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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Studies embassy arbitration Stockholm Sweden a swedish arbitration Board is ready to intervene in the Case of a . Claim far damages from the soviet Union for the alleged bugging of the american embassy in Moscow a newspaper reported sunday no request has arrived but the negotiations could become 3 fact at any Lime said Ulf Franke Secretary general of the arbitration Institute of the Stock Holm chamber of Commerce. Franke was quoted in the Sven ska Darbi act newspaper As saying he feared political bickering could delay a set tlement.. Experts charged in 1985 that the soviets planted bugging equipment in the new embassy in Moscow. The United states has said the building will be Lorn Down and rebuilt with . Manpower and  Dag Blacl said the . Government was demanding 129 million i compensation. The Sovil Union claims there is no evidence that it bugged the  year t Sweden also protested that microphones had been planted in its Moscow embassy despite soviet denials. An arbitration clause was part of the building contract referring dispute to the swedish Institute under a 1977  arbitration Board will consist of three assessors headed by a swedish lawyer chosen by the Institute. The iwo contesting parties choose one assessor  know thai the . Has prepared the Case for years and contacted the soviet Union about arbitration. But so tar we Haven t received any request o name an arbitrator Franke told the Dagons nah ctr daily. Daisy s roofing it in style the Vrcel English weather is Lough on he Herd of Dairy Farmer Slee an win Are mans and it s no fun for most cows either More contented than most his cattle Are but this cow Daisy and others in the Kepi warm fooled and sure footed in the drizzly Countryside of Southwest England because they Wear specially made galoshes. Doctors pulling Dart victim from coma Nashville. Tenn. A doctors arc bringing an 11-year-old girl whose Skull was pierced by a Lawn Dart out of her drug induced coma a Hospital spokeswoman said saturday. Amy Herrin of Mcminnville should emerge from the coma in a few Days said Nancy Humphrey a spokeswoman at Vanderbilt University medical Center. The girl was listed in critical condition in the paediatric intensive care  operated for eight hours tues Day to remove the i Pound Metal and plastic Dart stuck 2 inches into Amy s head Hospital officials said. She was put into a coma to keep her brain activity Toa minimum until the swelling in the Organ subsided. You can t leave a patient on a drug induced coma for very Long Humphrey  Cousin playing a Lawn darts game with Amy accidentally Hil her with the Dart said the girl s Mother. Sue Tucker. The consumer product safely com Mission voted Friday to ban the Sale of Lawn dans. Back in the swing of Public life socialist Premier Andreas Papandreou accompanied by Girlfriend Dimitra uni 31. Made his first Public appear Ance saturday since his return to Greece a week to. The 69-year-old Leader who recently had heart surgery in London met with greek reporters for a 30-minute session and joined them in a Toast. Data base to provide doctors with insights into Best treatments Washington a the govern ment is spending about j8 million this year to design computer programs that will enable researchers for the first time to glean treatment information from the files of about 32 million medicare recipients. Bob Hardy a spokesman for the health care information resource Cen Ter that runs the medicare and medicaid programs said the Agency will seek $72 million next year for the program. Or. William a Roper head of the Cen Ter said the computer network on treat ments planned to Slart in 1990, May pro vide the Nel revolution in Mcd ical care. We re trying to extend the science Roper said referring o the belief among physicians that Medicine always has been a combination of Art and science. The government has been collecting data on patients diagnoses treatments and outcomes since medicare the health insurance program for the disabled an for people 65 and older began in 1965. The information comes from claims billed by physicians hospitals and other health care providers. Hardy said the data base has not been used before to Analyse the most Letec Jive treatments out of concerns for patient privacy a Lack of computer resource Sand fear of government intrusion into medical practices. The time is Ripe for it now Hardy said adding that there is no intent in the program to Force doctors to use specific  Roper and Hardy acknowledged that quantified data from the tiles on various treatments could be used by professional societies private insurers and the of Erna Cal in setting new treatment guide lines and ferreting out ineffective or unnecessary practices. That part is secondary Hardy said it s Down the Pike and would happen naturally hut ultimately it would be a byproduct. The Only Way this thing will work successfully is with the cooperation of the medical  at the Agency s request 11 leading physicians convened by the National Academy of science s Institute of medi Cine met last week to pick priority areas where the quantitative studies should begin. Among a list tentatively chosen were treatments for angina or heart pain hear attacks breast cancer prostate troubles strokes and hip fractures Hardy said. Together they account for billions of dollars spent on health care annually. In practice physicians want to do the Best by their patients that they can Hardy said and when they can plug into a source of belter More update information we believe they re going to be Able to do a better   
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