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"American Nurse Today" & "Medicare Patient Management" from Healthcom Media.


Healthcom Media (Doylestown, PA) has begun the publication of "Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Patient Management" with a March/ April issue and will launch "American Nurse Today" with an issue in October. Healthcom Media also publishes "Assisted Living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication.
 Consult," launched in 2005, and "Menopause menopause (mĕn`əpôz) or climacteric (klīmăk`tərĭk, klī'măktĕr`ĭk)  Management."

"Medicare Patient Today" will be published six times a year for a mixed paid and controlled circulation of over 55,000, including 50,000 physicians/prescribers across all medical fields and 5000 Medicare/Medicaid and pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent.  directors at managed care organizations. The journal is described as the "first and only" medical title focused on practical approaches to enhancing care for seniors with Medicare coverage and is designed to provide information and guidance for health care professionals providing care or care-related services to Medicare beneficiaries.

Editorial carries information on developments in Medicare legislation, practice management, senior patient care with recommendations on clinical guidelines guidelines,
n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks.
 applications, legal opinions on Medicare issues, and new or emerging technologies and practices relevant to Medicare patient care such as disease management, Pay for Performance, e-prescribing e-prescribing Therapeutics The use of handheld electronic products to communicate with pharmacies and provide prescribing information  and MTMS/MTMP.

Healthcom will launch "American Nurse Today" with an issue in October. It will be produced monthly for a mixed paid and controlled circulation of 175,000, including more than 150,000 members of the American Nurses Association American Nurses Association,
n.pr professional organization of registered nurses created to encourage high standards in nursing care, pro-mote nursing as a profession, and lobby Congress for issues of concern to nurses.
 (ANA; Silver Spring, MD) as well as an additional 25,000 nurses in all practice settings.

Healthcom said the title will serve as a comprehensive information for nurses with content on maximizing patient outcomes, professional development and career opportunities, best practices, nursing shortages, staffing, health and safety, workplace rights and patient safety/advocacy. ANA president Barbara Blakeney said the titles will "address, in depth, the many business, practical, clinical, career management, policy and legislative issues that nurses need to keep up to date."
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