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Physiotherapist interaction with patient plays a significant role in pain reduction

How many times have you been to a physiotherapist where you've had more time in the waiting room than face-time with the physio? Well, according to University of Alberta physical therapy PhD grad Jorge Fuentes, how a physiotherapist interacts with a patient verbally, through eye contact, body language and listening skills is almost as important as the treatment itself.

6 Jun 2013

Employers sometimes consider costs of hiring smokers

NPR: That Employee Who Smokes Costs The Boss $5,800 A Year Smoking is expensive, and not just for the person buying the cigs. Employers are taking hard looks at the cost of employing smokers as they try to cut health insurance costs, with some refusing to hire people who say they smoke.

6 Jun 2013

Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement

Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician network and Accountable Care Organization consisting of almost 300 healthcare practitioners, announced that it has signed a Patient Centered Primary Care agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield.

6 Jun 2013

Henry Schein Cares expands access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations

Henry Schein Cares, the global corporate social responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc., the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, is once again helping expand access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations through the Calendar of Caring Community Wellness Program.

6 Jun 2013

First Edition: June 6, 2013

Today's headlines include a report about a new poll showing public uneasiness is increasing in regard to the health law. At the same time, the White House is stepping up its efforts encourage people to enroll in the health coverage the will be available as a result of the overhaul.

6 Jun 2013

Seattle Children's Hospital uses IBM Big Data technology to improve treatment of young patients

IBM and Brightlight today announced that Seattle Children's Hospital is using IBM Big Data technology to improve treatment of its young patients. With over 350,000 patient visits annually and thousands of data points associated with each patient, Seattle Children's Hospital can run queries on patient data in seconds, rather than minutes, to provide quicker, more effective care and diagnosis.

6 Jun 2013

CTCA offers hope to Hispanics with advanced stage cancer

For the nation's fastest growing population, cancer ranked as the number one leading cause of death among Hispanics, based on a 2012 American Cancer Society report.

6 Jun 2013

State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?

The House of Representatives adopted an omnibus bill Tuesday to implement numerous social service policy changes in the next state budget, including the end of a health coverage program launched by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell to help the uninsured. One thing it doesn't change: Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had proposed restricting eligibility for the program, a move that would have caused an estimated 37,500 parents to lose Medicaid coverage (Phaneuf and Becker, 6/4).

6 Jun 2013

WHO issues 24 Essential Nutrition Actions to prevent undernutrition and overweight

Many low- and middle-income countries are neglecting overweight and obesity as major health threats, with policies in place to tackle undernutrition, but lack policies to halt the growing burden of diseases due to the rise of overweight, and obesity, according to new information released by WHO today.

6 Jun 2013

Viewpoints: Kasich on what would Reagan do about Medicaid; The need for more doctors

Leaders in the states that have decided against expanding (Medicaid) have often invoked Reagan conservatism as the reason to oppose extending Medicaid health care coverage to more people. After all, doesn't (Ronald) Reagan embody modern conservatism? He cut taxes, cut government red tape and fought the growth of entitlements. Yes, he did all those things. However, he also expanded Medicaid, not just once but several times (Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 6/2).

6 Jun 2013

NAHQ offers recommendations to preserve integrity of health care quality and patient safety systems

For too long, progress in preventing medication errors and other mistakes that compromise patient safety in healthcare facilities has been unacceptably slow and patients in the majority of U.S. hospitals may not be much safer today than they were 10 years ago, according to an editorial published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.

6 Jun 2013

The big question for health marketplaces: How much will insurance cost?

Stateline examines the factors that affect pricing on the online marketplaces. News outlets also report on recent developments in California and Washington, D.C.

6 Jun 2013

ACR urges Americans not to forego recommended screening for colorectal cancer

The American College of Radiology strongly urges Americans ages 50-and-older, particularly those with a family history of colorectal cancer, not to delay or forego recommended screening due to concerns raised by a June 1, New York Times article titled, "The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill."

6 Jun 2013

Sebelius defends phone calls to urge outreach support

At a House hearing Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she did not seek funds from companies, but did ask them to support the outreach efforts of Enroll America, a nonprofit group. She told panel members she made five calls on behalf of the organization.

6 Jun 2013

Sustained engagement, partnership needed to implement new treatments for neglected diseases

Days after two landmark resolutions were adopted at the World Health Assembly - on neglected tropical diseases and on research and development, financing and coordination for the health needs of developing countries - over 400 scientists, representatives and ministers of health, ambassadors, national control programme representatives, African regulators, health workers, public health experts, and activists from 21 African countries and 10 others from around the world gather in Nairobi to take stock of health innovation for neglected diseases in Africa over the past decade.

6 Jun 2013

Study finds higher rates of health-compromising behaviors among rural cancer survivors

Cancer survivors who live in rural areas aren't as healthy as their urban counterparts, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

6 Jun 2013

Obama to tout health law in Calif. speech

As President Barack Obama prepares to highlight how the health law will help Californians in a speech he will deliver Friday, The New York Times reports that the measure's opponents are outspending supporters when it comes to television ads.

6 Jun 2013

Study: Offering flu vaccines at elementary schools could expand vaccination rates, reduce costs

Offering flu vaccines at elementary schools could expand vaccination rates and reduce costs, according to a new study reported in the scientific journal Vaccine by researchers from UC Davis Health System; the Monroe County, New York, Department of Public Health; University of Rochester Medical Center; and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Jun 2013

Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act

Despite their inclusion as essential health benefits, habilitative services face an uncertain future under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new analysis done at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

6 Jun 2013

Law center presses for health plans to provide pregnancy coverage for dependents

The National Women's Law Center filed complaints with the Department of Health and Human Services against a number of businesses and universities that don't include pregnancy coverage for dependents in their health plans. The Center contends that this is a violation of the health law.

6 Jun 2013

Healthcare News

Physiotherapist interaction with patient plays a significant role in pain reduction

Employers sometimes consider costs of hiring smokers

Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement

Henry Schein Cares expands access to quality oral health care for underserved and at-risk populations

First Edition: June 6, 2013

Seattle Children's Hospital uses IBM Big Data technology to improve treatment of young patients

CTCA offers hope to Hispanics with advanced stage cancer

State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?

WHO issues 24 Essential Nutrition Actions to prevent undernutrition and overweight

Viewpoints: Kasich on what would Reagan do about Medicaid; The need for more doctors

NAHQ offers recommendations to preserve integrity of health care quality and patient safety systems

The big question for health marketplaces: How much will insurance cost?

ACR urges Americans not to forego recommended screening for colorectal cancer

Sebelius defends phone calls to urge outreach support

Sustained engagement, partnership needed to implement new treatments for neglected diseases

Study finds higher rates of health-compromising behaviors among rural cancer survivors

Obama to tout health law in Calif. speech

Study: Offering flu vaccines at elementary schools could expand vaccination rates, reduce costs

Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act

Law center presses for health plans to provide pregnancy coverage for dependents

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