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Hospital costs rise in California, but quality doesn't follow

News outlets report on rising hospital prices in California and the difficult financial situation of hospitals in New York and Massachusetts.

18 Oct 2010

Long-term care news: Insurance costs jump; nurses' training pays off

The Wall Street Journal: "People with long-term care insurance policies are getting hit with a new round of steep premium increases," which insurers attribute to "policyholders living longer, generating higher claims and canceling fewer policies than they had projected."

18 Oct 2010

Lake Health opens Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital

Lake Health made history last October when it opened TriPoint Medical Center, Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital. Now the health system is the first in the United States to deploy the latest generation of a digital wayfinding system featuring a virtual guide -- or avatar -- that helps patients and visitors navigate to their destinations quickly and easily.

18 Oct 2010

First Edition: October 18, 2010

Today's news includes continuing coverage of the run-up to the mid-term elections and how health reform is playing in the discourse.

18 Oct 2010

MSF calls for donor countries to improve food aid nutrition standards on eve of World Food Day

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) released a statement in advance of Saturday's World Food Day saying that the "world's biggest donors of food aid ... continued to supply and fund nutritionally 'substandard' food to developing countries, despite scientific evidence showing it was of little value in reducing child malnutrition," Reuters AlertNet reports.

18 Oct 2010

ACEP urges increased emergency medicine representation on National Commission on Children and Disasters

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) today expressed concerns about a new report delivered to the White House and Congress by the National Commission on Children and Disasters. The organization urged the Commission to include more representation from emergency physicians, the group of physicians considered the experts in disaster preparedness, and emergency nurses who care for these victims.

18 Oct 2010

New emergency care guidelines simplify CPR

New emergency care guidelines simplify performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and highlight the need for high quality CPR by addressing some of the barriers to performing CPR. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, co-author of the 2010 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC), released the guidelines today.

18 Oct 2010

EPA grant helps MSU researchers to educate health care providers on fish consumption

The Environmental Protection Agency has reached out to Michigan State University to inform the state's fish consumers about the harmful impact of environmental chemicals and help them access appropriate guidelines on eating fish.

18 Oct 2010

IASP sponsors campaign for acute pain management

The Global Year Against Acute Pain launches today, focusing attention on a widely under-assessed and undertreated pain that affects most people throughout their lives. Sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the 12-month campaign focuses on education for health care professional and government leaders as well as public awareness to help lessen the gap between existing knowledge and technology for acute pain control and current pain management practice.

18 Oct 2010

Tips to understand health benefits during open enrollment

Consumers spend an average of 10 hours researching a new car, but only one hour or less reviewing their health benefit options in open enrollment season which begins this fall for millions of Americans.

18 Oct 2010

Deductible-free screening encourages use of preventive care services

When they do not have to pay a health insurance deductible, people are more likely to undergo screening for conditions like cancer and high cholesterol. However, the increase is modest, and in high-deductible plans, it is quite small, according to a new study in the journal Health Services Research.

18 Oct 2010

Sec. of State Clinton in Brussels to discuss Pakistan flood relief; Report estimates damage at $9.7 billion

Ahead of a European Union ministers meeting in Brussels, Belguim, on Friday to address flood-relief for Pakistan, "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested European Union leaders should follow the U.S. and withhold further flood-relief funding from Pakistan until Islamabad shows it is doing more to fight corruption and collect tax revenue from its wealthiest citizens," the Wall Street Journal reports (Miller, 10/15).

18 Oct 2010

Importance of handwashing highlighted through events in 80 countries

Noting that Friday is Global Handwashing Day, the Los Angeles Times writes, "Every year, diarrhea and acute respiratory infections cause the death of more than 3.5 million children under age 5. These figures could be cut dramatically if handwashing with soap were widely practiced, experts say."

18 Oct 2010

OSU's Personalized Health Care National Conference focuses on P4 Medicine

Healthcare consumers took center stage at today's annual Ohio State University Medical Center Personalized Health Care National Conference. Speakers focused on ways that P4 Medicine – which is predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory – can revolutionize healthcare by engaging and empowering patients.

18 Oct 2010

UK College of Medicine celebrates 50th anniversary

The year 2010 marks a significant date in the history of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. The festivities culminate on Oct. 15 with the Signature Event, held at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. This year commemorates individuals who have been a part of the accomplishments of the past five decades and for those who will be a part of its bright future.

18 Oct 2010

Proposed 25% cut in tobacco taxes will cost Maine $96.2M in future health care costs

Declaring it an "irresponsible policy that will cost Maine millions in higher health care costs and weaken efforts to protect kids from smoking" the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund called on Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage to stop supporting a proposed 25 percent cut in the state's tobacco tax.

18 Oct 2010

Study finds correlation between flu vaccination and Medicaid reimbursement rates

Increasing the amount that physicians are reimbursed by Medicaid for administering influenza shots may raise vaccination rates among poor children. That is the conclusion of a study published online today in the journal Pediatrics.

18 Oct 2010

Abreu btt 700 System for continuous temperature monitoring launched at ASA Annual Meeting

Conquering the last frontier for monitoring vital signs, Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. is introducing the Abreu btt™ 700 System for continuous temperature monitoring at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today. The Abreu btt 700 System sensor is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for placement on the skin and to be used during surgical procedures, recovery room, intensive care and general patient monitoring.

18 Oct 2010

Politics and health law: Dems' divergent strategies; mixed polls on 'repeal and replace'

Some Democratic candidates are defending their votes, or refining their message, as news outlets cover the health reform aspects of the campaigns.

18 Oct 2010

Health law's new patient-centered outcomes board takes shape; More insurance waiver requests expected

The Washington Post reports on a new entity: the Board of Governors of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. "If you're not familiar with the board, you're not alone. Created by the health-care overhaul law, it's one of the newest and least known panels in government. But the work of its 21 members, if successful, could increase the public's knowledge of medical treatments for everything from attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder to cancer.

18 Oct 2010

Health Care News and Research

Hospital costs rise in California, but quality doesn't follow

Long-term care news: Insurance costs jump; nurses' training pays off

Lake Health opens Northeast Ohio's first digital hospital

First Edition: October 18, 2010

MSF calls for donor countries to improve food aid nutrition standards on eve of World Food Day

ACEP urges increased emergency medicine representation on National Commission on Children and Disasters

New emergency care guidelines simplify CPR

EPA grant helps MSU researchers to educate health care providers on fish consumption

IASP sponsors campaign for acute pain management

Tips to understand health benefits during open enrollment

Deductible-free screening encourages use of preventive care services

Sec. of State Clinton in Brussels to discuss Pakistan flood relief; Report estimates damage at $9.7 billion

Importance of handwashing highlighted through events in 80 countries

OSU's Personalized Health Care National Conference focuses on P4 Medicine

UK College of Medicine celebrates 50th anniversary

Proposed 25% cut in tobacco taxes will cost Maine $96.2M in future health care costs

Study finds correlation between flu vaccination and Medicaid reimbursement rates

Abreu btt 700 System for continuous temperature monitoring launched at ASA Annual Meeting

Politics and health law: Dems' divergent strategies; mixed polls on 'repeal and replace'

Health law's new patient-centered outcomes board takes shape; More insurance waiver requests expected

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