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T-System provides disaster-oriented charting templates at no cost to Haiti relief medical staff

As medical personnel from the United States and other countries rush to Haiti to provide medical care following last week's devastating earthquake, Dallas-based T-System, Inc., the leading provider of emergency department documentation solutions, is providing disaster-oriented charting templates at no cost to any medical staff providing emergency care in Haiti.

19 Jan 2010

Illuminea: A newsletter for academic librarians and information professionals

Oxford University Press has launched Illuminea, a new quarterly newsletter for academic librarians and information professionals. This publication will keep readers up-to-date with the latest developments at OUP and across the publishing world.

18 Jan 2010

Obama signals interest in reducing the protections for biologic drugs

Lobbyists for generic biologic drugmakers are fighting to undercut a provision in the proposed health overhaul that would protect brand-name pharmaceutical companies from lower-cost, generic competition over new products for 12 years, the Associated Press reports. The generic companies have friends in high places: "White House officials and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, are trying to reduce the curbs against competition to 10 years or less" (Fram, 1/14).

18 Jan 2010

Democrats appear to reach deal on 'Cadillac' tax

The New York Times is reporting that Democratic congressional leaders and President Barack Obama "have reached a tentative deal on a proposed excise tax on high-cost, employer-sponsored insurance plans to be included in the final version of major health care legislation, according to officials familiar with the talks." Details of the compromise were not available.

18 Jan 2010

AMGA reports significant growth in 2009; 2010 paves way for another successful year

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced significant growth in 2009, during which it added 40 new member groups, representing more than 9,700 physicians treating 11 million patients.

17 Jan 2010

Unions, Democratic leaders and White House reach agreement on 'Cadillac' health insurance plans

Los Angeles Times: "The White House and labor leaders agreed Thursday on a formula to tax high-cost insurance plans, removing one of the last obstacles to President Obama's healthcare overhaul, officials said." Organized labor had staunchly opposed the proposed "Cadillac" tax, but as part of the agreement, "reached after an intense round of negotiations this week, union leaders dropped their opposition ... in exchange for concessions to limit its scope."

17 Jan 2010

Broad Health Coalition presses for medical liability reform

As the House and Senate work to merge their health care reform bills, the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, emphasizing the need to retain and strengthen current medical liability reform provisions in any final legislation.

14 Jan 2010

Research shows diet plans can have a major influence on weight loss

Many people think the success of dieting, seemingly a national obsession following the excesses and resolutions of the holiday season, depends mostly on how hard one tries -- on willpower and dedication. While this does matter, new research has found that a much more subtle aspect of the diets themselves can also have a big influence on the pounds shed -- namely, the perceived complexity of a diet plan's rules and requirements.

12 Jan 2010

Insurance mandates spark GOP fight while proposed insurance pools, abortion issues are examined

The Wall Street Journal: "As congressional Democrats try to iron out differences in the House and Senate health-care bills, Republicans are attacking the legal premise of the legislation, saying Congress has no power to make people carry health insurance or pay a penalty or tax." The article also notes that some experts say the provision — if passed — could become fodder for a constitutional challenge on congressional authority.

12 Jan 2010

Philips Healthcare selects Callidus Software's Objective Management solution to manage its sales force

Callidus Software Inc., the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that Philips Healthcare has selected Callidus Monaco's Objective Management solution to develop and manage its sales force. Under the agreement, signed in the fourth quarter of 2009, Philips Healthcare will use Callidus' application to deploy and manage strategic sales objectives for its sales representatives in the United States.

From Philips Healthcare 9 Jan 2010

Impulse Accelerated Technologies' FPGA compiler used to deploy DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm

Impulse Accelerated Technologies today announced that its CoDeveloper C-to-FPGA compiler has been used to develop and deploy a DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm on a new, modular FPGA acceleration platform created by Pico Computing, of Seattle, Washington. The Xilinx FPGA-accelerated bioinformatics algorithm, written in C, performs sequence analysis and pair-match scoring of DNA runs with lengths of 25 base pairs.

