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By protecting doctors' Medicare pay, lawmakers look to keep health reform tab low

The Los Angeles Times reports on a Democratic plan to cancel scheduled cuts to physician pay under the Medicare program with a bill separate from their sweeping health reform proposal. It would allow lawmakers to "reconcile a nearly $250-billion difference between the House and Senate" while at the same time keeping the American Medical Association on board with their plans.

20 Oct 2009

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

To support healthcare organizations in making the appropriate technology decisions to maximize federal stimulus dollar opportunity, Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced the multiple superior outcomes its client organizations are achieving today.

20 Oct 2009

On-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection

Medical Nurse Training, Inc. (www.MedicalNurseTraining.com) is the premier on-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection.

20 Oct 2009

Sojourns Award to recognize leadership in palliative care industry

The Regence Foundation has announced a new award that recognizes leadership in palliative care, a specialized field of health care that relieves suffering and improves quality of life for patients with advanced illness.

20 Oct 2009

FTC Red Flags Rule compliance with message encryption

With the deadline for compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Red Flags Rule looming, one Colorado Internet company is providing a simple solution -- encrypt your messages.

20 Oct 2009

Boehringer Ingelheim continues providing non assert declarations to manufacture HIV/AIDS medicines

Boehringer Ingelheim continues to be willing to provide WHO qualified generic pharmaceutical companies non assert declarations to manufacturer and export products containing the HIV/AIDS medication nevirapine to Rwanda and other defined developing countries.

20 Oct 2009

Meeting to discuss latest information on anti-aging medicine and euthanasia

America's foremost authorities on aging will share the latest information on "death panels," anti-aging medicine, health care reform, and other current topics at The Gerontological Society of America's upcoming 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. This four day event - the country's largest interdisciplinary conference in the field of aging - will take place from November 18 to 22 in Atlanta, GA. Media representatives can register free of charge.

20 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 20, 2009

A new poll finds increased support for a public insurance plan in health reform just as Senate leaders discuss and debate in closed door meetings the various versions of this approach that might still draw enough votes to gain passage.

20 Oct 2009

Unemployed nurses are switching to RN health coach careers

Although the contagious economic epidemic is killing off nursing jobs, the thriving RN health coach sector appears to be immune. Many underpaid or unemployed nurses are transitioning into the booming health coach field with help from L.I.T.E. Therapeutics -- a leading provider of health coaches with nursing backgrounds.

20 Oct 2009

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

More than 100 doctors and healthcare professionals will be in Washington, DC, to give the President, legislators, and the American people a “Second Opinion” on how to fix our healthcare system. Representing the more than 10,000 members of the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, these healthcare professionals from across the country will give legislators their frontline perspective of what needs to be fixed in healthcare – and what doesn’t.

20 Oct 2009

DCPR classification provides diagnostic criteria to evaluate psychosomatic syndromes

An investigation headed by Piero Porcelli (Bari, Italy) has yielded new insights as to what affects how a patient perceives his/her illness. It is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

20 Oct 2009

HUFL to pay its second consecutive annual cash dividend to its policyholders/owners

In the midst of a global economic tsunami, a Florida based medical malpractice insurance company is demonstrating that conservative management, excellent sales delivery, aggressive defense of its insureds and strict underwriting can provide outstanding results even in the most difficult of times (and without government subsidies).

20 Oct 2009

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, entered into an exclusive agreement with OMRON Healthcare distribute Omron's vital signs and spot check monitors under the Cardiac Science brand in the United States and Canada.

20 Oct 2009

Report on new psychoneuroendocrinology service in outpatient treatment

The value of interdisciplinary expertise has not been implemented in clinical practice. Based on a longstanding teamwork between endocrinologist and psychiatrist, the Authors designed a new outpatient clinic, called Psychoneuroendocrinology (PNE) Service, that applies current principles of psychosomatic medicine, such as the assessment of interacting biological and psychosocial factors in the course of disease.

20 Oct 2009

FDA's annual symposium focuses on new scientific approaches for critical public health issues

Formal registration has begun for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Second Annual Science Writers Symposium on Nov. 4-5, 2009.

20 Oct 2009

Sudbury and District Public Health Unit nurses to negotiate with their employer for a new contract

Public health nurses with the Sudbury and District Public Health Unit are going to conciliation in their bid to reach a new contract with their employer. Conciliation dates have been set for November 3 and 4, 2009.

20 Oct 2009

PhRMA calls for appropriate incentives for continued biotechnology innovation

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Vice President Ken Johnson issued the following statement today regarding appropriate incentives for continued biotechnology innovation:

20 Oct 2009

Teacher participation in research experience program produces a significaant increase in student achievement

The notion that training teachers in the rigors of hands-on science will directly improve their students' academic performance now has real data behind it: Research assembled over the last decade - now published in the Oct. 16 issue of Science - shows that high school students' pass rate on New York State standardized tests, called Regents examinations, can be significantly improved if they are among the lucky few to study under a teacher trained in Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers.

20 Oct 2009

Preliminary findings from EDC survey presented at DIA 3rd Annual Clinical Forum

Preliminary findings from a new survey on electronic data capture (EDC) use in clinical trials were presented today at the Drug Information Association's (DIA) 3rd Annual Clinical Forum in Nice, France. The survey, titled "Investigational Site Perspectives on Clinical Trial Information Systems," is the first update to a 2001 survey published on the topic.

20 Oct 2009

University of Leeds' £50 million research initiative to improve quality of life in second half century

A £50 million research initiative, aimed at giving people '50 active years after 50' is being launched by the University of Leeds.

20 Oct 2009

Healthcare News

By protecting doctors' Medicare pay, lawmakers look to keep health reform tab low

Eclipsys supports healthcare providers to meet the goal of ARRA

On-line portal for training doctors and nurses on fall prevention and protection

Sojourns Award to recognize leadership in palliative care industry

FTC Red Flags Rule compliance with message encryption

Boehringer Ingelheim continues providing non assert declarations to manufacture HIV/AIDS medicines

Meeting to discuss latest information on anti-aging medicine and euthanasia

First Edition: October 20, 2009

Unemployed nurses are switching to RN health coach careers

“Second Opinion” from healthcare professionals on how to fix the healthcare system

DCPR classification provides diagnostic criteria to evaluate psychosomatic syndromes

HUFL to pay its second consecutive annual cash dividend to its policyholders/owners

Cardiac Science and OMRON Healthcare sign distribution agreement

Report on new psychoneuroendocrinology service in outpatient treatment

FDA's annual symposium focuses on new scientific approaches for critical public health issues

Sudbury and District Public Health Unit nurses to negotiate with their employer for a new contract

PhRMA calls for appropriate incentives for continued biotechnology innovation

Teacher participation in research experience program produces a significaant increase in student achievement

Preliminary findings from EDC survey presented at DIA 3rd Annual Clinical Forum

University of Leeds' £50 million research initiative to improve quality of life in second half century

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