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World Health Care Congress to be held in Washington D.C.

The 9th Annual World Health Care Congress will be held April 16-18, 2012 in Washington D.C.. The event is a cross-industry event convening of health care leaders from business, government and academia.

7 Apr 2012

Gingrich's health care consulting firm declares bankruptcy

GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's health care consulting company filed for bankruptcy Thursday. The Center for Health Transformation charged up to $200,000 annually to drugmakers, insurers and hospitals for Gingrich's advice and may have suffered after he stepped down to seek the GOP nomination for president, reports say.

7 Apr 2012

ASU, AONE form Transdisciplinary Consortium for Innovation Leadership in Health Care

The American Organization of Nursing Executives (AONE) and the Arizona State University (ASU) College of Nursing and Health Innovation announce the formation of the Transdisciplinary Consortium for Innovation Leadership in Health Care.

7 Apr 2012

Study shows artemisinin-resistant malaria parasite spreading along Thai-Myanmar border

A strain of malaria that is resistant to artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is spreading along the Thai-Myanmar border and has the potential to spread to Africa if efforts to effectively treat and prevent the disease are not undertaken, according to a study published in the Lancet on Friday, Reuters reports.

7 Apr 2012

G8 should discuss world's over-60 population to develop policies for 'healthy, active and productive aging'

"Within five years, for the first time in history, the number of adults 65 and older will exceed the number of children younger than five, the World Health Organization reports," "which is why the aging global population's impact on social stability, economic growth and fiscal sustainability should be part of the agenda at next month's Group of Eight summit," Michael Hodin, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and executive director of the Global Coalition on Aging, writes in a Washington Post opinion piece.

7 Apr 2012

HSS to receive 2012 Gallup Great Workplace Award

Hospital for Special Surgery has received, for the first time, the 2012 "Gallup Great Workplace Award" and is the only hospital in the Northeast to achieve this recognition.

7 Apr 2012

NORD, Corcept partner to establish Cushing's Syndrome Patient Assistance Program

In partnership with Corcept Therapeutics Inc., the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has established a Cushing's Syndrome Patient Assistance Program for patients with endogenous Cushing's syndrome who need financial assistance with certain costs related to their medical diagnosis and/or care.

7 Apr 2012

Swedish Neuroscience Institute to open new MS Center

Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) will open its new MS Center at Swedish to patients on April 9. Carefully designed for easy accessibility and to promote the well-being of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the new 11,700-square-foot center gives SNI the ability to consolidate all of its MS services into one facility.

7 Apr 2012

Alternative therapy for knee surgery from The Pain Whisperer

Jeremy Lin is scheduled to undergo surgery for his knee within the week and will be down for six weeks, ending his season. Tom Chi, also known as The Pain Whisperer and star of the upcoming reality TV series of the same name, offers a remarkable alternative therapy to this type of surgery.

7 Apr 2012

State roundup: Health costs cloud forecast for state budgets; Minnesota to use HMO refund on personal care

U.S. state and local governments' fiscal situations have improved recently but will still deteriorate through 2060, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday. ... The outlook remains gloomy for the future, with healthcare costs, both for public employees and for the Medicaid insurance program for the poor, swelling and weighing on budgets, GAO said.

7 Apr 2012

Premier, healthcare providers to create performance improvement collaboratives

The Premier healthcare alliance is working with hospitals, health systems and manufacturers to create performance improvement collaboratives that evaluate which clinical practices result in better outcomes while lowering costs.

7 Apr 2012

Obama and Romney campaigns assail the other's budget plans

Each casts the other's plans for entitlement programs, such as Medicare, as dangerous.

7 Apr 2012

Free public grouper of medical condition episodes-of-care from CCGroup

CCGroup is pleased to announce the release today of a free download version of the Cave Grouper software known as CaveGrouper-Lite. This is the first public grouper of medical condition episodes-of-care.

7 Apr 2012

Rash Guard raises funds to support American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts

The Rash Guard Company would like to show its support for the American Red Cross by raising funds to help people affected by natural disasters. The Rash Guard Company, a leading online retailer of Rash Guard products will donate a percentage of all sales to the Red Cross for use in its international relief efforts.

7 Apr 2012

California regulator calls Aetna rate hike 'unreasonable'; Maricopa County (Ariz.) hikes premiums for stealth smokers

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones used authority, granted under a year-old state law, to call out the rates as unreasonable. In Arizona, Maricopa County raised premiums on hundreds of county workers who either failed a saliva testing for nicotine or refused to take it.

7 Apr 2012

Study explores risk of re-hospitalization among stroke patients

Stroke patients receiving in-patient rehabilitation are more likely to land back in the hospital within three months if they are functioning poorly, show signs of depression and lack social support according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. Hospital readmission for older adults within 30 days of discharge costs Medicare roughly $18 billion annually.

7 Apr 2012

No one funding model is sufficient to ensure availability of life-saving drugs

"Trade deals are threatening generic drugs -- we need new ways to incentivize affordable drug development," Daniele Dionisio, head of the research project Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines (GESPAM) and a member of the European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-Related Diseases, writes in this SciDev.Net opinion piece.

7 Apr 2012

Miss. Senate passes bill that could shut state's only abortion clinic; Arizona lawmakers get knitted uteruses as protest

The Mississippi bill, which would require doctors working at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges to a local hospital, passed the House last month and is expected to be signed by the governor. Meanwhile, 32 Republican lawmakers in Arizona received knitted uteruses as part of a national protest against government regulation of women's health.

7 Apr 2012

NIMH honors SUNY Downstate professor with MERIT award

Todd C. Sacktor, M.D., distinguished professor of physiology and pharmacology and of neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has received a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for his research on memory.

7 Apr 2012

Research roundup: Effects of health exchanges; Improving provider performance; Governors' 2013 budgets and Medicaid

Authors analyzed the cost and coverage implications of various scenarios of the health insurance exchanges that are called for in the health law. They predicted that about 1 million uninsured people in the state would get insurance through the exchanges and said that premiums in the small group and individual market would be lower than if the health law was not in effect.

7 Apr 2012

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World Health Care Congress to be held in Washington D.C.

Gingrich's health care consulting firm declares bankruptcy

ASU, AONE form Transdisciplinary Consortium for Innovation Leadership in Health Care

Study shows artemisinin-resistant malaria parasite spreading along Thai-Myanmar border

G8 should discuss world's over-60 population to develop policies for 'healthy, active and productive aging'

HSS to receive 2012 Gallup Great Workplace Award

NORD, Corcept partner to establish Cushing's Syndrome Patient Assistance Program

Swedish Neuroscience Institute to open new MS Center

Alternative therapy for knee surgery from The Pain Whisperer

State roundup: Health costs cloud forecast for state budgets; Minnesota to use HMO refund on personal care

Premier, healthcare providers to create performance improvement collaboratives

Obama and Romney campaigns assail the other's budget plans

Free public grouper of medical condition episodes-of-care from CCGroup

Rash Guard raises funds to support American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts

California regulator calls Aetna rate hike 'unreasonable'; Maricopa County (Ariz.) hikes premiums for stealth smokers

Study explores risk of re-hospitalization among stroke patients

No one funding model is sufficient to ensure availability of life-saving drugs

Miss. Senate passes bill that could shut state's only abortion clinic; Arizona lawmakers get knitted uteruses as protest

NIMH honors SUNY Downstate professor with MERIT award

Research roundup: Effects of health exchanges; Improving provider performance; Governors' 2013 budgets and Medicaid

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