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Hospitals attract investors' attention

Such construction plans are just one example of how publicly traded U.S. hospital chains are preparing for a new era in healthcare. In many cases, operators like Community Health and Health Management Associates Inc are becoming turnaround strategists, taking over struggling nonprofit community hospitals for bargain prices and investing in new technology for the promise of a new revenue stream.

22 Jun 2012

Using Medicare data to curb Medicaid fraud

Projects are underway to make Medicare data more useful to states in an effort to keep fraudulent providers out of their respective Medicaid programs.

22 Jun 2012

Violence is a disease that has to be treated

The Windy City is now The Wounded City, thanks to a spate of carnage that has Chicago ranked tops nationally in violence for several weeks in a row. Violent crime costs Chicago about $5.3 billion a year, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress. Homicides have risen about 35 percent compared to the same period in 2011.

22 Jun 2012

Guardian blog profiles work of Brazilian family planning organization

"In the 1990s, when the U.S. shifted its aid policy away from family planning, and from Latin America, the Brazilian NGO Bemfam found itself with a yearly funding hole of $2 million," the Guardian's "Poverty Matters Blog" reports in a profile of the NGO and family planning in Brazil.

22 Jun 2012

State roundup: Mass. grapples with EHR privacy issues

Providers in separate networks are preparing to share patients' records more widely online -- to better coordinate care and cut wasteful spending. This will probably intensify the debate about what should and should not be shared, as well as fears about the unauthorized release of patient information.

22 Jun 2012

Ads take issue with health law

News outlets report on various ad campaigns designed to criticize the Democrats' health law.

22 Jun 2012

Analyzing the court's possible impact

Consumers, small businesses and even the health insurance marketplace will face significant ramifications depending on how the court rules.

22 Jun 2012

Sanford Health CAO receives NOFAS Excellence Award for commitment to FAS

H. Eugene Hoyme, MD, chief academic officer for Sanford Health and president of Sanford , has received the 2012 Excellence Award from the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS), joining the ranks of almost 40 past recipients that include Senator John McCain and the late Ted Kennedy.

22 Jun 2012

Shanghai Institutes of Preventative Medicine, Gentris sign MOU to advance personalized medicine

Gentris Corporation, a global leader in the application of genomic biomarkers to clinical studies, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Shanghai Institutes of Preventative Medicine to advance global personalized medicine.

22 Jun 2012

IU gastroenterologist develops first guidelines for diagnosis and management of NAFLD

An Indiana University School of Medicine gastroenterologist led a team of distinguished physicians who developed the first guidelines for diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

22 Jun 2012

U.N. agencies renew commitment to REACH initiative to combat child hunger, malnutrition

"United Nations agencies on Wednesday stressed the need to tackle child hunger and undernutrition in the pursuit of sustainable development, highlighting a joint initiative that offers practical and effective approaches to combat this problem in the most affected countries," the U.N. News Centre reports.

22 Jun 2012

U.S. Department of Justice, Harden Healthcare reach settlement agreement

Harden Healthcare, a leading senior healthcare services provider and owner of Voyager HospiceCare and Hospice Care of Kansas, announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached with the U.S. Department of Justice.

22 Jun 2012

MedData launches patient satisfaction assessment services for healthcare industry

MedData, Inc., a leading provider of revenue cycle management services, recently introduced comprehensive patient satisfaction assessment services for the healthcare industry.

22 Jun 2012

The new wave of health care thinking: 'Frugal innovation'

The new wave of thinking effectively turns on its head the idea that healthcare innovation must always make something more high-tech, more sophisticated, more complex - and hence more expensive.

22 Jun 2012

Political jockeying accelerates in anticipation of decision

News outlets report on how political leaders, interest groups and the presidential campaigns have stepped up their messaging strategies surrounding the long-awaited Supreme Court ruling.

22 Jun 2012

Contingency management programs an effective way to reduce smoking in pregnant women

Cigarette smoking among drug dependent pregnant women is alarmingly high, estimated at 77 to 99%. Programs that treat pregnant patients for substance use disorders often fail to address cigarette smoking despite the clear risks to both mother and child, including ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, low birth weight, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. However, programs to help people quit smoking do not seem to interfere with drug abuse treatment, and may actually improve drug abstinence rates.

22 Jun 2012

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN receives UnitedHealthcare donation to help eradicate hunger

UnitedHealthcare has donated $100,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to aid in the fight against hunger. The donation is expected to help feed more than 10,000 hungry children, families and seniors by funding 40 Mobile Pantry deliveries throughout Middle and West Tennessee. Each Mobile Pantry will be coordinated with a local community organization, such as a church, senior center or help center.

22 Jun 2012

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act

"In an exciting move for the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) community, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2011 (S 641), bringing the bill one step closer to becoming a law," PSI's "Healthy Lives" blog reports.

22 Jun 2012

RPCI shares information on two new electronic platforms

Embracing the expanded possibilities of how people are receiving their information in a technological age, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is sharing information on two new electronic platforms: a digital edition of its Roswellness consumer magazine and a mobile website optimized for smartphone users.

22 Jun 2012

Polio eradication efforts threatened by funding shortfall, vaccination resistance in some countries, experts say

Marking the 10th anniversary since Europe was declared polio-free, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative on Wednesday released a report saying there is "a unique window of opportunity to stamp out polio for good," with the number of reported cases at historical lows, but a funding shortfall of about $1 million is threatening eradication progress, Reuters reports.

22 Jun 2012

Healthcare News

Hospitals attract investors' attention

Using Medicare data to curb Medicaid fraud

Violence is a disease that has to be treated

Guardian blog profiles work of Brazilian family planning organization

State roundup: Mass. grapples with EHR privacy issues

Ads take issue with health law

Analyzing the court's possible impact

Sanford Health CAO receives NOFAS Excellence Award for commitment to FAS

Shanghai Institutes of Preventative Medicine, Gentris sign MOU to advance personalized medicine

IU gastroenterologist develops first guidelines for diagnosis and management of NAFLD

U.N. agencies renew commitment to REACH initiative to combat child hunger, malnutrition

U.S. Department of Justice, Harden Healthcare reach settlement agreement

MedData launches patient satisfaction assessment services for healthcare industry

The new wave of health care thinking: 'Frugal innovation'

Political jockeying accelerates in anticipation of decision

Contingency management programs an effective way to reduce smoking in pregnant women

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN receives UnitedHealthcare donation to help eradicate hunger

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act

RPCI shares information on two new electronic platforms

Polio eradication efforts threatened by funding shortfall, vaccination resistance in some countries, experts say

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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