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Hospitals attempt to address patient noise complaints

Facing potential financial penalties from Medicare, more hospitals are changing decades-old practices that contribute to the din.

12 Jun 2013

Mayo Clinic suggests five simple steps to improve health care quality

Instead of wondering what your doctor wrote in your patient record after a visit, ask him or her to read back the notes to ensure accuracy. It's one of five simple steps Mayo Clinic suggests doctors and patients take to improve health care quality.

12 Jun 2013

Missed savings opportunities in Medicare program

The Wall Street Journal details a report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General. Meanwhile, Kaiser Health News reports on a study that details missed savings of prescription drug costs.

12 Jun 2013

Researchers to develop online tool to ease health care management for dementia patients and caregivers

Dementia often claims two victims: The patient and the caregiver. That's because caring for people with dementia requires close supervision and constant care, which can place a caregiver's psychological, physical and financial health at risk.

12 Jun 2013

Medicare advantage enrollment hits record high

An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Mathematica Policy Research found that despite concerns the health law's future payment cuts would have a chilling effect, Medicare Advantage enrollment increased by nearly 10 percent last year and by 30 percent since 2010.

11 Jun 2013

Counting down to online insurance marketplaces

The Wall Street Journal reports that consumers should start investigating the health law's insurance exchange options.

11 Jun 2013

The enrollment push is on

During a Friday speech in California, President Barack Obama touted the health law's benefits -- highlighting the Golden State's progress so far -- in his effort to encourage young people and Latinos to sign up for coverage that will be available through new online insurance exchanges.

11 Jun 2013

MHN, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals launch new health awareness program on Peyronie's disease

Men's Health Network and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, have announced the launch of a new health awareness program called "Ask About the Curve" to provide information about Peyronie's disease and to help empower men to have meaningful discussions about their condition with their partner and their healthcare provider.

11 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 11, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of the Obama administration's decision to drop the fight to keep age restrictions in place for Plan B emergency contraceptive pill sales.

11 Jun 2013

Education about malignant hyperthermia is important to medical professionals and community

Orlando Health, the Florida Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, and the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists took a moment to comment on a conference they are co-sponsoring with the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States in Orlando on June 29.

11 Jun 2013

Going viral with public health messages

Kaiser Health News reports on how one doctor is using YouTube to communicate public health messages while The Washington Post reports on how a data event leads to consideration of health care cost solutions.

11 Jun 2013

Research: Mental health care not only reduces arrest rates, but also saves money

Research from North Carolina State University, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the University of South Florida shows that outpatient treatment of mental illness significantly reduces arrest rates for people with mental health problems and saves taxpayers money.

11 Jun 2013

New approach for reducing drug abuse

Critics of the "war on drugs" point to the limited success of current strategies for reducing drug abuse and argue that a new approach is needed. Such an approach may now be on the horizon within the covers of a new book by New York Times best-selling author David Sheff. Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy was published in April 2013 and is quickly gaining attention. The book confronts the traditional views on addiction and highlights scientific approaches that work.

11 Jun 2013

State roundup: Calif. inches to budget deal; Iowa's Medicaid abortions may need gov. OK

The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns. The result is an uneven medley of state laws, which means that just how you can exercise those constitutional rights depends on where you live, and the differences often turn on whether a state is run by Democrats or Republicans (Barrow, 6/8).

11 Jun 2013

3Care Therapeutics releases simplified nutritional program to improve patients' health

3Care Therapeutics, a manufacturer of nutritional supplements for treating common chronic health problems, announces the release of the 3Care BioSystems Program, a simplified nutritional program that helps practitioners improve patients' health and achieve thriving nutrition practices. The Program is administered via a free, easy-to-use software application; and unlike more complicated therapeutic lifestyle change programs, the 3Care Program encourages improved health outcomes through better patient compliance.

11 Jun 2013

Cedars-Sinai Graduate Program to award diplomas to six students

The Cedars-Sinai Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine will award its first diplomas to six students during a commencement ceremony June 11.

11 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Selling Obamacare in Arizona; 'Hassle-free' marketplace; Seeking the 'grand bargain'

You may not admit it, but you are a fan of Obamacare and Gov. Jan Brewer knows it. The Republicans who run the Arizona legislature don't like Obamacare. And the Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives don't like it. But you do. You may deny it. You may not even know it. But you do. And that will help the governor get her Medicaid expansion plan through the legislature (EJ Montini, 6/6).

11 Jun 2013

ACR urges parents not to forego needed medical imaging care for children

The American College of Radiology urges parents not to delay or forego needed medical imaging care for their children based solely on a study (Miglioretti et al) on radiation risk from pediatric computed tomography scans to be published online in JAMA Pediatrics.

11 Jun 2013

The 'parallel challenge:' Coordinating care for mental and physical health issues

While the Los Angeles Times reports on the challenges of helping patients who struggle with physical and mental illnesses, the Boston Globe reports on a creative approach to reduce hospital readmissions.

11 Jun 2013

Stroke experts discuss benefits of endovascular therapy in treating acute ischemic stroke

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, recently brought together six of the world's prominent thought-leaders in stroke at the 2013 European Stroke Conference.

11 Jun 2013

Healthcare News

Hospitals attempt to address patient noise complaints

Mayo Clinic suggests five simple steps to improve health care quality

Missed savings opportunities in Medicare program

Researchers to develop online tool to ease health care management for dementia patients and caregivers

Medicare advantage enrollment hits record high

Counting down to online insurance marketplaces

The enrollment push is on

MHN, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals launch new health awareness program on Peyronie's disease

First Edition: June 11, 2013

Education about malignant hyperthermia is important to medical professionals and community

Going viral with public health messages

Research: Mental health care not only reduces arrest rates, but also saves money

New approach for reducing drug abuse

State roundup: Calif. inches to budget deal; Iowa's Medicaid abortions may need gov. OK

3Care Therapeutics releases simplified nutritional program to improve patients' health

Cedars-Sinai Graduate Program to award diplomas to six students

Viewpoints: Selling Obamacare in Arizona; 'Hassle-free' marketplace; Seeking the 'grand bargain'

ACR urges parents not to forego needed medical imaging care for children

The 'parallel challenge:' Coordinating care for mental and physical health issues

Stroke experts discuss benefits of endovascular therapy in treating acute ischemic stroke

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