http://goldbamboo.com/ Referral News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a218878.html Patients could be put at risk by new centres that step in after a GP has referred a patient to a specialist, a leading doctor says.Referral management centres, which are already operating in parts of England, allow non-doctors or clinicians who have not seen a patient to decide if a referral to consultant care is valid. [click link for full article] Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a216623.html Patient Placement Systems, a leading provider of patient referral management solutions, today announced the release of its innovative Referral Management System for continuing care providers. [click link for full article] Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a217203.html Referral management schemes pose a serious threat to patients' interests, argues Peter Lapsley, Chief Executive of the Skin Care Campaign, in this week's BMJ.Referral management schemes are springing up across the NHS as a means of reducing primary care trusts' spending on secondary care services. [click link for full article] Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a221654.html Thirteen local health areas have pledged to meet the government's 18 week treatment target a full year before the rest of the NHS.The government has said that by the end of 2008, patients can expect a maximum wait of 18 weeks from referral to the start of treatment. Eighteen weeks is the maximum but many patients will be treated more quickly, most in approximately seven weeks. [click link for full article] Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a203571.html Celleration, Inc. announced the publication of the results of an important clinical study Evaluation of the Effectiveness of MIST Ultrasound Therapy for the Healing of Chronic Wounds. The study was conducted in a tertiary-referral hospital-based wound clinic. Overall, 69% of the wounds in the study were healed using an intent- to-treat model. [click link for full article] Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:00 EST