All categories - 16 December 2007

Can the people you are paying to still sue you for full payment?
We have been paying off a hospital bill at 125.00 a month and they are threatening to sue. Can they legally sue us? We live in Arkansas.

2007-12-16 13:48:45 · 3 answers · asked by Jinxyblue 6 in Law & Ethics

whats up with that? i must have a crappy car

2007-12-16 13:48:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Dont worry, Im not going to, but I want to know.

Please be detailed, and no rubbish answers like, 'I DONT KNOW OR' EW' OR 'APPLE PIE'!

thanks. :)

2007-12-16 13:48:24 · 5 answers · asked by KELLi 2 in Women's Health

2007-12-16 13:48:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

..THIS is not "homework!"...lol...I'm over 30!!...
ok, ...heres the sentence...(letter to a judge).....should it be "has" or "have".....
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..."...individuals such as yourself (with all due respect your Honor) HAS or HAVE??? ...departed too far from the principle of law......."

i think its "have departed too far...."...........yes? ..thanks

2007-12-16 13:48:18 · 26 answers · asked by ? 5 in Words & Wordplay

Never understood this. To me, it seems they are trying to make a point. A point that they are dating someone and you're not. A point that they have someone and you don't.

But when I date people I don't hold hands. Why would you anyway? Your hands, together, start to perspire. It's like you have them handcuffed to you. It's uncomfortable to do it, especially if you both have different speeds. Plus it's unfair to walkers. Just a terrible experience.

Anyway, why must people show their affection in front of me? Especially when they kiss. The other night I was out with a friend of mine and we had to see this couple, right in front of us, start to devow each other.

2007-12-16 13:48:18 · 43 answers · asked by Austrian Theorist 4 in Singles & Dating

2007-12-16 13:48:18 · 11 answers · asked by martialartsman 2 in Rail

ok. so there's this guy. [NO he's not my boyfriend, and NO i dont like him..] its just that he's a really good friend and he said he was gonna get me something for cmas right? so i wanna get him something too, just so i dont feel like left out or whatever.
oh and btw its for someone who's kinda like.. punk, if i can say that. i guess so. well pretty much he's someone who's cool and has cool stuff and i need to get him something..
also i have a budget... say $20?
[ok ok! i know im cheap! but i need to get my girlfriends things too!!!]

thanks for your help in advance!! :)

2007-12-16 13:48:05 · 4 answers · asked by anonymous. 2 in Christmas

contacts.

2007-12-16 13:47:54 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Provide me facts, militalry in particular.

2007-12-16 13:47:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Many of the contestonts went against the players such as Amanda going against James and Deniese!!! Also, the person that I thought should have won before was Courtney beacause she tries to help not turn against!!! Tjis is only my opinion!

2007-12-16 13:47:53 · 6 answers · asked by Kaj 1 in Reality Television

2007-12-16 13:47:33 · 6 answers · asked by peacelovedazzle 1 in Engineering

Was this dog his own personal pet that he was training to be a service dog? Do you have to be certified to train a dog to be a service dog? Are there any regulations or standards on training a service dog?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22227173/
http://consumerist.com/consumer/customer-service/dillards-boots-disabled-iraq-war-vet-and-his-service-dog-too-334457.php

2007-12-16 13:47:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

for a room

2007-12-16 13:47:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-16 13:47:18 · 24 answers · asked by Beautiful Disaster 4 in Polls & Surveys

I want to start drinking wine, but I just don't know what to start out with. I also don't want to break the bank trying to figure out what I like and don't like. I do tend to like more of the Chardonay more than a Cabernet.

2007-12-16 13:47:10 · 8 answers · asked by Mike Hunt 2 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

2007-12-16 13:47:04 · 4 answers · asked by Agent 0 2 in Video & Online Games

that had some lights on it.

maybe like a school.

what shutter speed would i set it at?

2007-12-16 13:47:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

Do I need an honors degree when applying to a top grad school? I havent enrolled in a honors program at uni, but i will still have an excellent GPA, many extracurricular activities at university, long volunteer experience, and even internships experience which related to my major well. is that good enough, and what else I have to do?
any advice is welcome, thanks.

2007-12-16 13:46:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

Why do the Giants stick with him?

2007-12-16 13:46:55 · 5 answers · asked by Mississippi River 3 in Football (American)

And say you had a great family, would you still turn on the ones who have loved you forever just for some girl/boy?

2007-12-16 13:46:55 · 10 answers · asked by Aloha Dre 3 in Polls & Surveys

Ok....

I found a few rocks a couple years ago....

When I found them they were on top[ of a pile of dirt and there was a couple inches of snow in the ground....the snow where the rocks were had melted....and when i picked them up they were warm to the touch

They are a metalic blue in color (but I have since found red and purple ones as well)

Anybody have any sorta idea what kind of rock they are?

2007-12-16 13:46:55 · 1 answers · asked by supermanpj4444 2 in Earth Sciences & Geology

2007-12-16 13:46:51 · 13 answers · asked by bosco r 1 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

,she will not shut up when i am talking to my friends what is wrong with hitting her i am just puting her in her place, if she did what i told her i would not hit her

2007-12-16 13:46:48 · 33 answers · asked by dazza 2 in Other - Family & Relationships

2007-12-16 13:46:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

The financial model's best-case scenario demonstrated savings of up to $13 million
DES PLAINES, Ill.- Hospitals, even those with small intensive care units (ICU), would save money by implementing the intensive care unit (ICU) physician staffing standard, according to an article in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine.
"Using conservative cost estimates, annualized savings available to hospitals with small, six bed ICU are $500,000, a 12 bed ICU $2 million and an 18 bed ICU $3 million," said lead author Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care, surgery, health policy and management, as well as medical director of the Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. The figures include the salaries of the ICU physicians, or intensivists.

