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Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

The Senate version of America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 may transform the nation's largest abortion chain into a quasi-government entity for sex education.

28 Oct 2009

UHC: Implementation of patient- and family-centered care improves quality of care for patients

Understanding the needs of patients and their families has several advantages for health care providers, including enhancing safety and helping to stem the increasing costs of medical errors and malpractice litigation. In fact, many academic medical centers are turning to implementation of patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) to improve the quality of care for patients.

28 Oct 2009

First Edition: October 28, 2009

The news of the day again seems to focus on Senate Democrat's public option as well as the politics, strong-arming and vote-counting that it has caused.

28 Oct 2009

Elderly patients have critical view of meeting with doctors; good doctor-patient relationship can increase faith in health care system

Elderly patients are often critical towards the meeting with the doctor. Hierarchical structures, time pressure and traditions in the health care sector make these patients and their relatives passive when facing the doctor and his or her position of power. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

28 Oct 2009

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

Today in Washington, DC, physiotherapists from around the world heard that direct patient access and self-referral to physiotherapy improves public health. Patient self-referral and direct access is proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes, more timely care, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs.

28 Oct 2009

3M launches new Rapid Detection Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test

Expanding its platform of rapid diagnostic testing, 3M today announced the introduction of the 3M™ Rapid Detection RSV Test. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages and is a common cause of bronchitis and pneumonia in children under one year.

28 Oct 2009

Folate-enriched prescription medical food lowers medical costs of patients with peripheral neuropathy

Diabetic patients diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy had lower medical costs and reduced use of anticonvulsant medications when treated with a folate-enriched prescription medical food, according to data presented today at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 12th Annual European Congress.

28 Oct 2009

TOPROL-XL and metoprolol succinate are available for patients in all regions across the country: AstraZeneca

Following published reports that two generic companies had recalled or suspended shipments of metoprolol succinate, a beta-blocker medication taken by over half a million Americans for the treatment of high blood pressure, TOPROL-XL and its authorized generic, metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets are available.

28 Oct 2009

IFPA urges WHO to act on new insights on psoriasis to help millions of psoriasis patients

October 29 is World Psoriasis Day. Conceived by patients for patients, World Psoriasis Day is a truly global event focusing on the burden of living with psoriasis. There are more than 125 million people with psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis in the world. Psoriasis is a severe chronic inflammatory disease that effects all ages, genders, races and ethnicities.

28 Oct 2009

NCKU transfers microalgal docosahexaenoic acid production technology to Vedan Biotechnology

NCKU President, Academician Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, signed Technology Transfer Agreement in this morning with Mr. Tou-Hsiung Yang, Chairman of Vedan International (Holding) Ltd, witnessed by Vedan Biotechnology President Shih-An (Raymond) Yang and the inventor, Prof. Huey-Lang Yang of the NCKU Institute of Biotechnology.

28 Oct 2009

Self-funded division of FBMC sold to First Service Administrators

First Service Administrators, Inc. (FSAI), a leading risk manager for the health care industry and mid- to large-sized public and private employers, announced it has acquired the self-funded division of Fringe Benefits Management Company (FBMC).

28 Oct 2009

NPC, PMC to explore comparative effectiveness research for effective health care treatments

As Congress continues its efforts to reform the health care system, the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) will host a conference tomorrow to explore a key topic in the debate: using comparative effectiveness research (CER) to determine which health care treatments are most effective while improving the quality of patient care through personalized medicine.

28 Oct 2009

Health assessment may have some influence on health behaviors, say researchers

With open enrollment now underway at many companies, employees will be making decisions about their health care coverage for 2010. As part of their health plan enrollment, they may be asked to complete a health questionnaire known as a health assessment.

28 Oct 2009

Industry experts to discuss best practices in healthcare operations at 2009 HFMA Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference

Craneware, Inc. (AIM: CRW.L), a leader in financial performance improvement solutions for U.S. healthcare, today announced a presentation at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference scheduled for November 5-7 in Chicago, IL.

28 Oct 2009

Dementia patients face higher risk of flu mortality; refine guidelines needed for testing and vaccination policies

An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher rate of death than those without dementia.

28 Oct 2009

Congress urged to support President Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on middle-class Americans

Save Flexible Spending Plans in partnership with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) launched a new advertising campaign today encouraging Congress to honor President Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on middle-class Americans by preserving, rather than restricting, the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in health care reform legislation.

28 Oct 2009

VHA helps nurses to develop work processes that are more patient-centric

Nurses work in a world of broken systems, wasted time and energy, which can be incredibly frustrating and detrimental to patient care. Most national studies show that nurses spend as little as 30 percent of their day engaged in direct patient care activities, and this can contribute to poor patient outcomes in terms of infections and other complications, poor patient and nurse satisfaction and poor quality of care overall.

28 Oct 2009

Health Care News and Research

Provisions in health care bill may transform nation's largest abortion chain into quasi-government status

UHC: Implementation of patient- and family-centered care improves quality of care for patients

First Edition: October 28, 2009

Elderly patients have critical view of meeting with doctors; good doctor-patient relationship can increase faith in health care system

Patient self-referral to physiotherapy proven to be safe, and results in better health outcomes

3M launches new Rapid Detection Respiratory Syncytial Virus Test

Folate-enriched prescription medical food lowers medical costs of patients with peripheral neuropathy

TOPROL-XL and metoprolol succinate are available for patients in all regions across the country: AstraZeneca

IFPA urges WHO to act on new insights on psoriasis to help millions of psoriasis patients

NCKU transfers microalgal docosahexaenoic acid production technology to Vedan Biotechnology

Self-funded division of FBMC sold to First Service Administrators

NPC, PMC to explore comparative effectiveness research for effective health care treatments

Health assessment may have some influence on health behaviors, say researchers

Industry experts to discuss best practices in healthcare operations at 2009 HFMA Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference

Dementia patients face higher risk of flu mortality; refine guidelines needed for testing and vaccination policies

Congress urged to support President Obama's pledge not to raise taxes on middle-class Americans

VHA helps nurses to develop work processes that are more patient-centric

Experts release policy recommendations to promote better medication adherence and health outcomes

HHS funds projects to combat health care-associated infections

HMSMobile Swine Flu Center application to provide information on H1N1 virus introduced

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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