Health Insurance

Google Tech Talks
February, 8 2008

ABSTRACT

Emporiatrics or Travel Medicine is a discipline within medicine that prepares a traveler using vaccines, medicines and knowledge to avoid disease when visiting a foreign destination. I will discuss the current mapping of interventions offered to patients planning trips and illustrate with examples how the constraints of patient needs and the risks at a specific destination overlap to arrive at a list of recommendations that are offered a traveler before departure.

Depending on crowd size I can run through personal case examples for those who are planning an exotic trip. I hope to also highlight limitations of the practice of emporiatrics and suggest where Google can potentially offer a useful “expert system” that might be modulated by risk, price points and insurance coverage using disease maps from publicly available surveillance data and patient records, using the Kaiser Epic Data system.

Speaker: D. Scott Smith. Scott grew up in Boulder Colorado and attended medical school at the University of Colorado. He went to public health school at Harvard University where an interest in Tropical Public Health was further developed, leading to a year long adventure on a Fulbright scholarship in Cali, Colombia, seeking improved diagnostic technologies to understand the epidemiology of leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis (River Blindness). He completed residency then a Fellowship at Stanford University in Medicine then Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine.

Scott practices at Kaiser in Redwood City, California where he heads the HIV/AIDS clinic and oversees the travel medicine services locally but also is developing regionalization of the Travel Medicine Services for Kaiser Northern California. He co-chairs the biennial National Conference on Preparing International Travelers. He teaches at Stanford Medical School in the Microbiology and Immunology Division and directs a course for undergraduates in Human Biology entitled “Parasites & Pestilence: Public Health Challenges”. He was recently presented the Bloomfield award in recognition of excellence in the teaching of clinical medicine at Stanford School of Medicine.

Acknowledging Candid’s epiphany (after tumultuous world travel) that staying in one’s own backyard is a pathway to happiness, in his spare time he gardens and keeps chickens and bees. As one’s own content is not a final destination, he recently traveled with family to Uganda and South Africa to speak and visit an AIDS study site and to see family later this year.

http://www.permanente.net/homepage/doctor/scottsmith/

http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com

We talked last week about a new report on preterm births the leading cause of death in newborn babies worldwide.

Each year an estimated thirteen million babies are born too soon. More than one million of them die as a result of their prematurity. Yet experts say many early births can be prevented.

The report came from the March of Dimes and the World Health Organization. Christopher Howson is the vice president for global programs at the March of Dimes, a nonprofit group. He says there are a number of simple, low-cost interventions that can improve the chances of a full-term birth.

Mister Howson said: “We should treat malnutrition in women both before and during pregnancy. We should treat infections that increase risk. We should monitor pregnancies carefully for signs of trouble. And should that baby be born preterm, we should care for that baby by providing a package of interventions that have been shown to be tried and true and very effective.”

For example, there are programs in Africa that teach the skin-to-skin method, also known as kangaroo care. Mothers learn to carry preterm babies in front instead of the traditional African way of carrying a baby on the mother’s back. Skin-to-skin helps keep a preterm baby warm and makes it easier for the baby to breastfeed.

Most preterm births take place in Africa and Asia. But rates in the United States have increased by more than one-third in the last twenty-five years.

Alan Fleischman is the medical director of the March of Dimes. He was among a group of medical experts who met in Washington, D.C., in October.

The group met to develop a plan for dealing with the problem in the United States. Doctor Fleischman says there is concern especially about rising numbers of what are known as late preterm births.

Those are the babies who are born between thirty-four and thirty-seven weeks of pregnancy. They are responsible for seventy-two percent of all premature births in America.

The rise of these births may be linked to increased use of drugs to start or speed up labor and more births by Cesarean section. Doctor Fleischman says the group strongly advises against these interventions before thirty-nine weeks unless medically necessary. The experts also say doctors need to work with pregnant women to do a better job of estimating exactly when a pregnancy began.

And that’s the VOA Special English Development Report.

(Adapted from a radio program broadcast 26Oct2009)

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August 26, 1988 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRon-Paul%2Fe%2FB001I9TTX6%3Fqid%3D1278222385%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag=doc06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=932

Ron Paul rejects universal health care, believing that the more government interferes in medicine, the higher prices rise and the less efficient care becomes.

He points to how many people today are upset with the HMO system, but few people realize that HMOs came about because of a federal mandate in 1973. He also points to the 1974 ERISA law that grants tax benefits to employers for providing insurance but not individuals; he prefers a system which grants tax credits to individuals. He supports the U.S. converting to a free market health care system, saying in an interview on New Hampshire NPR that the present system is akin to a “corporatist-fascist” system which keeps prices high. He says that in industries with freer markets prices go down due to technological innovation, but because of the corporatist system, this is prevented from happening in health care. He opposes socialized health care promoted by Democrats as being harmful because they lead to bigger and less efficient government.

