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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Revised medical criteria for evaluating malignant neoplastic diseases. Final rule.

4 Oct 2009 We are revising some of the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (the listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving malignant neoplastic diseases (cancer) under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act). The revisions reflect our ... Read more...

The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines.

7 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Evidence-based medicine has broadened its scope and is starting to reach insurance medicine. Although still in its initial stages, physicians in the area of insurance medicine should keep up-to-date with the evidence on various diseases ... Read more...

Embedding and retrieving private metadata in electrocardiograms.

30 Jul 2009 Due to the recent explosion of 'identity theft' cases, the safeguarding of private data has been the focus of many scientific efforts. Medical data contain a number of sensitive attributes, whose access the rightful owner would ideally like to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Security'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Revised medical criteria for evaluating malignant neoplastic diseases. Final rule. 4 Oct 2009
• [Does your practice have a professional homepage? Caution: artist social fund!] 15 Sep 2009
• The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines. 7 Sep 2009
• SSI. Court 'puzzled' by ALJ's speculative reason for denial. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychiatric illness and income support. 30 Aug 2009
• Financial incentives to promote social mobility. 23 Aug 2009
• SSI. Woman with HIV, depression could perform unskilled work. 30 Jul 2009
• Embedding and retrieving private metadata in electrocardiograms. 30 Jul 2009
• [Medicolegal aspects of occupational dermatitis] 19 Jul 2009
• Unemployment and suicide. 5 Jul 2009
• The power of silver: age and identity politics in the 21st century. 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of cancer diagnosis on patient employment status: a nationwide longitudinal study in Korea. 29 Jun 2009
• [Committed to the health of the population--the public health service] 29 Jun 2009
• Identifying a national death index match. 28 Jun 2009
• [Can you still afford your office assistants?] 9 Jun 2009
• Interviews for the assessment of long-term incapacity for work: a study on adherence to protocols and principles. 31 May 2009
• Gerontology in the developing Brazil: achievements and challenges in public policies. 30 May 2009
• SSI. ALJ failed to explain reason for denial of disability benefits. 30 May 2009
• Poverty, human development, and health in Canada: research, practice, and advocacy dilemmas. 30 May 2009
• [Symptom and complaint validation of chronic pain in social medical evaluation. Part I: Terminological and methodological approaches] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Security'

Definition: Government sponsored social insurance programs.

Descriptor UI: D012943

Alternative terms: Social Security; Security, Social; Social Insurance; Insurance, Social; Aid to the Totally Disabled; Aid to the Blind;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.346.506.849; N03.219.521.576.823;

Online Note: use SOCIAL SECURITY to search AID TO THE BLIND & AID TO THE TOTALLY DISABLED 1975-76; use PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1968-74

History Note: AID TO THE BLIND & AID TO THE TOTALLY DISABLED were see under PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1968-77

Technical Notes: specify country, including U.S.