Intensivists are board certified in a medical specialty such as surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, or anesthesiology, and have received special training and subspecialty certification in critical care. They are dedicated to the ICU and remain on the unit for the duration of their assigned coverage.

The Leapfrog Group's intensive care unit physician staffing standard requires ICUs to have a dedicated intensivist present in the ICU at all times during the day and immediately available at night by pager. A physician must be in the hospital and able to reach ICU patients immediately.

Several large U.S. healthcare purchasers formed The Leapfrog Group to initiate breakthroughs in patient safety and to improve the overall value of healthcare to U.S. consumers.

The researchers used published data combined with conservative assumptions to create financial models of cost and savings for 6-, 12-, and 18-bed intensive care units staffed under this ICU physician staffing standard.

The authors found that annual cost savings would range from $510,000 to $3.3 million for 6- to 18-bed ICUs. A best-case scenario demonstrated an annual savings of $4.2 to $13 million. Under the worst-case scenario, there was a net cost of $890,000 to $1.3 million.

Implementation of dedicated intensivist staffing in non-rural American adult intensive care units is estimated to save 162,000 lives annually. Nonetheless, there has been little organized effort to implement intensivist staffing in the United States. A targeted survey of hospitals revealed that dedicated intensivist staffing is currently employed in only 10 percent - 20 percent of U.S. ICUs. This and other failures to translate clinical research into actual practice have resulted in preventable illness and death and may have shortened life expectancy in the U.S., according to the investigators.

"In addition to reducing costs, intensivist staffing has repeatedly proven to be one of the most effective critical care interventions," said Dr. Pronovost. "It reduces hospital mortality by 30 percent."

Three main barriers to implementing the intensivist model exist. The first obstacle is financial because of the hesitancy of hospital management to assume intensivists' salaries. A second concern is upsetting medical staff and the final barrier is a presumed shortage of intensivists.

Dr. Pronovost does not entirely accept these impediments. "Our research has shown that financial concerns can be eliminated," he said. "Hospital leadership can overcome the political barrier by practicing patient-centered rather than provider-centered leadership. Given the clinician and economic benefits of intensivist staffing, hospital leaders should ensure the patients in their ICUs receive the life saving intervention available through appropriate intensivist staffing. While there is an intensivist shortage, the magnitude of this shortage is unknown. Estimates of the shortage are based on current ICU staffing models rather than an intensivist model. I have seen several hospitals implement an intensivist model without hiring new intensivists by simply integrating existing physician groups."

"Hospitals need to ensure that critically ill patients have access to this life saving intervention. To realize these benefits, ICU must be appropriately staffed with intensivists," Dr. Pronovost concluded.

In 1998, several large U.S. healthcare purchasers formed The Leapfrog Group to initiate breakthroughs in patient safety and to improve the overall value of healthcare to consumers. The Leapfrog Group has grown to include more than 34 million employees from more than 105 major U.S. corporations, representing in excess of $59 billion in annual healthcare expenditures. Using this financial influence, The Leapfrog Group seeks to create a business case for improved quality in healthcare by rewarding high-quality providers with preferential use and by helping employees make more informed hospital choices based on indicators of high-quality care.

"The Society for Critical Care Medicine has advocated for intensivist-led, multi-disciplinary critical care for the past 30 years," said Joseph E. Parrillo, M.D., editor-in-chief of Critical Care Medicine. "The research supporting our position continues to grow."


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Critical Care Medicine is the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. It is the premier peer-reviewed, scientific publication in critical care medicine. Each issue presents critical care practitioners with clinical breakthroughs that lead to better patient care, the latest news on promising research, and advances in equipment and techniques.

2007-12-16 13:46:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

bad boys, bad boys. i'm gonna fake dead when they come for me

2007-12-16 13:46:35 · 21 answers · asked by ipodlady231 7 in Polls & Surveys

I'm currently a junior in High School, and I'm CONSTANTLY worrying about that no colleges will accept me.
In 9th grade, I was on honor roll the whole year.
10th grade I was on honor roll for the 1st and 3rd quarter and the reason I wasn't on honor roll the other quarters is I had one too many C's.
Now in 11th grade, I'm struggling a bit... I didn't make it on honor roll the first quarter, but, I didn't get HORRIBLE grades. No F's or D's.

So, I really wanted to know if colleges will still accept non-straight A students... It's always on my mind and I have no one to talk about this since I'm the first child in my family to go to college..
Any comments will be awesome :D

2007-12-16 13:46:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

My neighbor has tacky Christmas decorations. They include 3 blow up lawn decorations (one blow up Santa, one blow up snowman and one snow globe)

They also have light up reindeer on their lawn, as well as a mixture of white lights and then colored lights.

It's extremely distasteful.

Another neighbor of my is extremely annoyed also.

Can we write an anonymous letter to them asking them to tone it down? What do people think?

2007-12-16 13:46:27 · 18 answers · asked by J'adore 4 in Etiquette

"u and me baby aint nuthin but mammals so lets do it like on the discovery channel"?

2007-12-16 13:46:16 · 17 answers · asked by kidskater7 2 in Other - Music