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Childhood obesity prevention: Prenatal and infancy period upto age 5 crucial

Efforts to prevent childhood obesity should begin far earlier than currently thought-perhaps even before birth-especially for minority children, according to a new study that tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children's first five years of life.

1 Mar 2010

Growth rate among non-radiologists who own/lease PET equipment is on the rise: Study

Just as with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the growth rate among non-radiologists who own or lease positron emission tomography (PET) equipment is also on the rise, contributing significantly to the ongoing issues surrounding self-referral and unnecessary utilization of imaging in the United States, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (www.jacr.org)

1 Mar 2010

Sen. Kyl says Republicans will support temporary COBRA extension

The Hill: "The Senate will pass the stalled temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits but a yearlong extension might be a tougher sell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Sunday. Republicans and Democrats had reached an agreement on the temporary extension last week but Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.)

1 Mar 2010

Seven healthcare providers implement API Healthcare's solutions to increase staff productivity

API Healthcare, the leading provider of human capital management solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced that seven healthcare providers have implemented its solutions to better manage labor costs, increase staff productivity and streamline workflow throughout their organizations

1 Mar 2010

Hartford Hospital, NextGate collaborate in HIE implementation and work-flow integration project

Hartford Hospital, one of the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals, is collaborating with NextGate in a Health Information Exchange (HIE) implementation and a separate work-flow integration project. With an aim to improve patient care, both initiatives rely on NextGate's MatchMetrix indexing solution to uniquely identify a patient across multiple encounters and locations within the Hartford healthcare system and beyond.

28 Feb 2010

Republicans press campaign against reconciliation; Mccain seek to strip Medicare out of health bill

Republicans and Democrat hit the Sunday talk shows today to debate whether a complex congressional process called 'reconciliation' should be used to consider a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system. Reconciliation is normally used for 'taxing and spending and reducing deficits,' said Sen.

28 Feb 2010

Open public comment period for URAC's revised IRO Accreditation

URAC, a leading healthcare accreditation and education organization, today announced the open public comment period for its revised Independent Review Organization Accreditation, version 5.0, which includes a new accreditation track for Healthcare Peer Review.

27 Feb 2010

NPAF's message to White House Summit participants: Policy agreement must triumph over partisan politics

The National Patient Advocate Foundation -- the sister organization to the Patient Advocate Foundation -- a direct patient services organization that assists patients throughout the country – delivered a message to all White House Summit participants that policy agreement must triumph over partisan politics during the bipartisan health care reform meeting.

27 Feb 2010

Cotton thread as core material in 'lab-on-chip' devices to detect kidney failure and diabetes

A discovery by Monash University scientists could see humble cotton thread emerge as a core material in low-cost 'lab-on-chip' devices capable of detecting diseases such as kidney failure and diabetes.

27 Feb 2010

Of the 2.3M inmates, only 1.5M meet DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse: CASA

Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nation's prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another 458,000, while not meeting the strict DSM IV criteria, had histories of substance abuse; were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs at the time of their crime; committed their offense to get money to buy drugs; were incarcerated for an alcohol or drug law violation; or shared some combination of these characteristics, according to Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population. Combined these two groups constitute 85 percent of the U.S. prison population.

27 Feb 2010

Electronic prescribing decreases prescription errors

Should doctors around the country use e-prescribing to decrease prescription errors? A study led by physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College found that health care providers using an electronic system to write prescriptions were seven times less likely to make errors than those writing their prescriptions by hand. The study appears today in the online edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

27 Feb 2010

Aetna.com: Most visited health insurance website

The recently redesigned Aetna.com is a hit with web surfers, who made it the most visited website among health insurers in the fourth quarter of 2009. In fact, 20 percent of Americans who visited a health insurance website during the quarter visited an Aetna site, according to “The Online Health Insurance Landscape,” an independent online audience measurement of health insurance websites recently released by comScore.

