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Sermo, athenahealth announce findings from third annual Physician Sentiment Index

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and care coordination services to medical groups, and Sermo, the world's largest online community for physicians, today announced the findings from the third annual Physician Sentiment Index (PSI).

15 Jun 2012

Fewer mothers, children dying globally, but progress varies greatly among countries, report says

"Deaths of mothers giving birth in developing countries have dropped by nearly half since 1990, while deaths of children under five have fallen from 12 million to 7.6 million, according to a new report released Wednesday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)," the Los Angeles Times reports.

15 Jun 2012

GAVI Alliance pledges up to $162M to control, prevent measles outbreaks in developing countries

"Seeking to address the devastating resurgence of measles, the GAVI Alliance will provide up to an additional $162 million to control and prevent outbreaks in developing countries," a GAVI press release reports, noting, "This funding will help countries bridge critical gaps in their efforts to build sustainable systems to control this deadly disease."

15 Jun 2012

In observing World Blood Donor Day, WHO recognizes donors' personal commitment to helping others

"Today we celebrate World Blood Donor Day -- a day devoted to thanking those among us who help save lives through blood donations and to raising awareness of the need for safe and secure blood supplies," a VOA editorial writes.

15 Jun 2012

Homeless people with CKD experience higher rates of premature death and kidney failure

Among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), homeless people experience higher rates of premature death and kidney failure, and they use emergency services much more often than impoverished peers with stable housing, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

15 Jun 2012

Ugandan civil organizations ask Supreme Court to declare death during childbirth violates women's rights

In an effort to lower the maternal mortality rate in Uganda, activists from more than 50 civil service organizations on Tuesday asked the country's Supreme Court "to declare that women's rights are violated when they die in childbirth," which could help make the government put more resources toward maternal health care and lower the rate of maternal deaths, currently about 100 per week, the Associated Press/Fox News reports.

15 Jun 2012

Mich. House approves abortion restrictions bill; AFL-CIO asks Mo. Gov. to veto abortion coverage bill

The Michigan bill would tighten regulation of abortion clinics and providers while making it a crime to coerce women into having an abortion. In Missouri, a union asks the governor to veto legislation that would allow employers to opt out of providing abortion or contraception health insurance coverage.

15 Jun 2012

Study details physician behavior issues; Another examines Spanish language skills and patient communication

A new study details findings regarding physicians' patterns of unprofessional behavior. Separate research investigated doctors' willingness to use limited Spanish to communicate with patients.

15 Jun 2012

Life-saving kidney transplants now available for older patients

In the past, a patient 55 or older had little or no chance of receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. But improvements in medicine have many doctors re-evaluating older patients who need a new organ.

15 Jun 2012

South African TB Conference hears demands from advocacy organizations to improve, decentralize treatment

The 2012 South African TB Conference opened Tuesday night in Durban, with the Treatment Action Campaign, Section27, and Oxfam delivering "a memorandum containing five demands to conference organizers shortly before the opening," health-e News Service reports.

15 Jun 2012

Vorys launches new blog that focuses on health information technology

Vorys' fifth and newest blog was launched to provide interesting and pertinent analysis of a variety of issues involving health information technology (HIT). The blog, available at www.healtHITechlaw.com, will provide readers with frequent updates on developments in HIT, including HIPAA/HITECH compliance and the interplay of state privacy laws, electronic health record implementation and use challenges, review of new HIT tools and status of health information exchanges.

15 Jun 2012

New MAXIMUS podcast series focuses on government health and human services programs

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced the launch of a new podcast series that focuses on government health and human services programs.

15 Jun 2012

Opinion pieces, blog posts address Child Survival Call to Action

The governments of the United States, India, and Ethiopia, in collaboration with UNICEF, today are scheduled to launch the Child Survival Call to Action in Washington, D.C., a two-day event that brings together world leaders, public health experts, child health advocates and others in an effort to reduce child mortality to 20 per 1,000 by 2035 worldwide, with the ultimate goal of ending preventable child deaths.

15 Jun 2012

Health law supporters worry about 'signal' from big insurers to Supreme Court

Analysts, lobbyists and journalists are still examining the announcement that three large health insurance companies would allow some of the health law's more popular consumer provisions to go forward no matter how the court decides.

15 Jun 2012

END7 campaign launches tweet chat series

The END7 campaign, a global advocacy campaign run by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) "to raise awareness of the seven most common NTDs and cultivate the resources necessary to end them by 2020," is launching a tweet chat series on Twitter, which aims to bring global health non-governmental organizations together "to ask questions and share tips on social media," a post in the Global Network's "End the Neglect" blog reports.

15 Jun 2012

Roundup: Calpers rate hike approved; Painkiller databases slow abuse in Mass., Minn.; Health workers authorize strike in Philly

The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the third-largest purchaser of health benefits in the country, approved a 9.6 percent increase in health premiums next year for its nearly 1.3 million members.

15 Jun 2012

Healthcare becomes target in antitrust reviews

Healthcare found itself a prominent target of antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission last year, as all three of the new cases litigated by the agency related to hospitals or life-science companies.

15 Jun 2012

Under ACA 90% of Californians below age of 65 will be enrolled in health insurance programs

Nine out of 10 Californians under the age of 65 will be enrolled in health insurance programs as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a joint study by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

15 Jun 2012

African Sahel faces food insecurity despite record increase in cereal production; New partnership to address food supply in Middle East, North Africa

"According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) quarterly forecast of agricultural production and food," the world is expected to see a record increase in cereal production in 2012, "[b]ut despite the positive global trends, countries in Africa's Sahel region continue to face serious challenges to food security due to locally high food prices and civil strife, FAO said in a news release," the U.N. News Centre reports.

15 Jun 2012

Study examines constitutionality of pharmaceutical gift laws

We've all seen them in the waiting room of the doctor's office-pens, notepads, magnets, and clipboards adorned with the logos of brand-name drugs. These freebies may seem inconsequential, but a large and compelling body of evidence shows that even these small gifts may influence which drug a doctor prescribes.

14 Jun 2012

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Sermo, athenahealth announce findings from third annual Physician Sentiment Index

Fewer mothers, children dying globally, but progress varies greatly among countries, report says

GAVI Alliance pledges up to $162M to control, prevent measles outbreaks in developing countries

In observing World Blood Donor Day, WHO recognizes donors' personal commitment to helping others

Homeless people with CKD experience higher rates of premature death and kidney failure

Ugandan civil organizations ask Supreme Court to declare death during childbirth violates women's rights

Mich. House approves abortion restrictions bill; AFL-CIO asks Mo. Gov. to veto abortion coverage bill

Study details physician behavior issues; Another examines Spanish language skills and patient communication

Life-saving kidney transplants now available for older patients

South African TB Conference hears demands from advocacy organizations to improve, decentralize treatment

Vorys launches new blog that focuses on health information technology

New MAXIMUS podcast series focuses on government health and human services programs

Opinion pieces, blog posts address Child Survival Call to Action

Health law supporters worry about 'signal' from big insurers to Supreme Court

END7 campaign launches tweet chat series

Roundup: Calpers rate hike approved; Painkiller databases slow abuse in Mass., Minn.; Health workers authorize strike in Philly

Healthcare becomes target in antitrust reviews

Under ACA 90% of Californians below age of 65 will be enrolled in health insurance programs

African Sahel faces food insecurity despite record increase in cereal production; New partnership to address food supply in Middle East, North Africa

Study examines constitutionality of pharmaceutical gift laws

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