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NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Though most Americans are familiar with completing a questionnaire about their family health history when visiting health care providers, an independent panel was convened by the National Institutes of Health this week to critically assess exactly what we know and what we need to learn about how this process relates to improving health.

28 Aug 2009

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

President Obama's "comments on foreign aid [in Ghana] make it all the more surprising that the only real change in our foreign assistance programs under his administration so far is in indicated spending" - Carol Adelman, director of the Center for Global Prosperity at the Hudson Institute, and Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute - write in a Weekly Standard opinion piece.

28 Aug 2009

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Legislation passed in Texas this year will, effective September 1, 2009, amend Texas law governing physician alternative practice sites, such as retail-based Convenient Care clinics. SB 532, supported by the Convenient Care Association and the Texas Medical Association, and sponsored by State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), increases Texans’ access to affordable health care while ensuring high standards for quality of care.

28 Aug 2009

Study reveals the detrimental effects of high concentration levels of dangerous ultrafine particles in tunnels

A toxic cocktail of ultrafine particles is lurking inside road tunnels in concentration levels so high they have the potential to harm drivers and passengers, a new study has found.

28 Aug 2009

Senior citizens are paying escalating cost for their health care says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a new report, America’s Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare. The report highlights the problems with the status quo that leave seniors paying escalating costs for their health care while outlining how health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and protect coverage for seniors.

28 Aug 2009

Linkwell's subsidiary to establish one hundred model hospitals across the country

Linkwell Corporation, a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of healthcare-related disinfectants in China, announced that its 90% held subsidiary, Shanghai Likang Hi-Tech Co., Ltd, will initiate a project, entitled 'The Shield of Likang -- The Establishment of One Hundred Model Hospitals' across the country for one year, from September 2009 to September 2010.

28 Aug 2009

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Maryland health programs will suffer especially deep cuts in the state's effort to patch a $454 million shortfall, the latest in a series of budget problems, the Washington Post reports.

28 Aug 2009

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has asked leaders from the largest insurers in America to testify in mid-September about the industry's "coverage, costs and claim denials," Reuters reports.

28 Aug 2009

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, suggested that Blue Dog Democrats "just want to cause trouble" when it comes to the changes they have sought in pending health care legislation, the Associated Press reports.

28 Aug 2009

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert issued today urges health care leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach used in other high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear energy.

28 Aug 2009

Influence: A labor leader's return and the Blue Dogs' campaign cash

Health care lobbyists, industry groups and labor leaders continue to vie for influence as Washington braces for the health reform debate to return to town next month.

28 Aug 2009

Medical journal article highlights the challenges faced by healthcare providers for treating patients with non-healing wounds

Cardium Therapeutics today reported that a recent medical journal article highlights the challenges facing healthcare providers with respect to finding optimal treatments for patients with non-healing wounds.

28 Aug 2009

ACCME awards accreditation to COHRI for continuing medical education

Concentra Occupational Health Research Institute (COHRI), the independent medical education and research arm of Concentra, was recently awarded accreditation status as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The accreditation term is effective through July 31, 2012.

28 Aug 2009

Hospitals could see windfall from overhaul; while Obama calls for doctors' support

Hospitals may get billions of dollars in profit from a health care overhaul deal while President Obama asks doctors to promote health care fix.

28 Aug 2009

Town halls: Even tempers prevail in Wisconsin, but not Phoenix

In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis, encountered something Democrats may have become unaccustomed to: "a fairly even-tempered crowd" at an "intimate" town hall meeting, Roll Call reports. Kind voted against the reform proposal in the House Ways and Means Committee, but defended current incarnations of the overhaul package during a meeting with local business owners and state National Federation of Independent Business representatives.

28 Aug 2009

Lawmakers debate the merits of cooperatives in health care

Legislators debate the merits of cooperatives as an alternative to the government-run public plan being advocated by some Democrats. Some point out that the rural electric co-ops, which were successful in bringing power to swaths of rural America, come at a high cost.

28 Aug 2009

Maxim Health Systems' website provides detailed information about flu vaccination

Maxim's dedicated flu Web site provides detailed information about the flu vaccination and allows consumers to locate seasonal flu clinics in their area by searching by zip code. In addition, Maxim is preparing to launch several new online resources for consumers to protect themselves and their families this flu season.

28 Aug 2009

Online resource created to help parents, teachers, and school officials to cope with swine flu

Parents, teachers, and school officials are anxiously awaiting the expected return this fall of the H1N1 virus, known as Swine Flu. Declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the virus may prove a significant problem to schools and families across the country.

28 Aug 2009

AAPS and CURE file a free speech lawsuit against the White House

The Office of the President and other White House officials are defendants in a free speech lawsuit filed by a prominent physician group, and a non-profit advocate for inner-city poor.

28 Aug 2009

Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships under the California Nurse Education Initiative and the Governor’s Allied Health Initiative will continue to expand and implement academic programs within the health care professions beginning August 2009.

28 Aug 2009

Healthcare News

NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Study reveals the detrimental effects of high concentration levels of dangerous ultrafine particles in tunnels

Senior citizens are paying escalating cost for their health care says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Linkwell's subsidiary to establish one hundred model hospitals across the country

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

Influence: A labor leader's return and the Blue Dogs' campaign cash

Medical journal article highlights the challenges faced by healthcare providers for treating patients with non-healing wounds

ACCME awards accreditation to COHRI for continuing medical education

Hospitals could see windfall from overhaul; while Obama calls for doctors' support

Town halls: Even tempers prevail in Wisconsin, but not Phoenix

Lawmakers debate the merits of cooperatives in health care

Maxim Health Systems' website provides detailed information about flu vaccination

Online resource created to help parents, teachers, and school officials to cope with swine flu

AAPS and CURE file a free speech lawsuit against the White House

Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

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