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New roadmap provides expert guidance on how to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities

Major disparities exist along racial and ethnic lines in the United States for various medical conditions, but guidance is scarce about how to reduce these gaps. Now, a new "roadmap" has been unveiled to give organizations expert guidance on how to improve health equity in their own patient populations.

18 Jul 2012

Researchers assess novel approach to encourage HIV positive people to seek care and treatment

In a new study by ICAP at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, researchers are assessing a novel approach to encourage newly diagnosed HIV positive people to seek care and adhere to HIV treatment.

18 Jul 2012

UIC develops new tool to guide decisions about safe and effective medication use

A new tool to guide decisions about safe and effective medication use has been developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.

17 Jul 2012

Researchers examine YouTube database to find most viewed videos for nurses and nursing

The nursing profession needs to harness the power of the video-sharing website YouTube to promote a positive image of nurses, after research found that many of the top hits portray them in a derogatory way. That is the key finding of research published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

17 Jul 2012

SunLink closes $9,975,000 loan for Trace Regional Hospital in Houston

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it closed a $9,975,000 loan for its Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, MS. Approximately $1,475,000 of the loan proceeds will be used to make improvements to the hospital and its medical office building, as well as for working capital and costs.

12 Jul 2012

Omicron to incorporate Clinical Decision Support technology in Population Health Management

Clinical Decision Support technology developed by University of Minnesota researchers will enable healthcare providers to improve preventative care, communication and coordination among clinicians, researchers, and patients. Minneapolis-based startup Omicron Health Systems, Inc. will incorporate the technology in its Population Health Management offering to research networks and healthcare organizations.

11 Jul 2012

Book outlines importance of Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

Karger Medical Publishers Book On Cutting-Edge Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Therapy, with guidance from the Alzheimer's Association. This volume advances emerging concepts for therapeutic interventions and earlier detection and diagnosis of the global epidemic and features internationally leading experts' findings on biomarkers

10 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 6, 2012

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including President Barack Obama's defense of the health law on the campaign trail and an examination of how Mitt Romney viewed the Massachusetts requirement for health insurance.

6 Jul 2012

Madrid, Accenture implement HORUS system

Accenture and Madrid Health Service have fully implemented the Madrid Electronic Health Record (HORUS) system that captures all patient information into a single, integrated record for 26,000 clinicians to access across all parts of the regional healthcare system.

4 Jul 2012

CHS commences cash tender offer and consent solicitation for 8⅞% Senior Notes due 2015

Community Health Systems, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its approximately $934 million outstanding principal amount of 8⅞% Senior Notes due 2015.

4 Jul 2012

SunLink sells Memorial Hospital and Convalescent Center in Adel

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it completed the sale of its Memorial Hospital of Adel and Memorial Convalescent Center to The Hospital Authority of Tift County, Georgia for approximately $8,350,000.

3 Jul 2012

HHS announces 2012 HPP and PHEP funding

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $971 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats within every state, eight U.S. territories, and four of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.

3 Jul 2012

Site of care linked to racial imaging disparities in stroke

Patients with stroke are less likely to undergo carotid artery imaging if they are treated at a hospital that serves a population with a high proportion of minority ethnicities, say researchers.

2 Jul 2012

Community Health Systems acquires Memorial Health Systems in York

Community Health Systems, Inc. announced today that subsidiaries of the Company have acquired substantially all of the assets of Memorial Health Systems in York, Pennsylvania.

2 Jul 2012

Most health care firms expect to benefit from health law

The court's decision to uphold the law is expected to help nearly every corner of the health care industry, The Associated Press reports. But other outlets also note that insurers are concerned about new rules.

30 Jun 2012

Medicaid piece of high court decision creates questions for states

The element of the ruling that allows states to "opt out" of the health law's Medicaid expansion without losing current program funding immediately changed state-level implementation dynamics.

30 Jun 2012

Prevalence of significant CAD in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe

Preliminary findings from the EVINCI study show that the prevalence of "significant" coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe. In as much as 75% of this population an accurate non-invasive screening could avoid unnecessary and costly invasive procedures.

28 Jun 2012

Covidien introduces campaign to help educate women about risk of VTE during pregnancy

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the launch of its "1 in 1,000" campaign to help educate women about the risk of pregnancy-related blood clots, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the developed world.

28 Jun 2012

NUHHCE, AFSCME reach tentative contract agreement with Temple

Representatives of District 1199C of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE), AFSCME today reached a tentative contract agreement with representatives of Temple University Health Systems.

28 Jun 2012

CAMH releases comprehensive reviews of most effective treatments for alcohol dependence

Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have released comprehensive reviews of the most effective treatments for alcohol dependence, one of the most prevalent addictions in Canada.

27 Jun 2012

Health Systems News and Research

New roadmap provides expert guidance on how to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities

Researchers assess novel approach to encourage HIV positive people to seek care and treatment

UIC develops new tool to guide decisions about safe and effective medication use

Researchers examine YouTube database to find most viewed videos for nurses and nursing

SunLink closes $9,975,000 loan for Trace Regional Hospital in Houston

Omicron to incorporate Clinical Decision Support technology in Population Health Management

Book outlines importance of Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

First Edition: July 6, 2012

Madrid, Accenture implement HORUS system

CHS commences cash tender offer and consent solicitation for 8⅞% Senior Notes due 2015

SunLink sells Memorial Hospital and Convalescent Center in Adel

HHS announces 2012 HPP and PHEP funding

Site of care linked to racial imaging disparities in stroke

Community Health Systems acquires Memorial Health Systems in York

Most health care firms expect to benefit from health law

Medicaid piece of high court decision creates questions for states

Prevalence of significant CAD in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe

Covidien introduces campaign to help educate women about risk of VTE during pregnancy

NUHHCE, AFSCME reach tentative contract agreement with Temple

CAMH releases comprehensive reviews of most effective treatments for alcohol dependence

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