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Global Health Technologies Coalition blog responds to President's FY13 budget request

In this post in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) "Breakthroughs" blog, Ashley Bennett, senior policy associate at GHTC, responds to the release of President Obama's FY 2013 budget request, writing, "In his introduction to the overall budget request, Obama emphasized that research and development (R&D) programs are essential to the U.S. economy and the country's future.

18 Feb 2012

New publication explains role of standards-based interoperable digital identities in healthcare

A new publication explains how standards-based interoperable digital identities are needed to transform healthcare to a paperless and fully electronic business environment. It is being issued in conjunction with the annual meeting of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), February 20-24 in Las Vegas.

18 Feb 2012

Medicare Part D beneficiaries flock to lower cost Part D plans with competitive pharmacy networks

New 2012 Medicare Part D data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show the growing popularity among Medicare Part D beneficiaries in choosing plans featuring lower cost preferred pharmacy network options.

18 Feb 2012

Not-for-profit company leads push for automation of Medicaid enrollment process

Venture capitalists and Wall Street have invested millions of dollars to capitalize on the health care industry's burgeoning demand for information technology. But in New York State, the push to automate the Medicaid enrollment process is being led not by a behemoth IT corporation, but by a tiny not-for-profit: the Hudson Center for Health Equity & Quality (Hudson Center). And 2012 is shaping up to be its breakout year.

18 Feb 2012

UM's Momentum2 Campaign receives $100M gift from DRIF

Accelerating its longstanding commitment to cure diabetes, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is making the lead gift of $100 million to Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami.

18 Feb 2012

NSU launches blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds

National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU), a leading insurance program administrator, is launching two blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds in the hospitality and healthcare industries respectively.

18 Feb 2012

FDA to reconsider diet drug that failed to get approval in 2010

Next week, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will recommend whether the agency should approve the first new prescription diet pill in 13 years. The F.D.A. rejected the drug under review, Qnexa, in 2010, amid safety concerns, and the drug's manufacturer is now presenting additional data to argue its case.

18 Feb 2012

Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care are now joined as Presence Health

Presence Health has been chosen as the name of the new healthcare system formed by the November 2011 merger of Provena Health of Mokena, IL, and Resurrection Health Care of Chicago, IL. A formal rollout of a new logo and related branding will occur over the next several months.

18 Feb 2012

More than 1 in 4 elderly patients received potentially hazardous drugs during 2007

More than one in four elderly patients was given potentially hazardous medication during 2007. That is the conclusion of a study by Ute Amann and her co-authors in the current issue of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

18 Feb 2012

Ala. mental hospitals to close; La. hospital copes with budget cuts; D.C. gets mental health system

Alabama will shut down most of its mental health hospitals by the spring of 2013 in a sweeping plan to cut costs and change how the state's psychiatric patients receive treatment, state officials announced on Wednesday.

18 Feb 2012

Clinton holds press conference marking International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, recognized on February 6, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "said ... that there is no cultural justification for female genital cutting, a practice that is sometimes referred to as female circumcision," and that "governments and non-governmental organizations are making progress toward ending female genital mutilation, or FGM, by reaching out to those who still practice it," VOA News reports.

18 Feb 2012

Five types of food rich in good fats

Contrary to the belief that eating low fat food will make you lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, what really matters is the type of fat that you eat.

18 Feb 2012

MSF warns health, living conditions of refugees in Dadaab camp deteriorating

The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Thursday said the conditions for hundreds of thousands of refugees living in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp are worsening and people there "are experiencing a 'humanitarian emergency' because of the scaling back of aid work," Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (2/16).

18 Feb 2012

Increased bacterial loads in potable water may have significant health effects on indigenous people

Indigenous people around the world are among the most vulnerable to climate change and are increasingly susceptible to the pathogen loads found in potable water after heavy rainfall or rapid snow melt.

18 Feb 2012

PCMA launches That's What PBMs Do campaign in Maryland

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has launched a new ad campaign in Maryland that highlights the core value proposition of pharmacy benefit managers.

18 Feb 2012

AUA: SGR is a fatally flawed payment system and a tremendous burden to physicians

In response to today's vote by Congress to legislation that provides a 10-month delay to Medicare physician reimbursement cuts, freezing current rates and averting a 27.4 percent cut, the American Urological Association (AUA) issued the following statement.

18 Feb 2012

ACAAI allergists available to discuss risks associated with asthma

The tragic death of journalist Anthony Shadid due to asthma and allergies underscores the realities of these serious diseases. Allergists Stanley Fineman, MD, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, (ACAAI), and James Sublett, MD, chair of the ACAAI Environment Committee are available to discuss the risks associated with asthma.

18 Feb 2012

Sensors in Design conference to take place on March 28-29

2012 kicks off the inaugural Design West event in San Jose, CA featuring the Sensors in Design summit. The Sensors in Design conference is set to take place on March 28-29, 2012, featuring sessions lead by the top sensor fabricators as well as leading companies utilizing sensor technology in order to enhance functionality and interactivity in their products.

18 Feb 2012

Catholic bishops call birth control compromise 'simply unworkable'

A wealthy backer of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum apologizes for aspirin-as-birth control "joke," a day after female lawmakers stage walkout from a GOP-led committee hearing after no women were allowed to testify for the contraception mandate.

18 Feb 2012

Evergreen receives Advanced Certification in Inpatient Diabetes from The Joint Commission

Evergreen Healthcare has earned Advanced Certification in Inpatient Diabetes from The Joint Commission for its comprehensive diabetes treatment program, establishing it as Washington state's only program to currently hold the distinction.

18 Feb 2012

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Global Health Technologies Coalition blog responds to President's FY13 budget request

New publication explains role of standards-based interoperable digital identities in healthcare

Medicare Part D beneficiaries flock to lower cost Part D plans with competitive pharmacy networks

Not-for-profit company leads push for automation of Medicaid enrollment process

UM's Momentum2 Campaign receives $100M gift from DRIF

NSU launches blogs targeted toward brokers and insureds

FDA to reconsider diet drug that failed to get approval in 2010

Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care are now joined as Presence Health

More than 1 in 4 elderly patients received potentially hazardous drugs during 2007

Ala. mental hospitals to close; La. hospital copes with budget cuts; D.C. gets mental health system

Clinton holds press conference marking International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM

Five types of food rich in good fats

MSF warns health, living conditions of refugees in Dadaab camp deteriorating

Increased bacterial loads in potable water may have significant health effects on indigenous people

PCMA launches That's What PBMs Do campaign in Maryland

AUA: SGR is a fatally flawed payment system and a tremendous burden to physicians

ACAAI allergists available to discuss risks associated with asthma

Sensors in Design conference to take place on March 28-29

Catholic bishops call birth control compromise 'simply unworkable'

Evergreen receives Advanced Certification in Inpatient Diabetes from The Joint Commission

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