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Plans scaled back for vets' computerized health records system

The U.S. government is ditching ambitious plans to create a single computer system for troops and military veterans to track their health records, opting instead for a more modest, less costly plan that officials said will deliver on goals faster.

9 Feb 2013

Emphasis on 'How' missing from 'IF campaign' against global hunger

The "Enough Food for Everyone If" campaign (IF campaign), "supported by a coalition of more than 100 development organizations, has identified four priorities on aid, land, tax avoidance and market transparency," Zahid Torres-Rahman, founder of Business Fights Poverty, writes in the Guardian Sustainable Business blog.

9 Feb 2013

Medicaid expansion, health exchanges tempt some GOP governors

Politico reports that certain Republican governors are going forward with the implementation of these health law provisions without facing a backlash within their states.

9 Feb 2013

Conference attendees express concern over growing burden of NCDs

Inter Press Service reports on "a conference organized by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) on World Cancer Day [February 4] in Geneva," during which experts warned about the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) -- "cancer, heart disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, among others" -- especially in low- and middle-income countries.

7 Feb 2013

Uganda's childhood immunization programs face challenges, IRIN reports

"Inadequate funding, a shortage of health staff, and poor adherence to vaccination schedules are some of the reasons for declining immunization levels in Uganda, which experts say threatens efforts to reduce preventable deaths among children," IRIN reports.

7 Feb 2013

Study: Hospice use on the rise, but after late-stage aggressive care

A study released Tuesday found that, although the number of elderly people who died in a hospice setting is increasing, it usually came late in the process and after highly aggressive care near the end of life.

7 Feb 2013

Obama: 'I've offered sensible reforms to Medicare' (video)

This Kaiser Health News video excerpt features comments made by President Barack Obama during a statement to the press Tuesday in which he emphasized the need to reduce the cost of health care in the U.S.

7 Feb 2013

WFP resumes food aid delivery in Northern Mali amid NGO warnings of increasing need

"Communities in northern Mali are in need of humanitarian intervention following the recent military operations in Gao and Timbuktu, leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to call for deliveries of food aid, fuel and even currency notes," Inter Press Service reports.

7 Feb 2013

Society of Toxicology's 52nd Annual Meeting to be held from Mar. 10-16 in San Antonio

A group of 7,000 scientists working in multiple specialties, from more than 50 countries, will meet March 10-14, 2013 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, to share their latest findings on 60 topical issues of concern to human health and the environment.

7 Feb 2013

WHO, WIPO, WTO release book on intellectual property and access to medical technologies

"For the first time, the three global intergovernmental bodies dealing with health, intellectual property and trade have pooled their expertise on a study of policies needed to advance medical and health technologies and to ensure they reach the people who need them," a WHO press release states.

7 Feb 2013

Cantor calls for repeal of medical device tax; Bipartisan Senate bill seeks to end generic drug delays

In a speech, the House majority leader criticized the health law but focused his attention on the overhaul's taxes. Meanwhile, the Senate measure would prohibit companies that make brand-name drugs from paying generic manufacturers to keep their products off the market.

7 Feb 2013

Budget office report's info nugget: More employers than previously estimated will drop health coverage

About 7 million people, nearly double the earlier estimates, will no longer get health insurance from their employers because of changes to the tax code made by the health law, according to CBO projections.

7 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Iowa 'botched' high risk pool; Clinton praises Family and Medical Leave Act; HHS contraceptive policy's 'sensible balance'

The health reform law will get millions of Americans coverage in 2014. Until then, Congress offered Iowa up to $35 million to provide temporary insurance for people whose health prevent them from buying coverage on their own. Iowa botched the entire concept behind the high-risk pool, and state and federal officials stood by and failed to take corrective action.

7 Feb 2013

SOS Children's Villages launches new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia

SOS Children's Villages, a global organization dedicated to providing family-based care for orphaned and abandoned children, today announced the launch of a brand new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia.

6 Feb 2013

Greater Boston Business Council honors UMass Medical School's Work Without Limits program

The Greater Boston Business Council honored UMass Medical School's Work Without Limits program with its Outstanding Business Member of the Year Award for Excellence in Community Service at its recent annual awards ceremony.

6 Feb 2013

ACP praises introduction of bipartisan Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today applauded Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) for their bipartisan introduction of The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013 this morning.

6 Feb 2013

Fraser Health selects dbMotion platform to serve people in British Columbia

dbMotion, an innovative provider of connected healthcare solutions, has been selected to implement its interoperability platform across Fraser Health, a 12-hospital integrated delivery network (IDN) serving 1.7 million people in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada.

6 Feb 2013

'Better Vision' app can support visually impaired and dyslectic people

To support visually impaired and dyslectic people in their efforts to read, the 'Better Vision' app has been developed: a functional and handy all-in-one app that magnifies text and reads English, German, Spanish or Dutch text out loud on iPhones, iPads (mini) and Android devices.

6 Feb 2013

AmeriCares rushes to deliver 8,000 more doses of influenza vaccine to free clinics

AmeriCares is rushing to deliver 8,000 more doses of influenza vaccine to free clinics and community health programs to stem the continuing flu epidemic. Widespread flu activity was reported last week in 42 states with seniors at the greatest risk, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the number of flu cases is starting to decline along the East Coast, cases continue to increase in the West.

6 Feb 2013

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

The federal government is spending about $19 billion to encourage hospitals, physician practices, and other healthcare organizations to invest in their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure with the goal of improving patient safety and quality through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

6 Feb 2013

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Plans scaled back for vets' computerized health records system

Emphasis on 'How' missing from 'IF campaign' against global hunger

Medicaid expansion, health exchanges tempt some GOP governors

Conference attendees express concern over growing burden of NCDs

Uganda's childhood immunization programs face challenges, IRIN reports

Study: Hospice use on the rise, but after late-stage aggressive care

Obama: 'I've offered sensible reforms to Medicare' (video)

WFP resumes food aid delivery in Northern Mali amid NGO warnings of increasing need

Society of Toxicology's 52nd Annual Meeting to be held from Mar. 10-16 in San Antonio

WHO, WIPO, WTO release book on intellectual property and access to medical technologies

Cantor calls for repeal of medical device tax; Bipartisan Senate bill seeks to end generic drug delays

Budget office report's info nugget: More employers than previously estimated will drop health coverage

Viewpoints: Iowa 'botched' high risk pool; Clinton praises Family and Medical Leave Act; HHS contraceptive policy's 'sensible balance'

SOS Children's Villages launches new Nursing and Midwife Scholarship program in Ethiopia

Greater Boston Business Council honors UMass Medical School's Work Without Limits program

ACP praises introduction of bipartisan Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013

Fraser Health selects dbMotion platform to serve people in British Columbia

'Better Vision' app can support visually impaired and dyslectic people

AmeriCares rushes to deliver 8,000 more doses of influenza vaccine to free clinics

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

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