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University Hospitals to deploy Allscripts EHR for 1,400 physicians across Northeast Ohio

University Hospitals (UH), one of the nation's leading healthcare systems, will significantly expand its deployment of Allscripts ambulatory and acute care solutions to enable caregivers throughout Northeast Ohio to collaborate for a team approach to patient care.

14 Feb 2011

AP: Crooks find Medicare Part D an easy target

Crooks are taking advantage of lax oversight in Medicare's Part D prescription drug program to obtain highly addictive drugs including oxycodone, Ritalin, and methadone, according to results of a federal probe.

14 Feb 2011

Questcor's pricing issue

After Questcor Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the drug Acthar, its sole product, more than 10-fold in 2007, its shares began a climb from pennies to $14 and change. Acthar

14 Feb 2011

Best Practices publishes new report on 'Innovations in Patient-Focused Initiatives'

For the biopharmaceutical industry, the changing healthcare marketplace has increased the importance - and difficulty - of interacting with patients to improve outcomes. New technologies and access restrictions have created both opportunities and challenges for approaching and engaging patient populations to improve disease control.

14 Feb 2011

Med DataCare Pro and home-based billers join to create healthcare professional network

Med DataCare Pro, a healthcare service provider based in Dallas since 1999, now joins hands with home-based billers to create a network of healthcare professionals at a national level for the mutual benefit of home-based billers, physicians and Med DataCare Pro.

14 Feb 2011

Huntington Insurance adds HealthWarehouse.com to prescription drug benefit program

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc., a leading retail mail-order pharmacy, and Huntington Insurance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and leader in employee benefits products, announced today a partnership that will give customers across the Midwest access to low-cost generic prescription medication.

14 Feb 2011

First Edition: February 14, 2011

Today's headlines are focused on President Obama's budget proposal and what it does and does not include.

14 Feb 2011

Public-sector research has had an immediate effect on improving public health: Study

AUTM President Ashley Stevens, D. Phil. (Oxon), CLP is the lead author of The Role of Public Sector Research in the Discovery of Drugs and Vaccines, a paper published in the Feb. 10 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

14 Feb 2011

Johns Hopkins nursing students promote healthy diet and lifestyles in Baltimore's vulnerable communities

When Johns Hopkins nursing students aren't hitting the books or practicing clinical skills, they're promoting healthy diet and lifestyles in Baltimore's vulnerable communities. These students are cooking up some fun with local residents with support from Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association grants.

14 Feb 2011

Registration open for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis healthcare summit

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) announced today that registration is now open for the IPF Summit 2011: From Bench to Bedside. The conference will feature an innovative two-day continuing medical education (CME) program for physicians, researchers, and other health care professionals. Additionally there will be a separate one-day patient, family member, and caregiver program to address the growing educational needs of the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) community.

14 Feb 2011

Free, confidential home-kit testing for sexually transmitted infections effective with young people

Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins say new research clearly shows that screening teens and young adults for sexually transmitted infections may best be achieved by making free, confidential home-kit testing available over the Internet. From a public health standpoint, the project is a clear winner, the experts say.

14 Feb 2011

Study: Young survivors covered by Medicare Part D often can't afford stroke medications

Young, uninsured stroke survivors or those covered by the Medicare Part D drug benefit often can't afford medications - increasing the risk for future strokes or other cardiovascular disease-related events, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011.

14 Feb 2011

Rising number of livestock diseases threatens public health, food security in developing countries, report says

"A growing number of livestock, such as cows and pigs, are fuelling new animal epidemics worldwide and posing more severe problems in developing countries as it threatens their food security, according to a report [.pdf] released on Friday" during an international conference in New Delhi, India, on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition & Health, Reuters reports (Lyn, 2/11).

14 Feb 2011

ER visits involving drug related suicide attempts reveal considerable fluctuations among adolescent males

A new study examining monthly and seasonal trends in the number of emergency department visits involving drug related suicide attempts reveals considerable fluctuations among adolescent males. The rate for the general population varies little.

14 Feb 2011

Northwest Hospital's Subacute Care Unit receives five-star U.S. News ranking

The Subacute Care Unit at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Maryland has received a high ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Best Nursing Homes.

14 Feb 2011

Study explores levels of burden and depression in caregivers with sensory impairment

When a person experiences impairment or declining health, caregiving typically falls to a family member, most often a spouse. This increased burden can cause burnout, stress, and illness in the caregiver. The health care system focuses first on the client and provides little support for the caregiver.

14 Feb 2011

New Republican spending cuts include well-known health programs

House Republican leaders pushed out a new round of proposed spending cuts Friday night as they sought to meet demands by conservatives in the party to trim $100 billion from the current spending levels. Health programs were among the targets.

14 Feb 2011

Campaign to undermine e-prescribing's safety, savings benefits

Some drug manufacturers are aggressively pushing legislative proposals in states across the country that if enacted would undermine electronic prescribing's (e-prescribing) proven safety and savings benefits, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) said today.

14 Feb 2011

HealthCare Alert introduces new web site and mobile application

HealthCare Alert, a new mobile health care company, launches its web site www.HealthCareAlert.com and mobile application HealthCare Alert on February 14, 2011 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

14 Feb 2011

SOC, UCLA present national stroke study data at 2011 International Stroke Conference

Specialists On Call, the nation's leading provider of clinical telemedicine services, announced today that it has presented data from a national stroke study conducted in partnership with the University of California at Los Angeles at the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.

14 Feb 2011

Healthcare News

University Hospitals to deploy Allscripts EHR for 1,400 physicians across Northeast Ohio

AP: Crooks find Medicare Part D an easy target

Questcor's pricing issue

Best Practices publishes new report on 'Innovations in Patient-Focused Initiatives'

Med DataCare Pro and home-based billers join to create healthcare professional network

Huntington Insurance adds HealthWarehouse.com to prescription drug benefit program

First Edition: February 14, 2011

Public-sector research has had an immediate effect on improving public health: Study

Johns Hopkins nursing students promote healthy diet and lifestyles in Baltimore's vulnerable communities

Registration open for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis healthcare summit

Free, confidential home-kit testing for sexually transmitted infections effective with young people

Study: Young survivors covered by Medicare Part D often can't afford stroke medications

Rising number of livestock diseases threatens public health, food security in developing countries, report says

ER visits involving drug related suicide attempts reveal considerable fluctuations among adolescent males

Northwest Hospital's Subacute Care Unit receives five-star U.S. News ranking

Study explores levels of burden and depression in caregivers with sensory impairment

New Republican spending cuts include well-known health programs

Campaign to undermine e-prescribing's safety, savings benefits

HealthCare Alert introduces new web site and mobile application

SOC, UCLA present national stroke study data at 2011 International Stroke Conference

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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