Paul has said that although he prefers tax credits to socialized medicine, he would be willing to “prop up” the current systems of Medicare and Medicaid with money saved by bringing troops home from foreign bases in places such as those in South Korea.

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Webster Griffin Tarpley on GCN hosting World Crisis Radio, 31 January 2009.

Related links:

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7-2-08 this video was posted when it aires on WBALL NEWS11 in Baltimore.

HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8nZEiyqNcs&fmt=18

The news organization knowingly states that the current wheelchair Jacob’s using provides absilutely no support for his medical conditions.

The wheelchair he used to own was crushed when some ignorant fools ran him over in it, while Jacob went to his friends house.

The wheelchair he has is medically coded a K0009. This is also called a Daily Use, Sports, or Active wheelchair. Although it also is by many Medical Insurance Companies like AENTA for example as UltraLight and that is ALL they use as the reason why people CAN NOT have access to these. Or have them replaced in times like this for Jacob.

What you see Jacob using in this video is NOT a wheelchair. Sorry.

The K0001 as it is medically coded and it’s related K0002, K0003, and K0004 types NEED TO BE REMOVED from the list of manual wheelchairs. They should NEVER be used by people who need full time everyday use of a wheelchair.

The difference is K1 Standard wheelchair weight from 35 to over 70 pounds.

K2 – Lightweight version of the K1 may be 34 to 30 pounds.

K3 – A neavy duty extra wide K1 these though can weigh even more than a K1.

K4 – A Heavt Duty (can be wide or not) leight wieght version of a K1 and K3…

These ALL that I could locate feature nothing that is ERGNOMICALLY correct to the end user. None are made to fit the end users actual medical needs. They are a ONE SIZE fits all type answer to what was a medical need fifty years ago for easy to manufacture wheelchairs.

Imagine using say an old computer from the 1950′s to watch this video? You just can’t.

Imagine if say you depended on MEDICAL Insurance to allow you access to the PROPER computer to watch this video…

Well unlike watching a video, that is not a risk to your medical health overall…

Sitting for long periods of time causes the blood we have to pool in our lower legs. And, as we know we need to move around, and stand and all of that…

Imagine that nice comfy office chair or your Lazy Boy… If I used either of those for just one week… It would be like you using it for over ten years.

I am talking major forces at work here, that do not make themselves easy to spot.

But, your flat cushions would annoy you… And, you could maybe better understand that sitting fulltime is a job itself…

In Jacob’s case or anyone in a fulltime wheelchair we do not get to stand or move or anything with much ease… And, well that can be really bad…

As blood pools in the lower legs the only way it makes it back up to be refreshed is by walking… or being able contract, and relax the leg muscles… That action helps push the blood back up.

Blood will like to clot when it is at rest… No air is needed for this to happen. So, in Jacob’s case here that means if one jams in his leg or legs he was lucky. He may now need the leg or legs amputated or cut off to prevent the clots from making to his…

Lungs – Heart – Brain

Where he can end up dead.

What I am trying to do and tell you all here on YouTube THIS IS NOT SOME RANDOM OLD VIDEO!

This was posteed 7-02-08 and removed maybe that same day or soon after…

Jacob for all I know may be dead now.

I want to get this video BACK ON TV on the NATIONAL NEWS AGAIN so at least I know one person with disabilities WAS NOT IGNORED AGAIN!

And, he is safe and living life happy as can be in a PROPER wheelchair. Not the thing he is using in this video…

If this person dies…

I WILL MAKE A VIDEO HOLDING EVERYONE I SHARED THIS WITH ACCOUNTABLE and YouTube as well…

I mean HUMAN LIFE AT SOMEPOINT NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPORTANT than the evolution of dance… or anyt of these silly things I see…

If I find another story like this about ANYONE ANYPLACE in the world… YOU BET I WILL BE MAKING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.

Spinergy

PS: WBAL and Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. own the copyrights. I maybe be sued or banned for this… WHO CARES.

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MANY COUNTRIES. ONE COLLEGE.
At St. Petersburg College, we value the intellectual and cultural diversity international students bring to our campuses. We understand that choosing a college is a big decision and we want to help you make the right one.

We work closely with international students to help them succeed. Students who are not U.S. Citizens have two options to take classes at SPC:

On Campus students will live in the U.S. and take classes in person, online or in a blended format.

Online students remain in their home country, taking all of their classes online.

