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Asthma prevalence has tumbled in Bermuda by a record 76 percent — but more than 2,000 people attended the Emergency Room in relation to the disease last year, according to Open Airways.
The group is calling on residents to turn up for World Asthma Da...
DATE: May 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Repeated delays into the release of a Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) review are arousing the suspicions of healthcare advocates.
No release date had been given for the governance report into the BHB, handed in to the Board last month by consultants Ho...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians could spend up to $1 billion on health in 2015 — and still get less value than similar countries.
Our spending is “very high”, the Bermuda Health Council CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling warned, even when compared to jurisdictions with unheal...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
US doctor Michael Weitekamp has been appointed chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Former chief Donald Thomas resigned last year after being placed on administrative leave.
Dr Weitekamp, who formally assumes his role today, holds responsib...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A medical practice has resorted to hiring its own debt collector to track down a soaring number of patients refusing to pay.
The company has accumulated roughly $300,000 in unpaid bills since 2011, said one doctor, who requested anonymity for this st...
DATE: Apr 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Income and education are the top determinants in both the health and health spending of Bermuda’s residents.
The Health Disparities Report 2013, released yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council, shows the extent to which social and economic forces af...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patient satisfaction is rising consistently, announced the Bermuda Hospitals Board, with the release of its latest annual survey.
Approval of Emergency Room services rose from 66.4 percent in 2009 to last year’s 93.2 percent.
Inpatient units got 92.7...
DATE: Mar 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Thompson is to serve as temporary chief financial officer for Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Mr Thompson comes from PricewaterhouseCoopers to fill the post after Delia Basden was placed on administrative leave.
Ms Basden was suspended on full pay as ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two more patients have fallen ill, and a ward of King Edward VII Memorial remains quarantined, due to an outbreak of gastroenteritis.
Access to Gordon Ward is likely to be restricted through tomorrow at least, a Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman sa...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New premiums for FutureCare will be decided in a matter of weeks, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
But the Minister didn’t divulge details on how payments will be adjusted for the seniors’ insurance scheme.
In an overview of budg...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
