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CRC gets accreditation under EUCROF Quality Mark for Early Phase Units scheme

Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona, a leading Early Phase Clinical Research facility, today announced that it has become the first organization to be accredited under a new scheme of quality certification conducted by EUCROF (European CROs Federation).

10 Dec 2013

ACoS Commission on Cancer, PHCQA partner to make PA cancer quality data available to public

The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer has joined with the Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance to make cancer quality data from participating Pennsylvania hospitals available to the public. The initiative, which is the first of its kind in the U.S., will include data from 72 percent (52 programs) of all CoC-accredited cancer programs in Pennsylvania.

10 Dec 2013

Epilepsy experts discuss on new NTI definition, bioequivalence guidelines at AES annual meeting

For several years, epilepsy practitioners have questioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's definition of bioequivalence as it applies to narrow therapeutic index drugs, such as those used for epilepsy. In response to these concerns, the FDA has sponsored 3 studies of antiepileptic drugs and also convened an advisory board to help determine which drugs are NTI.

10 Dec 2013

Article outlines new approach for reviewing potential downsides of screening recommendation

Screening to detect medical conditions has become standard practice for many diseases, but insufficient attention has been paid to the potential for harm, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina.

10 Dec 2013

Many Americans still tend to avoid addressing own end-of-life issues

During the past two decades, high-profile legal cases surrounding end-of-life decisions have received widespread attention in the United States, prompting increased media focus and numerous debates on the subject.

10 Dec 2013

State highlights: Union, Calif. Hospital Assn. at odds over organization, ballot issues; Ind. hospital cuts worry nurses; N.C. Medicaid overhaul changes

Duane Dauner, president of the California Hospital Assn., emailed the group's board in September with a warning: The leader of the state's largest health care workers' union had told him that if hospitals did not pave the way for the organizing of 20,000 workers, the union would launch ballot measures taking aim at hospital pricing and executive pay. But negotiations on organizing agreements between the two sides stalled. In November, the union, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, filed two initiatives for the 2014 ballot that would limit hospital prices and cap executive compensation at nonprofit hospitals (Mason, 12/6).

10 Dec 2013

Studies expose high prevalence of epilepsy and other neurological disorders in US Veterans

Three studies coming out of the American Epilepsy Society's 67th Annual Meeting in Washington DC expose the high prevalence of epilepsy and other neurological disorders in US Veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. The research conducted from these studies indicate that veterans are at a particularly high risk for traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, psychological non-epileptic seizures and epileptic seizure diagnoses.

10 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Optimism about Obamacare; 834 errors; can-you-keep-your-doctor debate

This was the week when liberals decided that it was safe to feel optimistic about Obamacare again. ... A worst-case scenario, in which the website remained unusable well into the new year, seems to have been averted, and with it the danger that insurers or Congressional Democrats would begin to bail on Obamacare entirely.

10 Dec 2013

New federal exchange glitch: Sending unqualified people to Medicaid; meanwhile, Penn. plans Medicaid expansion

USA Today reports that the National Association of State Medicaid Directors may release more information this week about how the federal exchange may be mislabelling people as Medicaid-qualified.

10 Dec 2013

Implementation issues: Optimism, winners, losers and what about those paper applications?

News outlets examine a range of health law issues, including a look at some of the consumers who approach the overhaul with a sense of relief and optimism. Meanwhile, while insurance agents are feeling left out, public relations firms see the law as a boon.

10 Dec 2013

State insurance exchanges wrestle with rollout issues

In Iowa, an insurer uses sarcasm to woo consumers to buy policies away from the federal website. In Minnesota, insurers list problems which may keep consumers who think they've enrolled in a plan from being covered on Jan.1. Developments in Oregon and Colorado are also scrutinized.

10 Dec 2013

Accenture survey: 78% of Australian patients want full access to electronic medical records

The majority of Australian health patients (78 per cent) believe they should have full access to electronic medical records, but roughly only 1 in 4 consumers (22 per cent) say this what they currently have, according Accenture's nine-country survey of more than 9,000 consumers, including 1,002 Australians. These findings are also consistent with other research that shows only 18 per cent of Australian doctors believe patients should have full access to his or her own record.

10 Dec 2013

Two governors go 'all in' with health law's trials and tribulations

In a pair of stories, Politico takes a look at how decisions made by governors in two very different states are playing.

10 Dec 2013

Lawmakers seeing same online insurance exchange successes, failures as all Americans

Members of Congress are a microcosm of what's happening for people trying to sign up for health coverage in the health law's online insurance exchanges across the nation -- some are getting through, some are seeing glitches still and some are avoiding it altogether.

10 Dec 2013

Deductibles, other health plan costs may surprise consumers

News outlets report that, as more details become available, some people may find that their health insurance in 2014 will cost more than they hoped.

10 Dec 2013

Former Obama Aide Phil Schiliro returns to help oversee Obamacare

Schiliro is the president's former congressional liaison.

10 Dec 2013

Athletes playing at higher altitudes suffer fewer concussions

A new study shows that high school athletes playing at higher altitudes suffer fewer concussions than those closer to sea-level, a phenomenon attributed to physiological changes in the brain causing it to fit more tightly in the skull.

9 Dec 2013

Drugmaker pushes new drug over cheaper equivalent at Medicare's expense

The Washington Post explores the public impact of doctors' decisions to choose a more expensive drug to prevent blindness despite trials showing the drug is equivalent to a much cheaper product.

9 Dec 2013

California exchange shares consumers' names without their consent

Officials with Covered California said they gave insurance agents the contact information of thousands of people who went online but didn't enroll in coverage as part of a pilot program to help people sign up by Dec. 23.

9 Dec 2013

ART safe and effective for treating combat-related symptoms of PTSD among veterans

Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a brief, safe, and effective treatment for combat-related symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans and U.S. service members, researchers at University of South Florida College of Nursing report in a new study. They found this newer treatment -- a combination of evidence-based psychotherapies and use of eye movements -- was shorter and more likely to be completed, than conventional therapies formally endorsed by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration.

9 Dec 2013

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CRC gets accreditation under EUCROF Quality Mark for Early Phase Units scheme

ACoS Commission on Cancer, PHCQA partner to make PA cancer quality data available to public

Epilepsy experts discuss on new NTI definition, bioequivalence guidelines at AES annual meeting

Article outlines new approach for reviewing potential downsides of screening recommendation

Many Americans still tend to avoid addressing own end-of-life issues

State highlights: Union, Calif. Hospital Assn. at odds over organization, ballot issues; Ind. hospital cuts worry nurses; N.C. Medicaid overhaul changes

Studies expose high prevalence of epilepsy and other neurological disorders in US Veterans

Viewpoints: Optimism about Obamacare; 834 errors; can-you-keep-your-doctor debate

New federal exchange glitch: Sending unqualified people to Medicaid; meanwhile, Penn. plans Medicaid expansion

Implementation issues: Optimism, winners, losers and what about those paper applications?

State insurance exchanges wrestle with rollout issues

Accenture survey: 78% of Australian patients want full access to electronic medical records

Two governors go 'all in' with health law's trials and tribulations

Lawmakers seeing same online insurance exchange successes, failures as all Americans

Deductibles, other health plan costs may surprise consumers

Former Obama Aide Phil Schiliro returns to help oversee Obamacare

Athletes playing at higher altitudes suffer fewer concussions

Drugmaker pushes new drug over cheaper equivalent at Medicare's expense

California exchange shares consumers' names without their consent

ART safe and effective for treating combat-related symptoms of PTSD among veterans

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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