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Workers combat hospital infections

CNN reports on efforts to combat hospital-acquired infections, which affect 1.7 million people each year and kill 99,000, while adding $28 billion to the nation's overall health care bill, according to federal research. "But there are signs of improvement. Pennsylvania, which requires the most extensive reporting of hospital-acquired infections, saw the annual rate for all infections drop 8 percent, according to the most recent figures available from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council."

22 Jan 2010

Health Policy Research: Covering young adults, Acos, wellness programs

Dependent Coverage Expansions: Estimating the Impact of Current State Policies - "With an estimated 29.3 percent of Americans age 19 to 29 lacking coverage, young adults are more likely to be uninsured than any other age group," the authors note.

22 Jan 2010

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

We will ultimately have real health care reform in this country for a very simple reason: We have no choice and both Democrats and Republicans understand that. More importantly, the American people know it (Robert Laszewski, 1/22).

22 Jan 2010

Democrats struggle to revamp health reform strategy

Efforts to save the reform effort were teetering "on the brink of collapse Thursday as House and Senate leaders struggled to coalesce around a strategy to rescue the plan," Politico reports.

22 Jan 2010

California revives bill to create single-payer health care system

The Associated Press/Los Angeles Times: "A key legislative committee in California revived a bill Thursday to create a government-run health care system in the nation's most populous state ... The legislation had been held over from last year because of the state's ongoing budget crisis. The full Senate could vote on the bill by next week. Creating a single-payer system would cost California an estimated $210 billion in its first year. That's roughly double the size of the total state budget..." (Thompson, 1/21).

22 Jan 2010

Aid flow to Haiti improves as seaport opens, airport volume dramtically increases

Nine days after a major earthquake struck, "deeply needed aid streamed into Haiti's ravaged capital in quantities that relief agencies said is a clear sign of progress," the Miami Herald reports.

22 Jan 2010

First Edition: January 22, 2010

Today's news highlights the continued efforts by Democrats to plot a new health reform strategy.

22 Jan 2010

Simple, five minute saliva test to determine baby's risk for more than 100 life-threatening genetic diseases

Genetic diseases like those seen in the new Harrison Ford movie "Extraordinary Measures" can now be prevented with a simple saliva test which is free with insurance for more than 100 million Americans.

22 Jan 2010

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released a report titled Workforce Infrastructure in Support of People with Disabilities: Matching Human Resources to Service Needs, calling for policymakers at all levels of government to proactively address current shortages and examine how labor market changes are driving both current and future supply.

22 Jan 2010

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Although there is controversy over almost every detail of health reform legislation, no one disputes the inescapable fact underlying the deepening the health care crisis: the US population is aging.

22 Jan 2010

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

Catholic Charities USA, the 170-member national human services organization committed to cutting poverty in half by 2020–hosted by Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. and joined by Catholic Charities agencies from around the region–convened one of 10 Centennial Summits in San Antonio today as part of the organization's 100 year history.

22 Jan 2010

RNAO: Inadequate education of PAs could jeopardize patients

Members of the public will not be well served if the provincial government pursues a plan to allow physician assistants (PAs) to work in hospitals, family health teams, community health centres, and family physician offices.

22 Jan 2010

OHAfrica reaches significant milestone in HIV/AIDS treatment program in Africa

For more than five years, OHAfrica - through Tšepong Clinic - has helped support HIV/AIDS treatment and testing in Lesotho, a small country in southern Africa with the third highest HIV infection rate in the world.

22 Jan 2010

Pennsylvania Department of Health offers smokers free NRT kits as part of 'Determined To Quit' Week

The Department of Health will provide free nicotine patches to help Pennsylvanians who are trying to quit tobacco starting Monday, Jan. 25. Kits will be offered -- while supplies last -- through the PA Free Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

22 Jan 2010

Obama Administration made no major effort to educate public about working of the Senate health bill: NCPA

The National Center for Policy Analysis is in direct contact with more grassroots opponents of Obama health reform than any other organization. NCPA President John C. Goodman says, "What we saw yesterday in Massachusetts is reflective of what we see all across the country."

22 Jan 2010

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

The stunning victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts could be directly attributed to the U.S. Citizens Association's six month national media campaign against health care and the far left policies of the Obama Administration and Congress.

22 Jan 2010

New study concerning the severity of H1N1 influenza published in CMAJ

A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj.091884 concerning the severity of H1N1 influenza has found that admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU) were associated with a longer interval between symptom onset and treatment with antivirals and with presence of an underlying medical condition.

22 Jan 2010

ACP applauds Minister's Advisory Committee on Health for proposed Alberta Health Act

The Alberta College of Pharmacists (ACP) commends the Minister's Advisory Committee on Health for the vision for health care in Alberta outlined in their report, A Foundation for Alberta's Health System.

22 Jan 2010

Americans for Responsible Heath Care launches second wave of advertising

Following its successful $200,000 independent expenditure TV ad campaign last week in Massachusetts on behalf of U.S. Senator-elect Scott Brown, Americans for Responsible Heath Care is launching its second wave of advertising today.

22 Jan 2010

Panel discussion on benefits of oral chemotherapy in cancer care

US Oncology, Inc. partnered with the Association of Community Cancer Centers, Association of Oncology Social Work, American Society for Clinical Oncology, Community Oncology Alliance, Oncology Nursing Society and the National Patient Advocate Foundation in hosting a panel discussion on Capitol Hill today to examine the benefits of oral chemotherapy in cancer care, as well as challenges in its prescribing, accessibility and adherence in the current health care system.

22 Jan 2010

Health Care News and Research

Workers combat hospital infections

Health Policy Research: Covering young adults, Acos, wellness programs

A selection of today's opinions and editorials

Democrats struggle to revamp health reform strategy

California revives bill to create single-payer health care system

Aid flow to Haiti improves as seaport opens, airport volume dramtically increases

First Edition: January 22, 2010

Simple, five minute saliva test to determine baby's risk for more than 100 life-threatening genetic diseases

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

RNAO: Inadequate education of PAs could jeopardize patients

OHAfrica reaches significant milestone in HIV/AIDS treatment program in Africa

Pennsylvania Department of Health offers smokers free NRT kits as part of 'Determined To Quit' Week

Obama Administration made no major effort to educate public about working of the Senate health bill: NCPA

U.S. Citizens Association attributes Scott Brown victory to its campaign against Obama's health care policies

New study concerning the severity of H1N1 influenza published in CMAJ

ACP applauds Minister's Advisory Committee on Health for proposed Alberta Health Act

Americans for Responsible Heath Care launches second wave of advertising

Panel discussion on benefits of oral chemotherapy in cancer care

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