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The Trials of Trials
When conducting sleep research, is it ethical to administer sham CPAP to patients with severe sleep apnea - knowing that severe apnea puts one at heightened risk for a motor vehicle accident? What if that crash also takes the life of another motorist, someone who had nothing to do with the sleep trial? Would the scientific knowledge gained compensate for those deaths? Reporter Michael Gibbons examines these and other difficult questions comprising placebo ethics.
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Just What the Doctor Ordered
Illegible handwriting is to blame for most adverse drug reactions, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Electronic prescribing can prevent at least a quarter of adverse drug reactions. Despite the promise of safer, more efficient health care through e-prescribing, U.S. physicians and hospitals remain sluggish in converting from paper-based to an online health care infrastructure.
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Coding Q & A
Have a coding question? Ask our expert, Ray Cathey, PA-C, MHA, FAHC, CHCC, president/owner of Medical Management Dimensions in Stockton, Calif. Please send respiratory and sleep-related questions only. Selected queries will be published in upcoming issues of ADVANCE for Managers of Respiratory Care.
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Top of the Class
Cast your vote today for the second annual ADVANCE Top of the Class survey. Nominate your favorite vendor by July 31 and be eligible to win $100. We'll tabulate the results and list the "Top of the Class" Vendors in our September issue!
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Monday Morning Manager
Blogger Doug Laher, RRT, MBA, recently faced one of his toughest hiring decisions of his career. A student training in his department had top grades and easily passed the CRT and RRT. On the job, however, she progressed much slower than her peers. When she applied for a job after graduation in Doug's department, he doubted whether she was ready to make the leap from student to full-time employee. What would you do in Doug's shoes?
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National Respiratory Achievement Awards
Deadline for Entries Coming Soon!
Enter the eighth annual National Respiratory Achievement Awards, brought to you by ADVANCE for Managers of Respiratory Care and ADVANCE for Respiratory Care Practitioners. The winners will receive cash prizes and keepsake plaques to commemorate their achievements. Plus, ADVANCE will recognize them in special sections of the magazines.

The entry deadline is July 7.

Aureus Medical Group and Cross Country TravCorps wish the best of luck to all who are competing.
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