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Capitol Hill workers have extra month to get health insurance

Washington D.C.'s insurance exchange has been having problems.

9 Dec 2013

Nurses bring fresh perspective to caring for troubled teens, Saint Louis U researcher finds

Psychiatric nurses offer a missing and critical point of view in treating adolescents in foster care who have mental health issues, an instructor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing found.

9 Dec 2013

Refusing Medicaid expansion to cost states billions, study says

The decision not to participate will costs states billions over the next decade which will be passed onto taxpayers, according to a study by the pro-reform Commonwealth Fund.

9 Dec 2013

Obamacare error rate means many may not be signed up for coverage

The administration said that 25 percent of people who signed up in October and November and 10 percent of Dec. enrollees could have errors in their forms.

9 Dec 2013

Congress closes in on modest budget deal

Officials say negotiators are cobbling together a deal that offsets planned sequester cuts, but which includes none of the big reductions in Medicare or other entitlements sought by Republicans, nor any of the tax increases sought by Democrats. Instead, it includes targeted measures, such as increased fees for airport-security and federal guarantees of private pensions.

9 Dec 2013

Saudi Human Genome Program to study genetic basis of all disease in the Kingdom

The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia's national funding agency, and Life Technologies Corporation today announce The Saudi Human Genome Program – a national research project to study the genetic basis of all disease in the Kingdom and throughout the Middle East and use the findings to offer the ultimate personal care in Saudi Arabia.

8 Dec 2013

Gallup poll: Most Americans want health law repealed or cut back

A majority of people in the United States say they want ObamaCare to be scaled back or repealed altogether. According to a Gallup poll released Friday, 20 percent support a scale-back of the law, while 32 percent back efforts to repeal it (Shabad, 12/6).

7 Dec 2013

New guide offers employers online and interactive toolkit to help support employees with cancer

A new guide developed by The National Business Group on Health and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network offers employers an online and interactive toolkit to help address the growing impact of cancer in the workplace.

6 Dec 2013

U.S. charges Russian diplomats with defrauding Medicaid in N.Y.C.

Federal officials say 49 Russian diplomats or their spouses defrauded Medicaid of about $1.5 million in improperly awarded benefits over ten years in New York City.

6 Dec 2013

ZephyrLIFE remote monitoring system released for the growing market of transitional care

Zephyr Technology is proud to announce the release of ZephyrLIFE - the world's first remote monitoring system designed specifically for the growing market of transitional care. Transitional care involves managing the continuity of health care during the transition between health care practitioners and facilities as a patient's condition and care needs change during the course of a chronic or acute illness, which ZephyrLIFE has been designed for.

6 Dec 2013

Silverlink, UnitedHealthcare recognized for increasing colorectal cancer screenings among minorities

Silverlink Communications, Inc., and UnitedHealthcare's program to increase colorectal cancer screenings among minority populations earned the companies a 2013 Outstanding Leadership in Population Health Award from the Care Continuum Alliance at the recent CCA Forum 2013.

6 Dec 2013

JCB Laboratories installs Lighthouse monitoring system to improve patient safety

JCB Laboratories, experts in sterile compounded solutions, has set the standard for environmental monitoring with the installation of a continuous cleanroom monitoring system from Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions. The pharmacy's latest improvement is a proactive approach to federal legislation that will bring new regulatory oversight to the compounding industry.

6 Dec 2013

Consumers are not insured until they pay 1st premium

CNN cautions that it's not enough to sign up for a health law policy -- you need to make that first payment to your insurer. Elsewhere, ProPublica looks at healthcare.gov's back-end system to provide your sign-up information to insurers, and the Obama administration awards $55 million in grants to bolster the health care workforce.

6 Dec 2013

Huntsville Hospital Health System chooses Caradigm HIE for integrated care across community

Huntsville Hospital Health System, the nation's fifth largest publicly owned healthcare organization, has selected the Caradigm Health Information Exchange, powered by Orion Health, to provide the backbone for integrated care across the community, with a vision to ultimately connect care across the entire northern Alabama region.

6 Dec 2013

New service helps hospitals and integrated delivery networks expand reach of outpatient pharmacies

At the annual Midyear Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Cardinal Health will launch a new service that helps hospitals and integrated delivery networks expand the reach of their outpatient pharmacies, while also generating additional revenue and freeing up pharmacist time to drive medication adherence and other quality measures.

6 Dec 2013

MELA Sciences participates in skin cancer diagnostic workshop in Germany

MELA Sciences, Inc., designer and developer of MelaFind®, an FDA and CE Mark approved non-invasive optical device that assists dermatologists in diagnosing melanoma at its most curable stage, participated in a two-day hands-on skin cancer diagnostics workshop in Augsburg, Germany, where leading dermatologists examined "high-risk" melanoma patients with MelaFind® and also participated in an imaging devices exhibit.

6 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 6, 2103

Today's headlines include news about how both the federal and state-based health insurance websites are doing.

6 Dec 2013

Skylight Healthcare Systems chosen as finalist in 'Fierce Innovation Awards: Healthcare Edition' program

Skylight Healthcare Systems announced today that it has been selected as a finalist in this year's Fierce Innovation Awards: Healthcare Edition, an awards program from the publisher of FierceHealthIT, FierceHealthcare, and FierceMobileHealthcare. Skylight Healthcare Systems was recognized as a finalist in the category of Population Health Management.

6 Dec 2013

Central analgesic mechanism of acupuncture for treating migraine remains poorly understood

The central analgesic mechanism of acupuncture for migraine remains poorly understood. Acupuncture has been shown to become a recommended treatment for migraine sufferers.

6 Dec 2013

NPS MedicineWise publishes set of FAQs on statins and heart disease

With the statins group of cholesterol-lowering medicines continuing to make headlines this week, independent organisation NPS MedicineWise has reviewed the latest clinical evidence and published a set of Frequently Asked Questions on its website addressing people’s key concerns.

6 Dec 2013

Healthcare News

Capitol Hill workers have extra month to get health insurance

Nurses bring fresh perspective to caring for troubled teens, Saint Louis U researcher finds

Refusing Medicaid expansion to cost states billions, study says

Obamacare error rate means many may not be signed up for coverage

Congress closes in on modest budget deal

Saudi Human Genome Program to study genetic basis of all disease in the Kingdom

Gallup poll: Most Americans want health law repealed or cut back

New guide offers employers online and interactive toolkit to help support employees with cancer

U.S. charges Russian diplomats with defrauding Medicaid in N.Y.C.

ZephyrLIFE remote monitoring system released for the growing market of transitional care

Silverlink, UnitedHealthcare recognized for increasing colorectal cancer screenings among minorities

JCB Laboratories installs Lighthouse monitoring system to improve patient safety

Consumers are not insured until they pay 1st premium

Huntsville Hospital Health System chooses Caradigm HIE for integrated care across community

New service helps hospitals and integrated delivery networks expand reach of outpatient pharmacies

MELA Sciences participates in skin cancer diagnostic workshop in Germany

First Edition: December 6, 2103

Skylight Healthcare Systems chosen as finalist in 'Fierce Innovation Awards: Healthcare Edition' program

Central analgesic mechanism of acupuncture for treating migraine remains poorly understood

NPS MedicineWise publishes set of FAQs on statins and heart 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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