Whichever option you choose, we are here to help you with:
•Admissions and immigration procedures
•Automatic Payment Plan
•Scheduling language testing
•Health insurance information
•Cultural adjustment

About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida’s first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation followed in 1931 and in 1948 SPC became a public college.
In June 2001, SPJC officially became St. Petersburg College when Florida’s governor signed legislation making it the first community college in Florida to offer four-year degrees. On Dec. 11, 2001, the college received the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ accreditation to offer courses leading to bachelor’s degrees.
In 2002, St. Petersburg College began offering courses leading to bachelor’s degrees in Education, Nursing and Technology Management. The college’s commitment to its two-year curriculum, which has earned it wide recognition and annually wins it high national rankings, remains as strong as ever.
Today, SPC has eight learning sites throughout Pinellas County and recently became the first college in Florida to offer a four-year degree in Dental Hygiene. This program’s offerings augment its two-year program, which has been in operation since 1963. SPC added four-year degrees in Veterinary Technology, Public Safety Administration and Orthotics and Prosthetics in 2005.
College Accreditation
St. Petersburg College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associates degrees and to offer courses leading to bachelor’s degrees in the following areas: Banking, Nursing, Business Administration, Orthotics & Prosthetics, Elementary/Secondary Education, Paralegal Studies. Educational Studies. Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification. Dental Hygiene. Public Safety Administration. Health Services Administration. Sustainability Management. International Business. Technology Management. Management & Organizational Leadership. Veterinary Technology.

SPC also offers access to junior and senior level courses for bachelors and graduate degrees at the University Partnership Center. The UPC partners with the University of South Florida, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, Eckerd College, University of Florida, Florida State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Florida A&M University, Saint Leo University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Institute of Technology, Barry University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Indiana University, and St. Petersburg College.

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Each year, thousands of students choose SPC for:

» Four-year and two-year degrees
» Certificate programs
» Low tuition costs
» Credits that transfer anywhere
» Classes online or on campus – on your schedule
» Small class sizes and individual attention
» Ten locations close to home

Top-ranked categories
» Ranked No. 3 in the nation’s “Top 10 Tech-Savvy Community Colleges”
» Ranked No. 4 in the U.S. for the number of associate degrees awarded annually in nursing
» Ranked No. 7 in the U.S. for the number of associate degrees awarded annually in health professions
» Top No. 11 in the U.S. in associate degrees awarded

Honors received
» M.M. Bennett Libraries system won the national Community College Program Achievement Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries for the second time in 10 years.
» The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art on SPC’s Tarpon Springs Campus won the 2002 Rowe Award for Excellence in Architecture.
» Award-winning e-Campus programs offers hundreds of accredited online college courses.

Community Connections
SPC is committed to state and local collaboration resulting in a rich base of community connections.

Accreditation
St. Petersburg College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees and bachelors degrees. By law, an A.A. degree from SPC grants you admission as a junior to one of the states 10 public universities.

SPC Administration
The school’s top officials are:
» President Carl M. Kuttler Jr.
» The six-member Board of Trustees

About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida’s first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation followed in 1931 and in 1948 SPC became a public college.
In June 2001, SPJC officially became St. Petersburg College when Florida’s governor signed legislation making it the first community college in Florida to offer four-year degrees. On Dec. 11, 2001, the college received the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ accreditation to offer courses leading to bachelor’s degrees.
In 2002, St. Petersburg College began offering courses leading to bachelor’s degrees in Education, Nursing and Technology Management. The college’s commitment to its two-year curriculum, which has earned it wide recognition and annually wins it high national rankings, remains as strong as ever.
Today, SPC has eight learning sites throughout Pinellas County and recently became the first college in Florida to offer a four-year degree in Dental Hygiene. This program’s offerings augment its two-year program, which has been in operation since 1963. SPC added four-year degrees in Veterinary Technology, Public Safety Administration and Orthotics and Prosthetics in 2005.
College Accreditation
St. Petersburg College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associates degrees and to offer courses leading to bachelor’s degrees in the following areas: Banking, Nursing, Business Administration, Orthotics & Prosthetics, Elementary/Secondary Education, Paralegal Studies. Educational Studies. Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification. Dental Hygiene. Public Safety Administration. Health Services Administration. Sustainability Management. International Business. Technology Management. Management & Organizational Leadership. Veterinary Technology.

SPC also offers access to junior and senior level courses for bachelors and graduate degrees at the University Partnership Center. The UPC partners with the University of South Florida, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, Eckerd College, University of Florida, Florida State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Florida A&M University, Saint Leo University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Institute of Technology, Barry University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Indiana University, and St. Petersburg College.

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www.HealthGuideIn15.com. The 15-Minute Health Insurance Guide is an online seminar on how to shop for individual health insurance. Presented in bite-sized chapters, it explains the fundamentals and trade-offs in plain, non-threatening language.

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www.HealthGuideIn15.com. The 15-Minute Health Insurance Guide is an online seminar on how to shop for individual health insurance. Presented in bite-sized chapters, it explains the fundamentals and trade-offs in plain, non-threatening language.

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Tips on how to “trim the fat” and reduce your health insurance premiums by only signing up for the extras cover you really need.

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