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Experts recommend several steps to improve care for prisoners

The very premise of prison invites members of society to think of the people there as walled-off and removed. But more than 95 percent of prisoners will return to the community, often carrying significant health burdens and associated costs with them. In an article in the March issue of the journal Health Affairs, several experts who participated in a scientific workshop convened by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine recommend several steps and ideas consistent with health reform to improve care for prisoners while they are incarcerated and after they return to society.

4 Mar 2014

Proactive health measures are the secret to health and happiness

The secret to health and happiness just may lie in the simple things, like spending time outdoors, according to a new survey by Traditional Medicinals, the nation's leading wellness tea company.

4 Mar 2014

Majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries are old, poor and more likely to be women

New analyses completed by Avalere Health and Dobson DaVanzo & Associates released today by the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare find that the majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries and caregivers, both skilled and informal, are women and that Medicare home health beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable of all Medicare beneficiaries.

4 Mar 2014

Global Customer Support team of Wolters Kluwer Health receives NorthFace ScoreBoard award from Omega

Wolters Kluwer Health is pleased to announce that its Global Customer Support team for the Ovid and LWW Journals product lines has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp for excellence in service during 2013.

4 Mar 2014

In Virginia, budget negotiators still wrestling with Medicaid expansion plan

Virginia legislators must come to terms on the state budget blueprint by the legislative session's scheduled March 8 conclusion. The expansion debate also stays hot in Utah and Arkansas.

4 Mar 2014

Study findings support the hypothesis of cognitive reserve in traumatic brain injury

Kessler Foundation researchers have found that higher educational attainment (a proxy of intellectual enrichment) attenuates the negative impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive status.

4 Mar 2014

Costly new hepatitis C drug raises questions about who will pay

The new hepatitis C medication presents a dilemma for Medicaid and other insurers, who must balance the cost against the large numbers of people who might benefit. A single course of treatment costs $84,000.

4 Mar 2014

DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

DebMed®, creator of the award-winning world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, announced today it has been awarded a three-year contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

4 Mar 2014

LUNGevity Foundation awarded grant to develop educational materials on immuno-oncology

LUNGevity Foundation is honored to announce a grant of $250,000 from Bristol-Myers Squibb for the development of educational materials on immuno-oncology. Progress in understanding lung cancer and treatment approaches has accelerated dramatically in the past several years after many slow decades.

4 Mar 2014

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

News outlets report that the White House -- facing high political stakes -- is attempting to increase the enrollment numbers with a targeted push aimed at African Americans, Latinos, young people and residents of cities with the highest uninsured rates.

4 Mar 2014

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

PruittHealth is proud to announce that twenty-nine of its health care centers received the Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award™. Qualifying for these awards displays a continued dedication to providing best in class healthcare services.

4 Mar 2014

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

TeamHealth Holdings, one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced a merger with the operations of Salutis Emergency Specialists, PLLC. Based in Martinsburg, W. Va., Salutis Emergency Specialists manages and staffs the hospital emergency department for University Healthcare, Berkeley Medical Center (formerly City Hospital), which provides emergency care for approximately 54,000 patients annually.

4 Mar 2014

Universal Health Services acquires Palo Verde from Tucson Medical Center

Universal Health Services, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Palo Verde Behavioral Health from Tucson Medical Center. Palo Verde currently operates 48 adult inpatient psychiatric beds. This acquisition establishes the Company's presence in the Tucson market and expands UHS's behavioral health presence in Arizona which includes Valley Hospital, an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital and Calvary Addiction Recovery Center, both located in Phoenix.

4 Mar 2014

Forster Physical Therapy named official physical therapy provider of 2014 Asics LA Marathon

Forster Physical Therapy has been named the official physical therapy provider of the 2014 Asics LA Marathon. www.forsterpt.com. And prior to the March 9th race, Forster Physical Therapy is offering free injury assessments to runners experiencing aches and pains while attempting to continue their preparation for the marathon.

4 Mar 2014

Plan to revamp Medicare drug plans meets resistance

A bipartisan group of senators are criticizing the Obama administration's efforts to make significant changes to Part D drug plans.

4 Mar 2014

Active video gaming increases physical activity and reduces excess weight among obese children

Research published online today by the scientific journal JAMA Pediatrics demonstrates that including active video gaming in a 16-week pediatric obesity intervention program resulted in a clinically significant increase in physical activity and a reduction in excess weight among overweight and obese children. The research will be published in the May issue of the journal.

4 Mar 2014

Administration offers fix for consumers tangled up in health exchange flaws

Late last week, the Obama administration announced that some people who, because of technical issues, sought health coverage through the private market -- not the health law's online insurance marketplaces -- would still be able to get tax subsidies.

4 Mar 2014

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

The University of Limerick will take the lead in Phase 2 of Food for Health Ireland’s research programme to explore the role of milk proteins in healthy aging and performance nutrition.

4 Mar 2014

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

A series of papers in the March issue of Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the most vulnerable Americans - those living with HIV/AIDS and people who have recently cycled through jail.

4 Mar 2014

Prospects for bipartisan budget deal seen as dim

As President Barack Obama prepares to release his budget proposal Tuesday, he is expected to reverse course on efforts to curb spending on Social Security. House Republicans, meanwhile, plan to release a proposal that would make sweeping changes to antipoverty programs, including Medicaid.

4 Mar 2014

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Experts recommend several steps to improve care for prisoners

Proactive health measures are the secret to health and happiness

Majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries are old, poor and more likely to be women

Global Customer Support team of Wolters Kluwer Health receives NorthFace ScoreBoard award from Omega

In Virginia, budget negotiators still wrestling with Medicaid expansion plan

Study findings support the hypothesis of cognitive reserve in traumatic brain injury

Costly new hepatitis C drug raises questions about who will pay

DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

LUNGevity Foundation awarded grant to develop educational materials on immuno-oncology

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

Universal Health Services acquires Palo Verde from Tucson Medical Center

Forster Physical Therapy named official physical therapy provider of 2014 Asics LA Marathon

Plan to revamp Medicare drug plans meets resistance

Active video gaming increases physical activity and reduces excess weight among obese children

Administration offers fix for consumers tangled up in health exchange flaws

Research explores milk proteins for healthy aging and sports performance

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

Prospects for bipartisan budget deal seen as dim

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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