9 Jan 2010

House Democrats tussling on taxes, exchanges in health bill negotiations

The Washington Post: "Worried House Democrats held a caucus-wide conference call Thursday to strategize about health-care reform before lawmakers return to Washington next week. ... With Senate Democrats barely able to muster the 60 votes necessary to pass their own bill and President Obama leaning toward the Senate's position on some key issues, House Democrats are increasingly concerned that they could be marginalized at the bargaining table."

9 Jan 2010

New findings may provide a standardized way to diagnose autism in children

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a standardized way to diagnose autism.

8 Jan 2010

ACP urges legislators to include provisions in health reform bill that support primary care workforce

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent a letter to key legislators urging them to ensure that the final health care reform bill includes provisions to support the primary care workforce.

8 Jan 2010

Nancy Pelosi holds brief press availability after House Democrats' meeting

Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a brief press availability with Chairman Charles Rangel, Chairman Henry Waxman, Chairman George Miller, and Chairwoman Louise Slaughter following their meeting this afternoon with President Obama at the White House to discuss health care legislation.

7 Jan 2010

New study reveals music therapy can aid in children's speech acquisition process

Infants who begin hearing after undergoing cochlear implantation have a lot of catching up to do before being able to talk; a new study reveals that music therapy can assist these children's rehabilitation process toward language acquisition

7 Jan 2010

NCPA offers lawmakers updated health care reform recommendations

With Senate and House leaders trying to craft a health care reform bill to send to the White House, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today offered lawmakers updated recommendations for the would-be final legislation.

7 Jan 2010

Dakim expands distribution of dementia-fighting Dakim BrainFitness System to Canada

Dakim, Inc. announced today that it is expanding distribution of its dementia-fighting Dakim® BrainFitness(TM) System to Canada through a partnership with Tock Tick, Inc. Dakim's touch screen-based system is the #1 cognitive stimulation product in U.S. senior living communities, providing an entertaining and easy-to-use brain workout that is specifically designed to help seniors maintain their brain health.

7 Jan 2010

Public option, affordability issues central to health bill negotiations

Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal reports that House Democrats who favor a government-run public insurance plan on Tuesday signaled "they are willing to agree to a final health overhaul bill without a government-run health insurance option if other parts of the bill would fulfill the same goals."

7 Jan 2010

U-M study reveals black men are misdiagnosed with schizophrenia five times higher than any other group

Black men are over-diagnosed with schizophrenia at least five times higher than any other group--a trend that dates back to the 1960s, according to new University of Michigan research.

7 Jan 2010

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T-System provides disaster-oriented charting templates at no cost to Haiti relief medical staff

Illuminea: A newsletter for academic librarians and information professionals

Obama signals interest in reducing the protections for biologic drugs

Democrats appear to reach deal on 'Cadillac' tax

AMGA reports significant growth in 2009; 2010 paves way for another successful year

Unions, Democratic leaders and White House reach agreement on 'Cadillac' health insurance plans

Broad Health Coalition presses for medical liability reform

Research shows diet plans can have a major influence on weight loss

Insurance mandates spark GOP fight while proposed insurance pools, abortion issues are examined

Philips Healthcare selects Callidus Software's Objective Management solution to manage its sales force

Impulse Accelerated Technologies' FPGA compiler used to deploy DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm

House Democrats tussling on taxes, exchanges in health bill negotiations

New findings may provide a standardized way to diagnose autism in children

ACP urges legislators to include provisions in health reform bill that support primary care workforce

Nancy Pelosi holds brief press availability after House Democrats' meeting

New study reveals music therapy can aid in children's speech acquisition process

NCPA offers lawmakers updated health care reform recommendations

Dakim expands distribution of dementia-fighting Dakim BrainFitness System to Canada

Public option, affordability issues central to health bill negotiations

U-M study reveals black men are misdiagnosed with schizophrenia five times higher than any other group

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