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A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
Memorial Medical Center has been a teaching hospital affiliated with Southern Illinois University School of Medicine since 1970 in order to provide training for medical residents. UIC College of Nursing, Benedictine University, Lincoln Land Community College, and other educational institutions teach nursing education programs at the hospital.
St. John's Hospital, founded in 1875 by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, has 457 licensed beds and is a primary teaching hospital for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU). Located in Springfield, Illinois , St. John's is a member of the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Roman Catholic healthcare mission founded ...
The medical record serves as the central repository for planning patient care and documenting communication among patient and health care provider and professionals contributing to the patient's care. An increasing purpose of the medical record is to ensure documentation of compliance with institutional, professional or governmental regulation.
Officers responded to a home in Berwyn, Illinois at 11:38 p.m. local time on Wednesday after receiving a "report of a male subject with a gun," the Berwyn Police Department said in a news release.
A 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about $1.3 million) is carried into an Onodera sushi restaurant after the first tuna auction of the New Year in Tokyo ...
Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...
Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to indicate whether the institutions are public or private, and whether they provide mostly assisted living , or nursing care and emergency medical care .