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Health exchange issues? There are many, say experts and consumers

The reviews may not be good, but people are visiting the new health care web sites, according to the new AP-GfK poll. In addition, experts offer possible reasons for the problems that continue to plague the federal health insurance web site. Meanwhile, various news outlets examine how certain states are faring with the federal and state exchanges.

11 Oct 2013

Important information on effects, side effects of drugs is missing in most publications, says study

In 2012 researchers from the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) presented a study in the BMJ analysing information sources used in 16 health technology assessment (HTA) reports of drugs ("benefit assessments").

11 Oct 2013

Evidence shows vaccination pilot campaigns highly successful during 2010 cholera epidemic

The deadly cholera epidemic that rocked earthquake-shattered Haiti in 2010, claiming 8,000 lives and counting, has rallied the public health community to seek water and sewer improvements that, combined with vaccination, could prevent some 89,000 future cholera infections.

11 Oct 2013

Driver Rehabilitation program evaluates whether patient can safely drive car or not

Loyola University Health System has begun a Driver Rehabilitation program that provides a comprehensive evaluation on whether a patient can safely drive a car.

11 Oct 2013

Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center gets Level 2 Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition

For individuals with limited resources, "health care" may consist of a series of unrelated visits to different doctors, clinics, even emergency departments—siloed, episodic care when needed. Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a comprehensive, family-oriented community health center, has been working hard to change that experience.

11 Oct 2013

Involving patients, families in healthcare system enhances safety and quality outcomes

Individual patient outcomes and overall community health can be enhanced and improved when medical providers partner with patients and families in the design and delivery of health care services, according to a leading patient advocate in her keynote address at the National Association for Healthcare Quality annual educational conference.

11 Oct 2013

Deadline for getting coverage and avoiding fines -- Valentine's Day, not march 31

The Associated Press reports on this development -- which it called a "new wrinkle" -- that will move up by about six weeks the date by which consumers will need to have health insurance or face penalties. Also in the news, lots of talk -- some of which came from President Barack Obama himself -- about how the health law helps or hurts workers and how it impacts health care costs.

11 Oct 2013

US health care spending to grow at an average annual rate of 5.8% for 2012-22

New estimates released 9/18/13 from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project that aggregate health care spending in the United States will grow at an average annual rate of 5.8 percent for 2012-22, or 1.0 percentage point faster than the expected growth in the gross domestic product.

11 Oct 2013

Lawmakers grill IRS chief on Obamacare rollout

Media outlets report that a House panel questioned Sarah Hall Ingram, the Internal Revenue Service official running the agency's Obamacare office, who testified the health law rollout is going smoothly. Another House panel heard conflicting views of the law's impact on businesses.

11 Oct 2013

Researcher to examine effect of getting older on people's ability to use smart phones

Age-related difficulties in texting and emailing on smart phones will be investigated by a University of Strathclyde academic.

11 Oct 2013

Cleveland healthcare institutions receive $1M grant to develop Stroke Clinical Trials Coordinating Center

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11 Oct 2013

Medical device tax gets attention in budget fight

Opponents of the tax, which helps fund the health law, have proposed killing it to help defuse the current standoff, but there is not yet consensus on that effort.

11 Oct 2013

Indiana sues to halt health law's employer mandate

The state attorney general and 15 school districts filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, claiming that tax penalties for businesses with 50 or more full-time employees that fail to provide health benefits cannot be enforced against state or local governments.

11 Oct 2013

TLC to provide vision health, LASIK information at World Sight Day Challenge Coalition event

TLC Laser Eye Centers, North America's most experienced laser eye surgery (e.g., LASIK) provider, today announced its support of Optometry Giving Sight by taking the World Sight Day Challenge.

10 Oct 2013

Teleflex to showcase products and technologies at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013 annual meeting

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, is committed to helping clinicians improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Teleflex will showcase its broad portfolio of brands, products and technologies at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013 annual meeting, October 12-16, in San Francisco, CA.

10 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 10, 2013

Today's headlines include a new Associated Press poll that offers the public's early reviews of the first days of the health law's online insurance marketplaces.

10 Oct 2013

Barriers to incorporating CAM and IM training into family medicine residency program identified

Investigators at Boston University School of Medicine have identified that lack of time and a paucity of trained faculty are perceived as the most significant barriers to incorporating complementary and alternative medicine and integrative medicine training into family medicine residency curricula and training programs.

10 Oct 2013

Patients who received care at multiple HIV clinics have higher HIV viral loads

Patients who received care at multiple HIV clinics—as opposed to only one— were less likely to take their medication and had higher HIV viral loads, a new study published in the journal AIDS and Behavior of almost 13,000 HIV patients in Philadelphia from Penn Medicine found.

10 Oct 2013

Physicians raise concerns about prescription drug abuse across Pennsylvania

Across Pennsylvania physicians have raised concerns about growing problems with prescription drug abuse.

10 Oct 2013

BMC finds patients with high degree of skills, confidence less likely to have hospital readmissions

A study by physicians at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has found that patients with a high degree of activation (possessing the knowledge, skills, confidence and inclination to assume responsibility for managing one's health and health-care needs) were less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge than those with a low level of activation.

10 Oct 2013

Healthcare News

Health exchange issues? There are many, say experts and consumers

Important information on effects, side effects of drugs is missing in most publications, says study

Evidence shows vaccination pilot campaigns highly successful during 2010 cholera epidemic

Driver Rehabilitation program evaluates whether patient can safely drive car or not

Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center gets Level 2 Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition

Involving patients, families in healthcare system enhances safety and quality outcomes

Deadline for getting coverage and avoiding fines -- Valentine's Day, not march 31

US health care spending to grow at an average annual rate of 5.8% for 2012-22

Lawmakers grill IRS chief on Obamacare rollout

Researcher to examine effect of getting older on people's ability to use smart phones

Cleveland healthcare institutions receive $1M grant to develop Stroke Clinical Trials Coordinating Center

Medical device tax gets attention in budget fight

Indiana sues to halt health law's employer mandate

TLC to provide vision health, LASIK information at World Sight Day Challenge Coalition event

Teleflex to showcase products and technologies at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013 annual meeting

First Edition: October 10, 2013

Barriers to incorporating CAM and IM training into family medicine residency program identified

Patients who received care at multiple HIV clinics have higher HIV viral loads

Physicians raise concerns about prescription drug abuse across Pennsylvania

BMC finds patients with high degree of skills, confidence less likely to have hospital readmissions

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