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Swine flu may levy higher toll on minorities

Swine flu may have an 'outsized' impact on minorities, the New York Daily News reports. "The Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] alluded to the problem in a small Sept. 4 report, but only in a passing mention." The report showed that 12 of the first 36 deaths of U.S. children related to H1N1 were among Hispanics. Hispanics and blacks made up half of all children's deaths due to the new flu strain between April and August.

8 Oct 2009

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

Healthcare providers realize that new technologies have to be adopted to improve their business, but the medical benefits of technology also are clearly in their sights, according to CompTIA’s Healthcare IT Market: Insights and Opportunities study.

8 Oct 2009

Forum created to help transform health care for individuals and families throughout the world

The 2009 National Summit on Personalized Health Care: "Fostering Transformative Innovation," marked the formation of the Forum on Personalized Health Care, a collaborative community committed to the development and utilization of transformative innovations in science, technology and health care delivery for the benefit of individuals and families throughout the world.

8 Oct 2009

User's guide to refocus and reform American health care

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User's Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care, is the latest installment from acclaimed author and health care industry power George C. Halvorson.

8 Oct 2009

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

It's that time of year again. The annual benefits open enrollment period for the majority of AvMed Health Plans' large group clients, (50 or more eligible employees), began September 1 and will continue through mid-December 2009.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF selects Sonith Peou to receive Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Sonith Peou, program director of the Metta Health Center in Lowell, Mass., to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. He is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

On Oct. 8, 2009, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia will present a grant for nearly $500,000 to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine to support the development and implementation of a workforce leadership program that will reduce health disparities by creating an integrated approach to primary care and mental health.

8 Oct 2009

Sebelius defends policy on insurers' politically oriented letters

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends a government memo telling insurers to stop sending letters to seniors about the effects of health reform legislation on Medicare Advantage programs.

8 Oct 2009

House Democratic caucus considers larger Medicaid expansion, public option

House Democrats emerged from a caucus meeting Wednesday without a clear sense of how they will tackle the remaining problem of a public option, but may push a larger Medicaid expansion than initially proposed.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF announces winners of the 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is proud to announce the 2009 recipients of its Community Health Leaders (CHL) Award, honoring 10 individuals who have overcome daunting odds to improve the health and quality of life for disadvantaged or underserved men, women and children across the United States.

8 Oct 2009

Amended health bill could gain majority's favor, reveals survey

Survey results published this week in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's proposed healthcare legislation, an amended bill could gain the majority's favor.

8 Oct 2009

Out-of-beltway Republicans answer Obama's call

The Obama administration can add California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to his Republican chorus of health care supporters, the New York Times reports.

8 Oct 2009

Ultimus to host webcast focusing on the steps to achieve operational efficiencies in hospitals

Ultimus, Inc., a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) Solutions, will host a webcast focusing on the steps to achieving a lean hospital through operational efficiencies. Danielle Lavallee will share how lean principles can be used to improve patient care, reduce costs, and realize efficiencies in hospitals and highlight Best Practices as you embark upon implementing lean healthcare.

8 Oct 2009

Finance Committee health bill: Party leaders handle key undecided votes differently

Democrats are tiptoeing around Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) these days," according to The Hill. How Rockefeller will cast his upcoming Senate Finance Committee vote isn't a sure thing, but his Democratic colleagues are avoiding the topic and instead letting President Obama do the talking.

8 Oct 2009

Medicare fraud, once a white-collar crime, now attracts Mafia, violence

The Associated Press reports: "Lured by easier money and shorter prison sentences, Mafia figures and other violent criminals are increasingly moving into Medicare fraud and spilling blood over what was once a white-collar crime."

8 Oct 2009

Needlestick injuries in home care nursing can also affect patients

Patients continue to enter home healthcare ''sicker and quicker," often with complex health problems that may require extensive nursing care. This increases the risk of needlestick injuries in home healthcare nurses.

8 Oct 2009

Pending health reform legislation lacks strategic emphasis on health workforce, say health center CEOs

Academic health center CEOs told congressional staff and representatives of national health care organizations at a congressional briefing that pending health reform legislation does not yet reflect the strategic emphasis on health workforce needed to implement successful health system reform.

8 Oct 2009

Effective use of economic incentives and clinical tools help employers to control drug benefit costs

Employers are effectively controlling drug benefit costs and utilization, according to research findings in the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute's (PBMI) 2009-2010 Prescription Drug Benefit Cost and Plan Design Report. PBMI's employer survey shows the average rate of increase in drug costs has dropped to 4.4%, the lowest rate of increase since PBMI began conducting the study in 1995.

8 Oct 2009

Legislation increasing states' role in health reform

TIME reports that states "could have a surprising degree of autonomy in determining how they implement" federal health reforms. "Though most everyone recognizes that the federal government can't impose a rigid approach, some critics say that the crucial version of legislation expected to pass Senator Max Baucus' Finance Committee in the next week ... may go too far in the other direction."

8 Oct 2009

CBO: Finance Panel's health bill pricetag is $829 billion over 10 years; provides coverage to 91% of U.S. residents

New cost estimates for the Senate Finance Health Overhaul were released this afternoon, clearing the way for a vote on the measure in the days ahead.

8 Oct 2009

Healthcare News

Swine flu may levy higher toll on minorities

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

Forum created to help transform health care for individuals and families throughout the world

User's guide to refocus and reform American health care

Annual benefits open enrollment period for AvMed Health Plans begins

RWJF selects Sonith Peou to receive Community Health Leaders Award

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

Sebelius defends policy on insurers' politically oriented letters

House Democratic caucus considers larger Medicaid expansion, public option

RWJF announces winners of the 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

Amended health bill could gain majority's favor, reveals survey

Out-of-beltway Republicans answer Obama's call

Ultimus to host webcast focusing on the steps to achieve operational efficiencies in hospitals

Finance Committee health bill: Party leaders handle key undecided votes differently

Medicare fraud, once a white-collar crime, now attracts Mafia, violence

Needlestick injuries in home care nursing can also affect patients

Pending health reform legislation lacks strategic emphasis on health workforce, say health center CEOs

Effective use of economic incentives and clinical tools help employers to control drug benefit costs

Legislation increasing states' role in health reform

CBO: Finance Panel's health bill pricetag is $829 billion over 10 years; provides coverage to 91% of U.S. residents

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