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Feedback intervention improves hand hygiene compliance in modern hospitals

A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap.

25 Oct 2012

Washington Post live holds discussion on NCDs

MSH's "Global Health Impact" blog provides a Storify summary of a Washington Post Live panel discussion on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that took place last week.

25 Oct 2012

USAID releases progress report for Feed the Future

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah last week released the first progress report for the U.S. global food security program, Feed the Future, which "has helped 1.8 million food producers adopt improved technologies or management practices that can lead to more resilient crops, higher yields and increased incomes," IIP Digital reports.

25 Oct 2012

U.S. pledges additional $58M in aid for Horn of Africa

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a statement on Monday "announced an extra $58 million in aid for Horn of Africa countries," Agence France-Presse/Times Live reports.

25 Oct 2012

Wis. Senate candidates wrestle with health policy issues

Medicare and the health law also are emerging as flashpoints in Pennsylvania's Senate contest and various House races.

24 Oct 2012

Rep. Issa subpoenas HHS records on Medicare Advantage program

Republicans have suggested that a demonstration project providing more funding to the program is helping to cover up the cuts from the health law. The administration provided 1,300 pages of documents to Issa last week.

24 Oct 2012

New U-M mobile phone app for concussion patients

A new mobile phone app, the first of its kind, helps concussion patients track their activities and symptoms, and share that information with their healthcare team. The app from the University of Michigan, is called Return2Play.

24 Oct 2012

'Substantial' variation from state to state in hospital safety records

Arizona, California, Illinois and Ohio scored the best marks for hospital care in a new report ... The differences between states are "substantial,'' says Evan Marks, a lead author. "For instance, in Alabama you have a 42% higher risk of dying from a heart attack in a hospital than in Arizona."

24 Oct 2012

New report on overview of medical researchers' training across Europe

Fostering and improving medical research education is crucial to biomedical research and clinical patient treatment, and as such it has been identified as the main challenge in every joint European Science Foundation (ESF) - European Research Medical Councils (EMRC) strategy report. A new policy report entitled "Medical Research Education in Europe" has just been published looking at crucial factors to improve medical research education throughout Europe.

24 Oct 2012

Meningitis outbreak linked to pharmaceutical compounding has long history

News outlets report that the FDA released a list of customers - including some major hospitals - of the New England Compounding Center. But the FDA later "found technical problems" and withdrew the list, promising to repost it as soon as the data are corrected.

24 Oct 2012

University of California, San Diego associate administrator recognized as Woman of the Year

Lisa Murphy, associate administrator for University of California, San Diego Health System and administrative director for Cardiovascular and Medicine Services, has been chosen "Woman of the Year" in the field of health care by the Women in Leadership program sponsored by the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce.

24 Oct 2012

Developments regarding ways to connect elderly or disabled people with care

Kaiser Health News reports on how one program helps people on Medicaid move out of institutional settings and return to the community while The New York Times reports on an agreement that might make it easier for people with chronic conditions and disabilities to qualify for Medicare coverage of home health care, skilled nursing home-stays and outpatient therapy.

24 Oct 2012

Stark health care spending differences between U.S., other developed countries

A new report says the U.S. spends more than 2 1/2 times most developed nations. And a survey finds corporate executives are more worried about their companies' health costs than other issues.

24 Oct 2012

Campaign season stress relieving tips

A monumental event is upon us and we have the power to choose our country's future path with the simple click of a button. No pressure. All we have to do is keep ourselves informed of each presidential candidate's position by watching debates, reading articles, listening to the news and even paying some attention to the barrage of campaign advertisements on TV and radio. Feeling slightly overwhelmed?

24 Oct 2012

Dementia: A National Crisis – a review of the Manchester 2012 conference

It was clear from the title – Dementia: A National Crisis – that the conference would focus on the important challenges facing many people living with dementia in the country today.

24 Oct 2012

Focus on GHI principles necessary to ensure success of U.S. global health programs

Noting that the Global Health Initiative (GHI) leadership and the three core entities of GHI -- USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and PEPFAR -- announced the closure of the GHI office and an end to the initiative's current phase on July 3, Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, writes in the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog that "the three agencies will be responsible for ensuring that the GHI principles are implemented in the field to achieve global health goals."

24 Oct 2012

Nanotechnology for Louisiana conference to be held on Nov. 9

Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science will host industry leaders from throughout the region as well as faculty and research experts from Louisiana Tech at the "Nanotechnology for Louisiana" conference, November 9 at the Louisiana Tech Shreveport Center in Shreveport.

24 Oct 2012

Blueprint for AIDS-free generation must allow HIV funds to be used for family planning

In the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog, Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, notes that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the XIX International AIDS Conference in July that all women should be able to decide "when and whether to have children" and that PEPFAR, in a guidance released last week.

24 Oct 2012

Paralympics athlete launches On My Feet Again at Neurotech Leaders Forum

A sailor who won a silver medal at this summer's London Paralympics describes in a new book how cutting-edge medical technology from the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center allowed her to resume an active life after being paralyzed 14 years ago.

24 Oct 2012