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Health Council of Canada releases report on how physicians' decisions affect healthcare services in Canada

A report released today by the Health Council of Canada, Decisions, Decisions: Family Doctors as Gatekeepers to Prescription Drugs and Diagnostic Imaging in Canada, calls for better management of prescription drugs and diagnostic imaging services in this country.

28 Sep 2010

Government of Canada invests to speed up implementation of EMR systems

Canadian physicians and nurse practitioners will benefit from a $500 million investment made by the Government of Canada in Budget 2010, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

28 Sep 2010

Researchers use SAS software to analyze medical records and healthcare claims

University of Louisville researchers are uncovering better ways for insurers and health care providers to comply with the US health care bill President Obama signed into law.

28 Sep 2010

Conmed Healthcare signs full-service agreement with City of Virginia Beach

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc, a leading full service provider of correctional facility healthcare services to county and municipal detention centers, today announced that it has signed a full-service agreement with the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for an initial three-year term with options for two one-year extensions at the City's option.

28 Sep 2010

No evidence sometimes needed to adopt new treatments; to give them up is another story

During the past decade, the New England Journal of Medicine twice published studies showing that in comparisons arthroscopic surgery and nothing were equally effective treatments for knee pain, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

28 Sep 2010

Congress considering program to help women in military; War videos prepare doctors for bomb wounds

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Congress "is considering" a $3 million pilot program, that "would establish a Women Veterans and Service Members Joint Health Resource Center in South Jersey. The effort, which could be replicated across the country, would provide 'navigators' to connect women in the military and female veterans to health care, including gynecological, obstetric, and breast exams, available through the Department of Veterans Affairs and civilian facilities."

28 Sep 2010

New report shows homeless young people often become victims of crime

Homeless young people are victims of crime at rates that society would consider unacceptable for any other group, according to a new report by researchers at York University and the University of Guelph.

28 Sep 2010

V.P. Biden pledges to 'sustain long-term' aid for Pakistan; U.S. concerned about aid branding

Vice President Joe Biden and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg recently said the U.S. and Britain would provide "'sustained long-term' support to Pakistani flood victims," Agence France-Presse reports.

28 Sep 2010

Higher education levels increases need for symptomatic control of Parkinson's disease

Individuals who have higher levels of education and who are more impaired by Parkinson's disease appear to require treatment for their symptoms earlier than do other patients, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the September print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

28 Sep 2010

Many health plans offer only limited coverage - if at all - for alternative therapies

"Most individuals with private insurance have little, if any, coverage for alternative medicine." People with "employer-based insurance often have some coverage," but it is typically limited to only certain treatments "and comes with more stipulations — like higher deductibles and preauthorization — than traditional care.

28 Sep 2010

Congressional races taking shape around health reform positions

Some Democrats are maintaining an independent voice on the issue of health reform. "Aware that their stock has taken the same tumble as home values, Congress' most vulnerable Democrats are declaring their independence from their party's agenda in Facebook profiles, television advertisements, news interviews and campaign websites leading up to the Nov. 2 election. That's when Republicans hope to retake control of the House they lost four years ago."

28 Sep 2010

As they consolidate, hospitals get pricier

Kaiser Health News staff writer Julie Appleby, working in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports From their base in Baltimore, leaders of Johns Hopkins Medicine can see the future and it's at the hospital down the road.

28 Sep 2010

State Roundup: N.Y. small businesses protest health insurance premium hikes; Arizona Medicaid crisis; a new payment system for Massachusetts?

Massachusetts officials are reviving the state's ambitious plan to change how doctors and hospitals are paid, aiming to hand the Legislature a specific proposal by Jan. 1 to end disagreement over controlling health spending.

28 Sep 2010

Voters still confused about health law

As the midterm election rhetoric intensifies, so does the voter confusion about the landmark federal health law passed last March, according to the tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

28 Sep 2010

Senate Republicans examining health reform's effect on Medicare advantage

A quartet of Senate Republicans is calling on Medicare's top accountant to release the numbers behind his analysis of health reform's impact on the Medicare Advantage program. The lawmakers ... say the steep cuts to MA under the new reform law will cause many plans to fold, while many others will be forced to drop benefits to remain profitable.

28 Sep 2010

RPSPP for health benefits accepted into federal program

Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that the Retired Pennsylvania State Police Program for health benefits has been accepted into a federal program to help offset the rising health care costs for retirees.

28 Sep 2010

Report: Workers' medical costs projected to jump next year by more than 12 percent

Health care bills for an average employee are slated to climb more than $486 next year, a 12.4 percent increase from this year, according to a study by Hewitt Associates.

28 Sep 2010

Viridis BioPharma receives approval to manufacture, market NIMBUS antimicrobial technology in India

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc., a life sciences company that is developing innovative technologies for the healthcare and consumer markets, announced today that its proprietary NIMBUS antimicrobial technology has been approved for manufacture, marketing and sale in India. Viridis BioPharma, an India-based manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, received approval by the Food and Drug Administration of India to manufacture and market gauze wound dressings that incorporate NIMBUS antimicrobial technology.

28 Sep 2010

Opinions: U.S. food aid; MDGs; Contraceptive access, technology; U.S. AIDS funding; Foreign assistance reform

"The best way to help the millions of hungry people in countries that receive food aid get rid of their corrupt and incompetent rulers - and to ensure that their children will never go hungry in future — is to starve them now. That will turn them into raging, unstoppable anti-government regime changers," writes Nation Media Group Executive Editor Charles Onyango-Obbo in an East African opinion piece.

28 Sep 2010

MDG summit: Funding the Global Fund; Arab world's 'own challenges'

BusinessDay reports that following last week's Millennium Development Goal summit at the U.N. in New York, advocates "have called on rich nations to double their pledges to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, saying it desperately needs more money if the world is to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

28 Sep 2010

Health Care News and Research

Health Council of Canada releases report on how physicians' decisions affect healthcare services in Canada

Government of Canada invests to speed up implementation of EMR systems

Researchers use SAS software to analyze medical records and healthcare claims

Conmed Healthcare signs full-service agreement with City of Virginia Beach

No evidence sometimes needed to adopt new treatments; to give them up is another story

Congress considering program to help women in military; War videos prepare doctors for bomb wounds

New report shows homeless young people often become victims of crime

V.P. Biden pledges to 'sustain long-term' aid for Pakistan; U.S. concerned about aid branding

Higher education levels increases need for symptomatic control of Parkinson's disease

Many health plans offer only limited coverage - if at all - for alternative therapies

Congressional races taking shape around health reform positions

As they consolidate, hospitals get pricier

State Roundup: N.Y. small businesses protest health insurance premium hikes; Arizona Medicaid crisis; a new payment system for Massachusetts?

Voters still confused about health law

Senate Republicans examining health reform's effect on Medicare advantage

RPSPP for health benefits accepted into federal program

Report: Workers' medical costs projected to jump next year by more than 12 percent

Viridis BioPharma receives approval to manufacture, market NIMBUS antimicrobial technology in India

Opinions: U.S. food aid; MDGs; Contraceptive access, technology; U.S. AIDS funding; Foreign assistance reform

MDG summit: Funding the Global Fund; Arab world's 'own challenges'

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