological Association... Parental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy is associated with decreased birth weight of offspring, compared with offspring from families without parental BPA exposure in the workplace, according to Kaiser Permanente researchers. Electronic health records are often touted as way to cut medical costs, new Kaiser Permanente study shows they have big environmental payoff I've been expecting a number on this, and now we have one. Hundreds of thousands of young adults are taking advantage of the health care law provision that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents' health plans, some of the nation's largest insurers are reporting. That pace appears to be faster than the [...] Digitized patient record and medical imaging systems consume more electricity, but reduce paper use, patient travel, reliance on plastics used in traditional X-ray films and other waste, said a Kaiser Permanente report. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii medical group hires three physicians By DAVIS LIU, MD The New York Times recently published an article titled the Family Can't Give Away Solo Practice wistfully noting that doctors like Dr. Ronald Sroka and "doctors like him are increasingly being replaced by teams of rotating doctors and nurses who do not know their [...] GameSpot gets a closer look at medical games Kaiser Permanente is using to help people The STOP Sports Injuries campaign continues to expand with more than 130 organizations pledging their support to advocate healthy play for young athletes. A few of the newest supporters include the renowned Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente and the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers' Society (PBATS)... By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN What doctors are most likely to use patients' personal electronic health records? Fewer than 1 in 2 are willing to. Those who most likely would include Hispanic physicians, doctors who practice in rural areas, those employed in hospitals, and surgeons. As part of the HITECH Act included in the American Recovery [...] A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well-controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such as heart attacks, amputation and kidney disease, but the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death. The study published in the June 2011 issue of the journal Diabetes Care, followed more than 70,000 type 2 diabetes patients from Kaiser Permanente who were over 60 years of age for four years... Kaiser Permanente gets OK for San Rafael expansion Children with inborn errors of metabolism received vaccines on the same immunization schedule as did healthy infants, according to Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center scientists who examined the Kaiser Permanente Northern California population. In addition, immunization was not associated with significant increases in emergency room visits or hospitalizations during the month following vaccination, according to Nicola Klein, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and co-director of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center. By MATTHEW HOLT This week I spent quite a bit of time at the very new and very fancy Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health in Washington DC. It's next door to a very large medical office building  (110+ docs) in which KP is showcasing its current integrated care model, and how far its come in [...] International Business Machines Corp. is set to boost its cloud computing ambitions with the launch of its new computing service "Smart Cloud". Funny thing: It's hard to get news out of Kaiser Permanente. But not party pictures. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii giving to Japan relief efforts Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, three other top health systems form 'connectivity consortium' Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, three other top health systems form "connectivity consortium" Kaiser Permanente multitasking on Capitol Hill
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