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New national healthcare campaign aims at controlling high blood pressure

A majority of patients can't recall whether their physician mentioned their blood pressure numbers and among patients with high blood pressure, only 56 percent say they talked with their doctor about ways to reduce their high blood pressure, according to a new survey released today by the American Medical Group Foundation, the nonprofit education and research arm of the American Medical Group Association.

1 Dec 2012

Broad range of human activities affects spread of vector-borne zoonotic diseases, experts say

West Nile virus, Lyme disease, dengue fever, and plague are examples of "vector-borne zoonotic diseases," caused by pathogens that naturally infect wildlife and are transmitted to humans by vectors such as mosquitoes or ticks.

30 Nov 2012

Journal article proposes framework to guide career development in health systems improvement

The sheer number of efforts aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of the U.S. health care system - ranging from portions of the national Affordable Care Act to local programs at individual hospitals and practices - reflects the urgency and importance of the task.

30 Nov 2012

AIDS.gov blog publishes posts leading up to World AIDS Day

Leading up to World AIDS Day on December 1, the AIDS.gov blog published several pieces discussing progress in reaching the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

30 Nov 2012

Hospital developments: Calif. hospital chain fined in privacy case; Ore. officials say hospitals not overcharged on provider tax

Details on how hospitals around the nation are making deals, and getting fined, graded or taxed in this roundup.

30 Nov 2012

Cautious Patient Foundation, SIDM partner to raise awareness of diagnostic errors

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and the Cautious Patient Foundation announced today a collaboration to help patients avoid diagnostic errors in their own care. Diagnostic error, defined as wrong, missed or delayed medical diagnosis, occurs in 10 to 15% of diagnostic encounters, is the largest contributor to medical malpractice claims, and is responsible for 40,000 - 80,000 deaths per year in the United States.

29 Nov 2012

Myanmar can build more stable future by investing in vaccines, immunization

"For the first time, with support from the GAVI Alliance, a pentavalent vaccine was introduced in Myanmar this week that will defend children against five potentially fatal diseases," Dagfinn Hoybraten, vice president of the Norwegian Parliament and chair of the GAVI Alliance Board, writes in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog, adding, "Over the next six months, more than half a million children in the country will be protected from diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B (hepB), and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

29 Nov 2012

Buying mail-order medications may encourage patients to stick their treatments

Patients newly prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication were more likely to pick it up from the pharmacy if they received automated phone and mail reminders, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine today.

27 Nov 2012

Lymphopenia driven diseases and the orphan drug industry: an interview with Damian Marron, CEO of Cytheris

Lymphopenia is when you lack the T cells of your immune system. T cells are very important for controlling infection. Probably the most known cause of lymphopenia is HIV.

23 Nov 2012

Global development partners meet in Washington to discuss NTD control efforts

"'Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Africa live at risk of disfigurement, impaired development, blindness, and even death from seven major preventable so-called neglected tropical diseases [NTDs], including river blindness, elephantiasis, trachoma, and various types of intestinal parasites,' said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the opening of a November 16-18 conference in Washington D.C.: Uniting to Combat NTDs: Translating the London Declaration into Action," the World Bank reports in an article on its webpage.

20 Nov 2012

U.S. docs adopt digital records but find sharing information difficult

More than two-thirds of U.S. doctors now use electronic medical records -- a substantial increase from years past -- but are finding that information is still not easily shared among medical professionals, a new study says.

17 Nov 2012

Compressus integrates M*Modal's Speech Understanding technology with MEDxConnect system

Compressus, a transformational leader in interoperability and workflow solutions for the rapidly growing healthcare IT market, today announced the integration of M*Modal's Speech Understanding technology with the MEDxConnect suite of healthcare interoperability and workflow solutions from Compressus.

17 Nov 2012

Opinion pieces, blog address preterm birth

The following opinion pieces and blog posts address actions to prevent preterm birth, after the publication of a Lancet analysis that examines preterm birth in 39 developed countries.

17 Nov 2012

USAID helping to move health forward in Burma

Ariel Pablos-Mendez, USAID assistant administrator for global health, writes in the agency's IMPACTblog about his recent trip to Burma and the challenges the country faces as it transitions to an open society.

16 Nov 2012

How the election factors into states' plans for the health law's Medicaid expansion and other changes

News outlets report that the outcome of some states' gubernatorial races will likely change the outlook for the health overhaul's sweeping Medicaid expansion. In general, however, the future remains unsettled.

14 Nov 2012

IPS examines generic drug scheme in India's Rajasthan state

"As the northern Indian state of Rajasthan rolls out an ambitious universal health care plan, the discontent of the state's doctors stands in stark contrast to the joys of the 68 million people who will benefit from the scheme," Inter Press Service reports.

9 Nov 2012

Health law confuses small business owners; Stock market, industry analysts say hospitals to likely gain

With the election over, the health care and other industries are taking stock of the health law's effects.

9 Nov 2012

Knowledge management can help improve health systems

In this post on Management Sciences for Health's "Global Impact Blog," Liz McLean, a senior technical adviser at MSH, writes about a K4Health Malawi project that she says "provides an interesting case study of the connection between improved knowledge management [KM] and health systems strengthening."

8 Nov 2012

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine creates International Diagnostics Centre

Today sees the launch of the International Diagnostics Centre (IDC), a global research collaboration hub, created at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to undertake innovative research on the development and deployment of new diagnostic tests that enable patients to be diagnosed faster, more accurately and cost effectively.

8 Nov 2012

State roundup: Ga. considers Medicaid managed care 'light' touch; AMA files Fla. 'docs and glocks' court brief

Kansas has updated its roster of disabled residents who have requested state-funded, in-home medical care and is now better equipped to provide that care more quickly and efficiently, officials in the governor's office said Monday. The waiting list was cut by more than a third, from 3,423 to 2,197 people, after a company hired by the state spent the last few months trying to reach out to those on the lists, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Aging and Disability Services Secretary Shawn Sullivan said.

7 Nov 2012

Health Systems News and Research

New national healthcare campaign aims at controlling high blood pressure

Broad range of human activities affects spread of vector-borne zoonotic diseases, experts say

Journal article proposes framework to guide career development in health systems improvement

AIDS.gov blog publishes posts leading up to World AIDS Day

Hospital developments: Calif. hospital chain fined in privacy case; Ore. officials say hospitals not overcharged on provider tax

Cautious Patient Foundation, SIDM partner to raise awareness of diagnostic errors

Myanmar can build more stable future by investing in vaccines, immunization

Buying mail-order medications may encourage patients to stick their treatments

Lymphopenia driven diseases and the orphan drug industry: an interview with Damian Marron, CEO of Cytheris

Global development partners meet in Washington to discuss NTD control efforts

U.S. docs adopt digital records but find sharing information difficult

Compressus integrates M*Modal's Speech Understanding technology with MEDxConnect system

Opinion pieces, blog address preterm birth

USAID helping to move health forward in Burma

How the election factors into states' plans for the health law's Medicaid expansion and other changes

IPS examines generic drug scheme in India's Rajasthan state

Health law confuses small business owners; Stock market, industry analysts say hospitals to likely gain

Knowledge management can help improve health systems

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine creates International Diagnostics Centre

State roundup: Ga. considers Medicaid managed care 'light' touch; AMA files Fla. 'docs and glocks' court brief

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