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CWRU, UH Neurological Institute to present 2013 Neurocritical Care & Stroke Conference

University Hospitals (UH) Neurological Institute, in partnership with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will present the 10th Annual Cleveland Neurocritical Care & Stroke Conference: With a Little Help From My Friends on March 8, 2013 at Case Western Reserve University's Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building.

18 Dec 2012

Global Fund, Nigeria sign grants for HIV, TB initiatives

"On Thursday (Dec. 14), Nigeria signed five grant agreements with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria," with some of the money going "to provide for antiretroviral therapy treatment and prevention services, particularly on mother-to-child HIV transmission," Devex's "The Development Newswire" blog reports.

18 Dec 2012

Opinions differ on proposed HIV/AIDS levies in Uganda

Writing in DevelopmentEducation.ie, Jamie Hitchen of the Human Rights Centre Uganda explores a proposal in Uganda to create "a fund specifically designated to assist projects for HIV and AIDS prevention and protection" that would "generate cash through levies on bank transactions and interest, air tickets, beer, soft drinks and cigarettes, as well as taxes on goods and services traded within Uganda."

18 Dec 2012

Turning small errors into bigger ones: A problem for EHRs

As electronic health record systems become more interconnected, errors may propagate much farther than under old paper-based systems, a recent study suggested. According to a review by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend to be amplified and can affect a larger group of people.

18 Dec 2012

Legal settlement paves way for Medicare to cover more home care

For years, Medicare recipients with chronic conditions have had difficulty qualifying for home health services administered by nurses and therapists.

18 Dec 2012

Telestroke networks can improve bottom line of patients and hospitals

Telestroke networks that enable the remote and rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke can improve the bottom line of patients and hospitals, researchers report.

18 Dec 2012

Guardian examines challenges of eliminating river blindness in Africa

The Guardian's "Global Development Professionals Network" blog "reports on the challenges of eliminating river blindness from Africa by 2025."

18 Dec 2012

Gates Foundation interview examines Global Burden of Disease report

In a post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, blog editor Amie Newman interviews Trevor Mundel, president of the Global Health Program at the foundation, about the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in the Lancet last week.

18 Dec 2012

PSI Impact magazine reviews 2012 'top 10 milestones in global health'

The latest issue of PSI Impact magazine reviews "the top 10 milestones in global health in 2012" and includes exclusive authored pieces about each, Marshall Stowell, editor-in-chief of the magazine, writes in PSI's "Impact" blog.

18 Dec 2012

Poll: Cost of care causes 3 in 10 Americans to skip necessary medical treatment

A record number of Americans are skipping necessary medical care because of cost, according to a new Gallup poll.

18 Dec 2012

School shootings raise questions about adequacy, availability of mental health care

President Barack Obama said at a prayer service Sunday that he would engage in a dialogue with all Americans, including law enforcement and mental health professionals, about how to curb rising gun violence, but psychiatrists say it's difficult to identify who among the mentally ill is likely to be truly dangerous.

18 Dec 2012

Marketplace changes: Hospitals work on insurance arms; Walgreen eyes hospice business

A growing number of hospital systems are moving to start their own insurance plans, aiming to broaden their roles and prepare for the changes coming under the federal health-care overhaul. Piedmont Healthcare and WellStar Health System, both in the Atlanta area, are set to announce a jointly owned insurance arm, with the goal of marketing coverage to employers and Medicare recipients in 2014.

18 Dec 2012

New AMGF healthcare campaign aims at preventing, detecting and controlling hypertension

A recent international survey on the global burden of disease identified hypertension (high blood pressure) as the leading "risk factor" for disease around the world.

18 Dec 2012

Viewpoints: Raising Medicare's entitlement age doesn't save money; New anti-fraud efforts

Looking for ways to slow the growth of entitlement programs, budget negotiators in Washington are considering making seniors wait two years longer to qualify for Medicare - from age 65 to 67. Many Republicans have endorsed the idea, noting that Medicare beneficiaries now live far longer on average than they did when Congress created the program in 1965.

18 Dec 2012

Researchers describe how medical and nursing schools could help prevent potentially deadly errors

More than a decade ago, an Institute of Medicine study revealed that preventable medical errors were a leading cause of death, accounting for more fatalities than breast cancer, traffic accidents or AIDS in the United States. Today, the problem of medical errors remains and might even have escalated.

18 Dec 2012

Boehner offers tax increases in exchange for $1 trillion in cuts to social benefit programs

The latest offer by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is seen as progress in the negotiations between Congress and the White House, but in return Boehner is asking for significant cuts in Medicare and other programs.

18 Dec 2012

'Obamacare' roundup: Contraception mandate, 'grandfathered plans' face challenges in 2013

There's no reason to try legal challenges to the contraception mandate brought by religious employers who are now protected from it until HHS decides how it will try to accommodate them, government lawyers told federal appellate court judges Friday.

18 Dec 2012

U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with cyber threats

The health care system in the U.S. is a $2.5 trillion industry and depends heavily on communication and the transfer of information via the Internet. This puts it at ever-increasing risk of a cyberterrorism attack, which could jeopardize lives and threaten patient care and privacy. Cyber threats are on the rise, and U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with them, according to an article published in Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

18 Dec 2012

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports from Elsevier

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (JPS Case Reports), a new online-only, open access journal devoted to the rapid publication of short, precise reports in pediatric surgery.

18 Dec 2012

LSDF announces five new grants to support commercial development of health-care products

The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced over $1 million in five awards to support commercial development of new health and health-care products within both the non-profit and for-profit sectors in Washington.

18 Dec 2012

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CWRU, UH Neurological Institute to present 2013 Neurocritical Care & Stroke Conference

Global Fund, Nigeria sign grants for HIV, TB initiatives

Opinions differ on proposed HIV/AIDS levies in Uganda

Turning small errors into bigger ones: A problem for EHRs

Legal settlement paves way for Medicare to cover more home care

Telestroke networks can improve bottom line of patients and hospitals

Guardian examines challenges of eliminating river blindness in Africa

Gates Foundation interview examines Global Burden of Disease report

PSI Impact magazine reviews 2012 'top 10 milestones in global health'

Poll: Cost of care causes 3 in 10 Americans to skip necessary medical treatment

School shootings raise questions about adequacy, availability of mental health care

Marketplace changes: Hospitals work on insurance arms; Walgreen eyes hospice business

New AMGF healthcare campaign aims at preventing, detecting and controlling hypertension

Viewpoints: Raising Medicare's entitlement age doesn't save money; New anti-fraud efforts

Researchers describe how medical and nursing schools could help prevent potentially deadly errors

Boehner offers tax increases in exchange for $1 trillion in cuts to social benefit programs

'Obamacare' roundup: Contraception mandate, 'grandfathered plans' face challenges in 2013

U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with cyber threats

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports from Elsevier

LSDF announces five new grants to support commercial development of health-care products

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