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First international conference on developmental, translational and clinical pharmacogenomics

The first international conference hosted by the University of South Florida College of Pharmacy will focus on ways to improve health care by customizing drug prescribing and treatment based on an individual's genetic makeup.

24 Aug 2011

Georgia company charges hospitals with balance billing

A Valdosta-based company told state lawmakers Monday that hospitals are unjustifiably harassing its employees over medical bills. The problem involves balance billing, a practice whereby a medical provider sends a patient a bill for charges beyond what is paid by a health plan.

24 Aug 2011

Map shows Horn of Africa food security situation

The World Food Programme and Development Seed have developed a map showing current food security situations in the Horn of Africa and featuring "operational data collected from organizations responding to the humanitarian emergency ... The featured data was provided by the Famine Early Warning System Network and the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit-Somalia," according to the site.

24 Aug 2011

Study finds children's hospitals underequipped to handle H1N1 pandemics

A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies to immediately review emergency preparedness plans as flu season approaches.

24 Aug 2011

Polio eradication 'at risk' as Chad and Pakistan face continued outbreaks, GPEI report says

"According to the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, continued transmission of polio is a 'global health emergency,' and plans to interrupt transmission by the end of 2012 are 'at risk,'" the Lancet Infectious Diseases reports, adding, "With a US$590 million funding gap and weak political leadership in some countries, the engagement of communities to plan and implement local approaches is paramount."

24 Aug 2011

Lack of access to water, sanitation in urban areas contributes to disease, impacts economies, water conference hears

"How best to provide clean water and sanitation to the world's cities and their expanding slums is the overriding theme of World Water Week, which opened Monday in Stockholm," Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports.

24 Aug 2011

Award-winning algorithm improves effectiveness of remote ECGs

Today someone in a remote village in India is able to run an electrocardiogram (ECG) via their smart phone on a loved one having a potential heart attack and send to a doctor in New Delhi for analysis.

24 Aug 2011

Ark. details plans for Medicaid payment reforms

Arkansas officials have identified nine areas that they want to focus on as they look at changing the way Medicaid pays for services, including neonatal care and developmental disabilities, Gov. Mike Beebe told federal health officials in a letter released Monday.

24 Aug 2011

Researchers study how vision care providers assess driving capabilities of seniors

Drivers over age 65 are the fastest-growing segment of the driving population, and their eye care providers-ophthalmologists and optometrists-are playing an increasingly important role in assessing their ability to drive safely.

24 Aug 2011

Search frictions make small businesses pay more for health insurance

An article in the American Economic Review finds that small businesses have been over-paying for health insurance.

24 Aug 2011

Hospitals gain speed in heart attack care

According to a new study published in the journal Circulation, more heart attack patients are now getting care within the recommended time frame than were five years ago.

24 Aug 2011

Only 20.6% of Medicaid-covered Ohio youths complete full six month antidepressant treatment

About half of Medicaid-covered children and adolescents in Ohio who are in treatment for depression complete their first three months of prescribed antidepressants, and only one-fifth complete the recommended minimum six-month course of drugs to treat depression, new research suggests.

24 Aug 2011

Quality improvement program for preventing infections helps hospitals save lives and money

A quality improvement program that saves lives by dramatically reducing potentially lethal bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units across the state of Michigan also saves those hospitals an average of $1.1 million a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

24 Aug 2011

Adapted version of Bailli-re's Nurses' Dictionary for Malaysian students

Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services announced today that nursing students in Malaysia can look forward to better understanding medical terms with the adaptation of the popular Bailli-re's Nurses' Dictionary.

24 Aug 2011

New advances in genomics, molecular diagnostics to be showcased at CAP 2011 meeting

The latest developments in molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, and genetics testing will be featured topics when more than 1,000 pathologists gather at the Gaylord Texan on September 11 – 14 for the annual scientific meeting of the College of American Pathologists.

24 Aug 2011

AMIA president & CEO presents HIT's impact on healthcare disparities

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Summit, convened by the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine (IAMMM), opens today as the long-awaited Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is unveiled and opens to the public on the National Mall.

24 Aug 2011

State roundup: Budgets cause layoffs in Wash., end of Calif. adult day care

For the first time anyone can recall, state government employment has shrunk for two years in a row due to budget cuts, shedding nearly 4,700 full-time jobs since 2009.

24 Aug 2011

Canada's Minister of Health announces Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Today the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health announced the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), a transformative research initiative that places patients at the centre of health care.

24 Aug 2011

Viewpoints: Rational, not rationing, Medicare cuts; Paul Ryan's future; hospitals' clout

Congress needs to make sure that lobbying - and every dollar of campaign contributions to the super committee's members - is fully and immediately disclosed. ... The American Hospital Association has vowed a "full-court press" on the committee, as have defense industries and others.

24 Aug 2011

Haitian women crossing the border to give birth overwhelm Dominican health care system

"Dominican hospitals and clinics are being overwhelmed by Haitian women ... who make up roughly half of the patients giving birth in Dominican hospitals, officials here say," the Washington Post reports.

24 Aug 2011

Health Care News and Research

First international conference on developmental, translational and clinical pharmacogenomics

Georgia company charges hospitals with balance billing

Map shows Horn of Africa food security situation

Study finds children's hospitals underequipped to handle H1N1 pandemics

Polio eradication 'at risk' as Chad and Pakistan face continued outbreaks, GPEI report says

Lack of access to water, sanitation in urban areas contributes to disease, impacts economies, water conference hears

Award-winning algorithm improves effectiveness of remote ECGs

Ark. details plans for Medicaid payment reforms

Researchers study how vision care providers assess driving capabilities of seniors

Search frictions make small businesses pay more for health insurance

Hospitals gain speed in heart attack care

Only 20.6% of Medicaid-covered Ohio youths complete full six month antidepressant treatment

Quality improvement program for preventing infections helps hospitals save lives and money

Adapted version of Bailli-re's Nurses' Dictionary for Malaysian students

New advances in genomics, molecular diagnostics to be showcased at CAP 2011 meeting

AMIA president & CEO presents HIT's impact on healthcare disparities

State roundup: Budgets cause layoffs in Wash., end of Calif. adult day care

Canada's Minister of Health announces Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Viewpoints: Rational, not rationing, Medicare cuts; Paul Ryan's future; hospitals' clout

Haitian women crossing the border to give birth overwhelm Dominican health care system

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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