27 Feb 2010

Two Atlanta-based nursing homes and their principals to pay the U.S. and several states $14M

Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC, as well as their principals, Leonard Grunstein, Murray Forman and Rubin Schron, have agreed to pay the United States and several states $14 million, the Justice Department announced today.

27 Feb 2010

Telemedicine project: Low-income residents in California to receive improved access to dental care

Low-income residents in the San Fernando Valley will receive improved access to dental care, thanks to a new telemedicine project created by the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

27 Feb 2010

3M and PCTS to globally market innovative automated hand hygiene compliance solution

3M and Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc., today announced that they have signed an agreement to bring a state-of-the-art automated hand hygiene compliance solution to healthcare customers globally.

27 Feb 2010

Blacks less likely to know they have atrial fibrillation or about use of warfarin

A large nationwide study that includes neurologists from Mayo Clinic has found that blacks are substantially less likely than whites to know that they have atrial fibrillation or to use warfarin, the most common treatment for the condition. Atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm, significantly increases risk of stroke. Warfarin is known to reduce that risk.

27 Feb 2010

Health care of Canadians: New long term strategic approach needed

A new poll conducted for the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) shows that while Canadians recognize the urgency of the federal government tackling the deficit in next week's budget, they do not want it to come at the expense of health care.

27 Feb 2010

Furloughs will cost the state more

Dr. Stuart A. Bussey, President of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), praised Judge Frank Roesch's decision on Thursday to grant back pay for time lost to furloughs to doctors who are paid from sources other than the State's general fund. "He looked at the facts we presented and he made the right decision," stated Dr. Bussey.

27 Feb 2010

OTN to demonstrate combined solutions: Polycom's PC-based CMA with its telemedicine tools

As one of the world's largest and most active telemedicine networks, the Ontario Telemedicine Network will faciliate more than 100,000 clinical encounters and distance education opportunities for more than 300,000 people across nearly one thousand sites this year. Secure, reliable and responsive, OTN enables improved access to a variety of clinical programs and services for patients and educational opportunities for health care providers.

27 Feb 2010

Canada's pharmaceutical products industry stands out strong during recession

Canada's pharmaceutical products industry stands out for its strong growth during the 2008-09 recession. This sets it apart from other industries covered in the Winter 2010 edition of The Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Industrial Profile Service - chemicals, plastic and rubber products, non-metallic mineral products, and computer and electronic products, which will take at least a couple of years to return to pre-recession production, revenue and profit levels.

27 Feb 2010

Health Care News and Research

Childhood obesity prevention: Prenatal and infancy period upto age 5 crucial

Growth rate among non-radiologists who own/lease PET equipment is on the rise: Study

Sen. Kyl says Republicans will support temporary COBRA extension

Seven healthcare providers implement API Healthcare's solutions to increase staff productivity

Hartford Hospital, NextGate collaborate in HIE implementation and work-flow integration project

Republicans press campaign against reconciliation; Mccain seek to strip Medicare out of health bill

Open public comment period for URAC's revised IRO Accreditation

NPAF's message to White House Summit participants: Policy agreement must triumph over partisan politics

Cotton thread as core material in 'lab-on-chip' devices to detect kidney failure and diabetes

Of the 2.3M inmates, only 1.5M meet DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse: CASA

Electronic prescribing decreases prescription errors

Aetna.com: Most visited health insurance website

Two Atlanta-based nursing homes and their principals to pay the U.S. and several states $14M

Telemedicine project: Low-income residents in California to receive improved access to dental care

3M and PCTS to globally market innovative automated hand hygiene compliance solution

Blacks less likely to know they have atrial fibrillation or about use of warfarin

Health care of Canadians: New long term strategic approach needed

Furloughs will cost the state more

OTN to demonstrate combined solutions: Polycom's PC-based CMA with its telemedicine tools

Canada's pharmaceutical products industry stands out strong during recession

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