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Keiser University launches its new Master of Science degree in P.A. program

Keiser University's Graduate School is pleased to announce its new Master of Science degree in Physician Assistant (P. A.) program. The university has been awarded provisional accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

6 Oct 2009

Health plans launch initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians

Health plans today launched a landmark initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians by reducing the time, effort, and expense for the "paperwork" required for each patient office visit. The initiative, which will simplify information flow between health plans and doctors' offices, and later between health plans and hospitals, is comparable to what ATMs did for banks and consumers.

6 Oct 2009

Patients should ask questions to reduce health care costs

Medical bills can be very complicated and, in some cases, they can also be inaccurate or incomplete. California's Office of the Patient Advocate is encouraging all Californians to ask for clarification if they do not understand their medical bill.

6 Oct 2009

International health delegates to congregate at Medical Tourism Association's flagship event

Almost 2000 international delegates including officials from 50 countries are coming together in LA to observe the current US healthcare trends and expected ramifications of proposed reforms in global health sector, while American healthcare struggles to seek interim solutions.

6 Oct 2009

Senate Finance Committee pushes back health bill vote

Roll Call reports that the Senate Finance Committee is pushing back its health bill vote until Wednesday at the earliest as lawmakers wait for the Congressional Budget Office to finish scoring the measure.

6 Oct 2009

Elekta Impac Software to demonstrate its integrated oncology EHR, MOSAIQ at EHR Symposium

Elekta Impac Software has been selected to demonstrate at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Symposium: Harnessing the EHR, From Incentives to Sustainability, October 6-7, in San Francisco, California.

From Elekta 6 Oct 2009

Center for Health Value Innovation aligns with ACOEM and IBI to launch HPM Clinics

The Center for Health Value Innovation (www.vbhealth.org), the nation’s premier information exchange for value-based design, today announced an alignment with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Integrated Benefits Institute, creating a powerful triumvirate to better articulate the value of health and productivity management (HPM).

6 Oct 2009

New institutional advertising campaign based on real stories

NYU Langone Medical Center will launch a new institutional advertising campaign based on real stories from the Medical Center beginning on October 5, 2009. The campaign, “Any Given Moment,” captures and conveys some of the most powerful, intimate and uniquely human experiences to emerge from the Medical Center and features the Medical Center’s core clinical care and research strengths.

6 Oct 2009

Patient and caregiver tools available in Spanish and French translations

Today, the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) released Spanish and French translations of patient/caregiver tools, Taking Care of MY Health Care and My Medicine List. The tools, originally developed in English, provide a resource which patients and their caregivers can use to improve outcomes and satisfaction with the health care they receive.

6 Oct 2009

Primary care shortage worsens and an Illinois clinic experiments with a program to train more nurses

The number of family care physicians continues to shrink while an Illinois-based clinic creates a plan to turn laid-off workers into nurses.

6 Oct 2009

Reducing costs without affecting the quality of patient care

When it comes to the ongoing healthcare discussion, one overriding question is "Is it possible to reduce costs without sacrificing the quality of patient care?"

6 Oct 2009

Priority Health announces the opening of Medicare Information Centers

Priority Health announced today the opening of Medicare Information Centers in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Royal Oak and Traverse City.

6 Oct 2009

Reform effort could expand drug coverage, affordability

One impact of health insurance exchanges, proposed by Democrats as part of the health care overhaul, could be better prescription drug coverage for some consumers, the Los Angeles Times explains. The exchanges would require drug coverage as part of a minimum benefits package. The flip side is that some people may be forced to buy drug coverage they don't want.

6 Oct 2009

Uninsured by choice: A 'calculated risk'

As part as the ongoing series, "Are You Covered?" by NPR and Kaiser Health News, Lyn Robinson is profiled because she part of the group known as "voluntarily uninsured." She "estimates that health insurance would cost her about $500 a month. That's a lot of money for a policy that might not even cover the kind of preventive care she values".

6 Oct 2009

Politics, payment plans and potential lawsuit costs

Recent state developments include the prominent place health care is taking in New Jersey's governor's race, criticism of a payment plan for hospitals in Massachusetts and the potential cost of lawsuits in California.

6 Oct 2009

Senate Democratic leaders prepare for floor action on health bills; public plan still the flashpoint

Democrats are preparing for floor action, with much of the attention centered on the Senate Finance Committee's final vote and merging two Senate reform bills.

6 Oct 2009

Asian Healthcare industry to network with international delegates to understand latest trends in medical tourism

Asian Healthcare industry sets to network with almost 2000 international delegates from around the globe to understand latest trends of rapidly growing medical tourism industry as they participate at large in world's largest medical tourism and global health congress in Los Angeles on Oct 26th-28th.

6 Oct 2009

New York health workers protest H1N1 vaccine mandate

The first doses of H1N1 vaccines are expected to be released this week and a controversy brews as health workers protest a flu vaccine mandate. CBS News reports that health care workers in New York's capital "vowed to fight an unprecedented order from state health officials: a requirement for every health care worker to get seasonal and H1N1 flu shots or face the possibility of being fired."

6 Oct 2009

Forsyth receives research grants from National Institutes of Health stimulus funding

Four Forsyth scientists have received grants from the latest round of National Institutes of Health stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. To date, Forsyth has received 13 ARRA grants totally nearly $6.4 million. The recent round of funding includes three highly competitive 'Challenge Grants'. The NIH received 22,000 submissions in the Challenge Grant competition ― only about 500 were funded.

6 Oct 2009

More than 1 million babies worldwide born prematurely die in first month, Study says

Each year more than 1 million babies born prematurely - before 37 weeks of development in the womb or within the first month of life - the "March of Dimes said Sunday in the first comprehensive global report on premature births," CNN reports. Nearly 10 percent of total births worldwide, or 12.9 million infants, are preterm, the study found.

6 Oct 2009

Healthcare News

Keiser University launches its new Master of Science degree in P.A. program

Health plans launch initiative to make delivering and getting health care easier for patients and their physicians

Patients should ask questions to reduce health care costs

International health delegates to congregate at Medical Tourism Association's flagship event

Senate Finance Committee pushes back health bill vote

Elekta Impac Software to demonstrate its integrated oncology EHR, MOSAIQ at EHR Symposium

Center for Health Value Innovation aligns with ACOEM and IBI to launch HPM Clinics

New institutional advertising campaign based on real stories

Patient and caregiver tools available in Spanish and French translations

Primary care shortage worsens and an Illinois clinic experiments with a program to train more nurses

Reducing costs without affecting the quality of patient care

Priority Health announces the opening of Medicare Information Centers

Reform effort could expand drug coverage, affordability

Uninsured by choice: A 'calculated risk'

Politics, payment plans and potential lawsuit costs

Senate Democratic leaders prepare for floor action on health bills; public plan still the flashpoint

Asian Healthcare industry to network with international delegates to understand latest trends in medical tourism

New York health workers protest H1N1 vaccine mandate

Forsyth receives research grants from National Institutes of Health stimulus funding

More than 1 million babies worldwide born prematurely die in first month, Study says

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