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Quality leaders outline action plan for national oversight, collaboration and patient-centered approaches

How best to implement key recommendations recently identified by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for the delivery of high-quality cancer care is the focus of two peer-reviewed articles from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

6 Feb 2014

UCSF scientist, major pharmacy launch national move to halt tobacco sales in drugstores

Pharmacies, focused on the health and wellbeing of their customers, have long been saddled with a paradox: they sell cigarettes and other tobacco products, even though tobacco use is the nation's leading cause of preventable death.

6 Feb 2014

HHS to insurers: You may have to add more doctors, hospitals in Obamacare plans

Other stories today examine the administration's enrollment effort and how many people it could reach if it just focused on 116 of the nation's 3,143 counties. Also examined is how the insurer WellPoint's bottom line is changing because of the law.

6 Feb 2014

Surgeon general nominee faces skeptical senate GOP at hearing

Republicans questioned the bona fides of President Obama's choice for surgeon general, grilling him over his stance on gun control and the health law.

6 Feb 2014

GOP gubernatorial candidate says Mass. should seek Obamacare waiver

Charlie Baker, a former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care who is running for governor, said Massachusetts ran into problems because it tried to meld its successful state law with new federal requirements. Meanwhile, a mini-health exchange in Florida, which will sell discount cards and other products to "fill benefit gaps," nears launch and Connecticut exchange officials announce they are close to their enrollment goals.

6 Feb 2014

Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

Medical associations widely recommend that women visit their obstetricians and primary care doctors shortly after giving birth, but slightly fewer than half make or keep those postpartum appointments, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

6 Feb 2014

GOP hammers "risk corridors" as bailout; Democrats worry about explaining law

Republicans are trying to tie a vote raising the debt ceiling to repealing the health law's "risk corridors," which help mitigate insurer risk. In the meantime, President Obama faces some pushback on the law's rocky rollout from his own party.

6 Feb 2014

New guideline presents recommendations for endoscopy units in prioritizing safety efforts

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued "Guidelines for safety in the gastrointestinal endoscopy unit." The purpose of this new guideline is to present recommendations for endoscopy units in implementing and prioritizing safety efforts and to provide an endoscopy-specific guideline by which to evaluate endoscopy units.

6 Feb 2014

Expanded Medicaid enrollment in Washington state exceeds expectations

By Jan. 30, the state had enrolled 172,700 people, already surpassing its goal for April. But in Missouri, enrollment in the government health program has actually declined with state officials blaming error-ridden data from the federal exchange. Media outlets also follow developments in Arkansas and Nevada.

5 Feb 2014

Inofile receives nearly 80 certifications at IHE North American Connectathon

Inofile announced today that it received nearly 80 certifications at the Integrating Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon, a national health information system and technology testing event for the healthcare industry.

5 Feb 2014

More seniority employees have positive attitudes

One might think that after years of seeing people at their worst, mental health workers would harbor negative attitudes about mental illness, perhaps associating people with mental health issues as less competent or dangerous. But a new study suggests the opposite.

5 Feb 2014

First Edition: February 5, 2014

Today's headlines include stories detailing a new Congressional Budget Office report that found 2 million people who relied on a job for health insurance will quit working, reduce their hours or stop looking for a job because of new benefits from the health law.

5 Feb 2014

AUXILIO enters into three-year service agreement with New Hanover Regional Medical Center

AUXILIO, Inc., the nation's leading Managed Print Services (MPS) company for health care, announced today that it has entered into a three-year service agreement with New Hanover Regional Medical Center, the largest health care provider and largest employer in the greater Wilmington region of North Carolina.

5 Feb 2014

State highlights: Washington state commitment appeals bill divides officials, families; Va. lawmakers disagree on emergency mental health custody; new Wis. mental health board

A selection of health policy stories from Washington state, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Florida. The proposal, numbered 2725 in the House and 6513 in the Senate, would create a new appeal process for when county officials decline to order an involuntary commitment. In those situations, immediate family members could ask a Superior Court judge about the case (Rosenthal, 2/3).

5 Feb 2014

Viewpoints: Drop in abortion rates may have something to do with better contraception; GOP health law alternative 'designed to fail'

A new study released on Monday finds that the abortion rate among American women declined to its lowest level in more than three decades in 2011. ... Notably, though, the decline in abortions from 2008 to 2011 was mirrored by a decline in pregnancy rates that the researchers say may reflect stricter adherence to birth control methods during recession, and the growing use, especially among younger women, of reliable long-term contraceptives, like the intrauterine device, or IUD.

5 Feb 2014

New portable mini-lab performs faster and more efficiently than traditional laboratory

Researchers in Freiburg, Germany have invented a new device that revolutionizes lab analysis - the portable mini-lab performs faster and works more efficiently than a traditional laboratory.

5 Feb 2014

Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx partner to extend Mayo Model of Care for patients

Mayo Clinic and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx today announced a partnership which extends the Mayo Model of Care for patients in sports medicine to the Twin Cities.

5 Feb 2014

AACN recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned Beacon Award for Excellence

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned the Beacon Award for Excellence between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013.

5 Feb 2014

House GOP crafts debt-limit strategy -- one version involves repealing a health law provision

The Washington Post reports that some House Republican lawmakers are considering a play that would trade a one-year extension of the debt limit for a repeal of the overhaul's risk corridors. This provision will be the subject of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing this week.

5 Feb 2014

New cholesterol guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease

Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three Mayo Clinic physicians published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

5 Feb 2014

Healthcare News

Quality leaders outline action plan for national oversight, collaboration and patient-centered approaches

UCSF scientist, major pharmacy launch national move to halt tobacco sales in drugstores

HHS to insurers: You may have to add more doctors, hospitals in Obamacare plans

Surgeon general nominee faces skeptical senate GOP at hearing

GOP gubernatorial candidate says Mass. should seek Obamacare waiver

Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

GOP hammers "risk corridors" as bailout; Democrats worry about explaining law

New guideline presents recommendations for endoscopy units in prioritizing safety efforts

Expanded Medicaid enrollment in Washington state exceeds expectations

Inofile receives nearly 80 certifications at IHE North American Connectathon

More seniority employees have positive attitudes

First Edition: February 5, 2014

AUXILIO enters into three-year service agreement with New Hanover Regional Medical Center

State highlights: Washington state commitment appeals bill divides officials, families; Va. lawmakers disagree on emergency mental health custody; new Wis. mental health board

Viewpoints: Drop in abortion rates may have something to do with better contraception; GOP health law alternative 'designed to fail'

New portable mini-lab performs faster and more efficiently than traditional laboratory

Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx partner to extend Mayo Model of Care for patients

AACN recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned Beacon Award for Excellence

House GOP crafts debt-limit strategy -- one version involves repealing a health law provision

New cholesterol guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease

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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