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UK government should adopt more radical approach to support remote care technology

The UK could be at the forefront of using technologies that enable patients to be cared for in the comfort of their home if the government adopted more imaginative approaches to supporting the NHS and industry working in this field, according to a report released today by researchers from Imperial College Business School.

25 Jan 2013

House Appropriations Committee's State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee gets 6 new members

The House Appropriations Committee's State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, with oversight on funding issues involving USAID and the State Department, has six new members.

25 Jan 2013

Survey: States make progress on Medicaid modernization, but much still remains to be done

According to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, states are hustling to prepare for coverage changes whether or not they participate in the health law's expansion.

25 Jan 2013

AACN expands its hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) expands its hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program to a fourth region with the addition of eight Austin-area hospitals.

25 Jan 2013

Philippines law on family planning will help country achieve universal access to reproductive health

A new law in the Philippines that "requires the government to meet the unmet need for voluntary family planning information and supplies" and all public schools to teach age-appropriate sexuality education went into effect on January 16,

25 Jan 2013

SGR fix on House Subcommittee's to-do list

The GOP leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee are "determined" to solve the "Sustainable Growth Rate problem" this year. Meanwhile, House Democrats are reviving a bill to prevent some workers from avoiding Medicare taxes.

25 Jan 2013

Mount Sinai sets up new center for treating tic and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Mount Sinai has officially opened a new center to treat and research tic and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) in individuals of all ages. The opening coincides with a significant revision in the psychiatry field's manual of mental disorders, which will now recognize OCD with its own category, rather than classifying it as an anxiety disorder.

25 Jan 2013

CDC recognizes Mayo Clinic as Regional TB Training and Medical Consultation Center

Mayo Clinic has been designated a Regional Tuberculosis Training and Medical Consultation Center by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As such, it will be responsible for developing new and enhanced training and technical support for medical and public health professionals in an 11-state area.

25 Jan 2013

iRobot’s RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot receives FDA clearance

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic solutions, announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hospitals. RP-VITA is the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance.

25 Jan 2013

Roundup: Lessons from Mass. health reform; Berwick moves closer to gov. bid; Jindal reverses Medicaid hospice cut

When Massachusetts adopted its landmark health care law in 2006, the goals were ambitious and the potential solutions complex. ... What are they getting in return?

25 Jan 2013

Votes, plans heat up Medicaid expansion issue in states

Lawmakers and officials in Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida, Colorado and California hold hearings, take votes and consider their very different stances on whether to expand their Medicaid programs.

25 Jan 2013

Longer looks: Difficult end-of-life care discussions; Mississippi's last abortion clinic; rural docs

Precious final days for many Massachusetts residents are still not spent the way they would have chosen.

25 Jan 2013

Use of computerized clinical decision support systems leads to patient dissatisfaction

Health care practitioners now can access patients' data using electronic medical records, which often include information systems that assess individuals' medical histories and clinical research to facilitate doctors' diagnoses.

25 Jan 2013

ColumbiaDoctors Midtown: New Outpatient Center in Midtown Columbia

ColumbiaDoctors Midtown officially opened its doors today with a ribbon-cutting by leadership of Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and ColumbiaDoctors physicians, dentists, and nurse practitioners.

25 Jan 2013

House GOP seeks steep spending cuts, but postpones moment of reckoning

In the next budget battle chapter, House Republicans plan to demand spending cuts that would balance the budget in 10 years and require significant changes to Medicare and other safety-net programs.

25 Jan 2013

Employer-insurer coalition asks HHS to pare essential benefits

Employers, insurers and health providers worry that requiring expansive coverage in the policies sold in health insurance markets could make insurance unaffordable.

25 Jan 2013

Setting research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health

Quality sexual and reproductive health care is an essential component of public health. However, there are insufficient evidence-based policies related to adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries.

24 Jan 2013

New book discusses the basics of brain tumors

Empowering patients during the course of their treatment is the goal of a new book, Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor, written by neuro-oncologists from Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

24 Jan 2013

'Big Push' campaign revived at World Economic summit

"Last September the Huffington Post, together with the Global Fund [to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria], launched 'The Big Push' campaign, seeking to build on the great progress that has been made in recent years fighting AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria."

24 Jan 2013

Reports examine progress in global NTD response

Writing in the ONE Blog, Neeraj Mistry, managing director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, highlights two reports released last week that examine global efforts against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) one year after the London Declaration, as well as a report by the Hudson Institute, also released last week, which "highlight[s] the crucial links between NTDs and broader economic and societal consequences."

24 Jan 2013

Healthcare News

UK government should adopt more radical approach to support remote care technology

House Appropriations Committee's State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee gets 6 new members

Survey: States make progress on Medicaid modernization, but much still remains to be done

AACN expands its hospital-based nurse leadership and innovation training program

Philippines law on family planning will help country achieve universal access to reproductive health

SGR fix on House Subcommittee's to-do list

Mount Sinai sets up new center for treating tic and obsessive-compulsive disorders

CDC recognizes Mayo Clinic as Regional TB Training and Medical Consultation Center

iRobot’s RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot receives FDA clearance

Roundup: Lessons from Mass. health reform; Berwick moves closer to gov. bid; Jindal reverses Medicaid hospice cut

Votes, plans heat up Medicaid expansion issue in states

Longer looks: Difficult end-of-life care discussions; Mississippi's last abortion clinic; rural docs

Use of computerized clinical decision support systems leads to patient dissatisfaction

ColumbiaDoctors Midtown: New Outpatient Center in Midtown Columbia

House GOP seeks steep spending cuts, but postpones moment of reckoning

Employer-insurer coalition asks HHS to pare essential benefits

Setting research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health

New book discusses the basics of brain tumors

'Big Push' campaign revived at World Economic summit

Reports examine progress in global NTD response

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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