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FCP reports launch of comprehensive pharmacy services company, AlixaRx

Fillmore Capital Partners, a private investment company, today announced the formal launch of AlixaRx, a company that has been in development over the past four years. AlixaRx will provide comprehensive pharmacy services to post-acute and numerous other healthcare settings.

8 Oct 2012

First Edition: October 8, 2012

Today's headlines include reports and analysis from the campaign trail regarding both the presidential contest as well as House and Senate races.

8 Oct 2012

Kaiser Permanente to improve food offerings in 37 hospitals

Kaiser Permanente, a champion of healthy eating, announced Saturday it has signed a commitment with the Partnership for a Healthier America to improve food offerings in its 37 hospitals.

8 Oct 2012

Patient navigation services can reduce dangerous delays in identification of breast cancer

Today researchers from The George Washington University published a study showing that breast cancer patients can reduce potentially dangerous delays in the identification of breast cancer with the assistance of patient navigation services.

8 Oct 2012

Great expectations for Biden, Ryan debate

News outlets are noting that Medicare is likely to be a hot topic in Thursday's debate between Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan in Kentucky.

8 Oct 2012

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health epidemiologist receives Dean's Medal honor

Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has awarded the Dean's Medal-the School's highest honor-to William Foege, MD, MPH. Foege is a celebrated epidemiologist and physician who played a leading role in many of the important public health campaigns of the past half-century, including efforts to eradicate smallpox and to control onchocerciasis (the cause of river blindness) and guinea worm.

8 Oct 2012

Incidence of needlestick injuries appears to be lower among employees at retail pharmacy chain

Vaccinations for flu, tetanus and other common vaccines are increasingly taking place in non-medical settings such as supermarkets and drug stores. This added responsibility for pharmacists increases the risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs), puncture wounds often suffered while preparing or after use of a needle. NSIs can transmit bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis C and HIV, from an infected patient to the person administering the vaccine.

8 Oct 2012

WSU professor receives NSF grant for patient-centered medical home project

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is an emerging team-based approach for primary health care. PCMH is aimed at improving timely access to care, providing continuity of care by a health care team and lowering health care costs. PCMH aims to alleviate future health problems through tailored health care that focuses on patient wellness and prevention.

8 Oct 2012

Romney's debate health care claims facing continued challenges

News outlets continue to examine statements made in the presidential debate as they look ahead to Thursday nights vice-presidential debate.

8 Oct 2012

People with lower socioeconomic status remain at higher risk of dying from colon cancer

Despite medical advances in colon cancer screening and treatment, people with a lower socioeconomic status remain at a higher risk of dying from colon cancer. A new study in The Milbank Quarterly finds that states and communities that focus on increasing the adoption of innovative health care practices along with providing greater access to public health information can reduce these deaths.

6 Oct 2012

Navitus successfully implements PBM program for TACHP

Navitus Health Solutions, LLC, a national, full pass-through pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), announces the successful implementation of a PBM program for the Texas Association of Community Based Health Plans (TACHP), a group of managed Medicaid and CHIP plans in Texas.

6 Oct 2012

Challenges, opportunities in implementing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents local governments with both challenges and opportunities. As the various provisions of the legislation go into effect, local government leaders are retooling their healthcare plans to improve health and reduce costs, while also playing an important role in the law's implementation at the local level.

6 Oct 2012

FMCNA urges dialysis patients to get flu shots

With flu season just around the corner, Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the nation's leading network of dialysis facilities, is urging dialysis patients to get flu shots to protect themselves against this common infectious disease. In October, FMCNA will begin offering at no cost to all of its dialysis patients and staff, flu vaccinations, which protect against both seasonal flu and H1N1 swine flu.

6 Oct 2012

Digital Assent releases redesigned PatientPad 2 for iPad platform

Digital Assent, a fast-growing healthcare media and marketing company headquartered in Atlanta, today announced the official release of PatientPad 2.

6 Oct 2012

HHS honors Children's Hospital Los Angeles for excellence in organ donation

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is honoring Children's Hospital Los Angeles for its commitment to saving lives through organ and tissue donation. The hospital will receive the Silver Medal of Honor today for excellence in organ donation at the 7th National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in Grapevine, Tex.

6 Oct 2012

Viewpoints: Romney's shifts back to moderate?; His misleading comments on pre-existing conditions; Debate's half-truths

Far from being a pitchfork-wielding populist who wants to raze Washington, Romney said he would work with the people he finds there. ... He bragged that in his old job as governor, he met with Democrats every week. He boasted about his bipartisan health care bill. ... he gave us a hint of a strong center-right pragmatic approach.

6 Oct 2012

Department of Veterans Affairs implements pilot version of Diabetes Prevention Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the implementation of a pilot version of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a program being promoted nationally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aimed at reducing the number of Veterans who develop diabetes.

6 Oct 2012

Forbes features two interviews with global health leaders

Forbes features two interviews with global health leaders. Contributor Rahim Kanani spoke with Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI Alliance, about GAVI's impact, innovation, public-private collaboration, and leadership and responsibility. In the interview, Berkley said vaccinating children not only protects them from disease, but it "protects families and whole communities.

6 Oct 2012

No replacement in developing countries for health care workers lost to migration

In the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog, Smisha Agarwal, co-founder and India country director of Global Health Bridge, examines the global migration of health workers, highlighting a book titled "Insourced," in which Kate Tulenko, senior director for health systems innovation at IntraHealth International, "argues that the U.S. drains health care workers from poor countries."

6 Oct 2012

State highlights: Controversial Pa. Health Secretary quits; Kansas court decision on malpractice cap expected today

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Eli N. Avila, who became known in the Capitol for a dispute over an egg sandwich and other episodes, has quit his $146,500-a-year post in Gov. Corbett's cabinet. The governor announced the departure Thursday in a news release that said Avila, 52, was leaving to pursue "other interests" and was looking forward to spending more time with his family in New York.

6 Oct 2012

Healthcare News

FCP reports launch of comprehensive pharmacy services company, AlixaRx

First Edition: October 8, 2012

Kaiser Permanente to improve food offerings in 37 hospitals

Patient navigation services can reduce dangerous delays in identification of breast cancer

Great expectations for Biden, Ryan debate

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health epidemiologist receives Dean's Medal honor

Incidence of needlestick injuries appears to be lower among employees at retail pharmacy chain

WSU professor receives NSF grant for patient-centered medical home project

Romney's debate health care claims facing continued challenges

People with lower socioeconomic status remain at higher risk of dying from colon cancer

Navitus successfully implements PBM program for TACHP

Challenges, opportunities in implementing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

FMCNA urges dialysis patients to get flu shots

Digital Assent releases redesigned PatientPad 2 for iPad platform

HHS honors Children's Hospital Los Angeles for excellence in organ donation

Viewpoints: Romney's shifts back to moderate?; His misleading comments on pre-existing conditions; Debate's half-truths

Department of Veterans Affairs implements pilot version of Diabetes Prevention Program

Forbes features two interviews with global health leaders

No replacement in developing countries for health care workers lost to migration

State highlights: Controversial Pa. Health Secretary quits; Kansas court decision on malpractice cap expected today

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