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International experts formulate guidance for neuromodulation practitioners

An international panel of experts has formulated guidance for neuromodulation practitioners that reflects increasing recognition of the value of this growing field.

10 Jun 2013

Obama to tout California as health law model

President Barack Obama is slated to speak in San Jose, Calif., about the implementation of the health law and point to the coordination among public and private groups there as a model for the rest of the country. Latinos -- in California and across the nation -- will be one of his target audiences.

10 Jun 2013

Summa Akron City Hospital installs Toshiba's Aquilion ONE, Infinix-i systems

As a level-one trauma and accredited stroke center, time is critical at Summa Health System's Akron City Hospital, located in Akron, Ohio. To provide the highest level of patient care, the hospital installed an Aquilion ONE CT scanner and Infinix-i bi-plane cardiovascular X-ray from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

10 Jun 2013

Greenwall Foundation names Peter Reese as 2013 Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics

The Greenwall Foundation has named Penn Medicine's Peter Reese, MD, MSCE, a leading voice for improving organ donor rates and access to transplant, as a 2013 Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.

10 Jun 2013

Second-annual SINAInnovations conference to highlight power of Team Science

Leaders in health care, technology, design, the military and the arts will gather at The Mount Sinai Medical Center for the second-annual SINAInnovations conference on November 18 and 19, 2013.

10 Jun 2013

Study to investigate unsavory practice of player flopping in basketball

Biomechanics experts at Southern Methodist University have teamed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to carry out a scientific study of the unsavory practice of player flopping in basketball and other sports.

10 Jun 2013

FDA panel loosens Avandia safety restrictions

Despite some concern over whether the diabetes drug Avandia can increase heart problems, an FDA panel Thursday loosened restrictions on how doctors can prescribe the drug.

10 Jun 2013

State highlights: Ore. schools face insurance exchange choice

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin's Medicaid program, estimating that a single 300-person Wal-Mart Supercenter in that state likely costs taxpayers at least $904,542 per year and could cost up to $1,744,590 per year, or roughly $5,815 per employee (Lazo, 6/7).

10 Jun 2013

Drug regulators slow to pursue concerns about potential adverse effects of new diabetes drugs

The BMJ and Channel 4 Dispatches investigated and found that evidence suggesting potential harm from the drugs in industry studies has not been published.

10 Jun 2013

Research roundup: Health spending on kids with special needs

Between 2008 and 2010, the rate of growth for health care spending declined. The recession, many researchers believe, was a key contributor to this decline. In this study, researchers explored whether the recession also had an impact on health care spending for children, especially those with special health care needs.

10 Jun 2013

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation grant supports aging-related curricula for doctors

Geriatrics is a medical specialty, but it is important for almost all doctors, whether they practice orthopedics, emergency medicine or psychiatry, to understand how healthy aging and its interaction with disease affects older patients. With a new grant announced June 7 by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Dr. Richard Besdine and colleagues at the Brown University School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School will teach hundreds of residents and practicing physicians, such as hospitalists, about aging so they can further improve care.

10 Jun 2013

Costs and coverage: Trying to discern who will experience health law gains or feel its pinch

The Wall Street Journal reports on how the law might impact small businesses that employ young and healthy workers as well as whether the measure's new coverage might be too expensive for low-paid employees. Also in the news, a report concludes that U.S. consumers who purchase health insurance on the individual market saved $2.1 billion last year due to the overhaul's rules.

10 Jun 2013

'Medical home' experiment reduced costs, improved care even more in second year

The nation's largest experiment in delivering medical care in an innovative way has reduced costs and improved the quality of care even more in its second year than in its first, according to the insurance company behind it.

10 Jun 2013

Obama touts early success for health law in California

President Obama on Friday highlighted a concentrated, localized strategy to encourage young Americans to enroll in the new health care exchanges. "Competition and choice are pushing down costs in the individual market, just like the law is designed to do," Obama said during remarks in San Jose, Calif. California is one of three states key to the 2010 health care law's expansion of health insurance to all Americans -- but especially young people (Kennedy, 6/7).

10 Jun 2013

Video promotes awareness about safe injection practices

A video depicting an animated man's harrowing experience with the healthcare system, including an avoidable unsafe injection, is the grand prize winner of the third annual Film Festival at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).

7 Jun 2013

Proventix Systems honors physicians for excellence and leadership in hand hygiene

Proventix Systems, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. today awarded the Lathem Physician Leadership Award in Hand Hygiene to five physicians who demonstrate a commitment to hand hygiene excellence and leadership in their facilities.

7 Jun 2013

WEX Health: A customized virtual payments solution for healthcare market

WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, today announced the introduction of WEX Health, a customized virtual payments solution, for the healthcare market.

7 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: 'Reasonable' debate about health law's 'rate shock; 'absurdity' of Sebelius' account of fund raising; Obama killed the grand bargain

Many of us have been wondering whether it's possible to have an honest, reasonable debate about Obamacare. To my pleasant surprise, one may finally be starting.

7 Jun 2013

State highlights: N.Y. hospital struggles to reopen post-Sandy; Aetna eyes acos in Ga., Fla.; doc-assisted suicide denied in Maine

Officials at the last hospital still closed because of damage from Superstorm Sandy are no longer predicting when they will be able to reopen.

7 Jun 2013

State decisions on Medicaid expansion deepen health care divide

The Fiscal Times examines how political dynamics are leading to a red state-blue state divide in the availability of health care coverage.

7 Jun 2013

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International experts formulate guidance for neuromodulation practitioners

Obama to tout California as health law model

Summa Akron City Hospital installs Toshiba's Aquilion ONE, Infinix-i systems

Greenwall Foundation names Peter Reese as 2013 Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics

Second-annual SINAInnovations conference to highlight power of Team Science

Study to investigate unsavory practice of player flopping in basketball

FDA panel loosens Avandia safety restrictions

State highlights: Ore. schools face insurance exchange choice

Drug regulators slow to pursue concerns about potential adverse effects of new diabetes drugs

Research roundup: Health spending on kids with special needs

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation grant supports aging-related curricula for doctors

Costs and coverage: Trying to discern who will experience health law gains or feel its pinch

'Medical home' experiment reduced costs, improved care even more in second year

Obama touts early success for health law in California

Video promotes awareness about safe injection practices

Proventix Systems honors physicians for excellence and leadership in hand hygiene

WEX Health: A customized virtual payments solution for healthcare market

Viewpoints: 'Reasonable' debate about health law's 'rate shock; 'absurdity' of Sebelius' account of fund raising; Obama killed the grand bargain

State highlights: N.Y. hospital struggles to reopen post-Sandy; Aetna eyes acos in Ga., Fla.; doc-assisted suicide denied in Maine

State decisions on Medicaid expansion deepen health care divide

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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