8/08/10 Medical Identity Theft
Not as widely known as your run of the mill Identity Theft, Medical Identity Theft can have a far more dangerous impact on a person. While it involves finances, it has the ability to undermine someones ability to get medical care, insurance and even a job. While the threat is known, means to thwart it are still being developed. The public knowledge of this is still relatively small. Katalin Goencz of MedBillAssist in Stamford, CT discusses how this affects each of us and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Articles
Identity Theft Programs Are Vital for Compliance and Sound Business
http://www.aishealth.com/Bnow/hbd080210.html
Medical Identity Theft – Facts for Consumers
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/idtheft/idt10.shtm
Medical Identity Theft
http://www.voluntarybenefitsmagazine.com/article-detail.php?issue=issue14&article=medical-identity
What Broke My Father’s Heart
How putting in a pacemaker wrecked a family’s life. When (the doctor) suggested the pacemaker for the second time, my father was too stroke-damaged to discuss, and perhaps even to weigh, his tradeoffs. The decision fell to my mother — anxious to relieve my father’s pain, exhausted with caregiving, deferential to doctors and no expert on high-tech medicine. She said yes. One of the most important medical decisions of my father’s life was over in minutes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20pacemaker-t.html
Ultrafast Computed Tomography (Ultrafast CT Scan)
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/92,P07987
Ultrasound
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P01298
http://en.wikipedia.org/Ultrasound
Purchasing a Hearing Aid
Purchasing a Hearing Aid
A Consumer Checklist
http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/docs/HLAAHearingAidChecklist_4-14-2009.pdf
Buying a Hearing Aid? You’ve Got a Lot to Learn
BOB BUCKWALTER, a retired pastor in Williamstown, Mass., bought his first pair of hearing aids in January.
Like most people suffering from gradual hearing loss, he had resisted the idea for years. But, after talking with people who have benefited from aids and doing research to find a nearby audiologist, Mr. Buckwalter was ready to take the plunge.
Screening Tool May Help Identify Abnormal Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
A simplified pediatric blood pressure table may simplify screening for potentially abnormal blood pressures in children and adolescents.
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703958?src=cmemp
Heart Devices at Risk for Hacking
Heart Devices at Risk for Hacking-a study by a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School points out that that unauthorized individuals could obtain secure information or in fact reprogram devices like pace makers. The author calls for medical device manufacturers to address security issues.
Doctors Use Wii Games for Rehab Therapy
Doctors Use Wii Games for Rehab Therapy – Nintendo has launched a video game that effectively incorporates realistic exercise like bowling and tennis. Play it long enough and you end up with sore muscles as if you played the real thing.
Purchasing a Hearing Aid
Purchasing a Hearing Aid
A Consumer Checklist
http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/docs/HLAAHearingAidChecklist_4-14-2009.pdf
