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DOJ investigates Miss. mental health care; N.H. pharmacists win permission to vaccinate

The Justice Department is now investigating Mississippi's mental health system, seeking to determine whether those suffering from mental illness are receiving appropriate treatment. Justice Department officials are expected to return to the Magnolia State later this month, and it's a safe bet they will make similar recommendations against Mississippi as they have against Virginia and other states, said Region 8 Executive Director Dave Van.

7 Sep 2011

U.N. declares famine in sixth region of Somalia, expresses concern over spread of disease

The U.N. "announced Monday that Somalia's famine had spread to a sixth area within the country, with officials warning that 750,000 people could die in the next few months unless aid efforts were scaled up," the New York Times reports.

7 Sep 2011

Settlement in UT Southwestern/Parkland billing fraud; CMS postpones final Parkland ruling

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas pays settlement in Medicare and Medicaid billing fraud investigation. Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says it will wait for state investigation before ruling continued on Medicare funding for Parkland.

7 Sep 2011

Impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, workplace and economy

Queen's University medical researchers today released some key findings from the first study of its kind done in Canada on the impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, the workplace, and the economy.

7 Sep 2011

Reaching out to legal immigrants who need health care

Kaiser Health News staff writer Marilyn Werber Serafini, working in collaboration with The Washington Post, writes: When Dillon Pefok agreed to coach a men's soccer team in the District's Soccer 4 Jesus church league, it wasn't his intention to teach the players about the 2010 health-care law between drills.

7 Sep 2011

International public health spending ignores neglected tropical diseases, some experts argue

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism examines what some experts are calling a serious inequity in public health spending, writing that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) "together kill more people than maternal mortality and have a higher disease burden than malaria or tuberculosis (TB) and nearing that of HIV/AIDS. However, despite the severity of the situation, funding for NTDs is just a fraction of that spent on other diseases."

7 Sep 2011

Simulation-based training is an effective way to teach medical and health professionals

An analysis led by Mayo Clinic researchers found that simulation-based training is an effective way to teach physicians, nurses, dentists, emergency medical technicians and other health professionals.

7 Sep 2011

More than 2M people in Pakistani province of Sindh affected by flooding from monsoon rains

"Pakistan's southern province of Sindh is facing disaster once more with heavy rains over the past five days, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA)," with at least 85 people reported dead and more than two million people affected, IRIN reports.

7 Sep 2011

New Vital Signs report finds decline in cigarette smoking among American adults

Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, daily smokers are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, it says.

7 Sep 2011

Number of malaria cases in Brazilian Amazon drop 31% in first half of year compared with 2010

Brazil's health ministry on Monday said 115,708 malaria cases had been reported in the first half of this year in the Brazilian Amazon, down 31 percent compared with the same period in 2010, the Latin American Herald Tribune reports.

7 Sep 2011

Computer-tailored nutrition education not effective in reducing fat intake

As lifestyles get busier and waistlines get bigger; many people are turning to online nutrition programs. In promotion of healthful nutrition behaviors, computer-tailored nutrition education has been identified as a promising health education strategy, especially in the promotion of lower fat intake.

7 Sep 2011

Anthem proposes double-digit rate increase in Conn.; Mass. bill would cut payments to high-cost providers

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Connecticut's largest health insurer and a favorite target of advocates for more stringent regulation of rate increases, is seeking to raise premiums by 12.9 percent next year for more than 45,000 individual-market customers, including some whose plans were the subject of a controversial request that got denied last year.

7 Sep 2011

UC San Diego Health System to receive HIMSS' Stage 7 Award

UC San Diego Health System has received the prestigious Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics, a nationwide-system used to track electronic medical records (EMR) progress at hospitals and health systems.

7 Sep 2011

Rep. Berkley's efforts on kidney program questioned

At the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, alarms were set off three years ago - kidney transplants were failing at unusually high rates ... Federal regulators moved to shut down the kidney transplant program.

7 Sep 2011

Feds' push for Medicaid 'transparency' irks states; Minn. chips away at fraud; Kansas seeks more assisted living

A federal push for more transparency in how states run their Medicaid programs is pitting patient advocates and medical providers against state officials who fear being hamstrung. The transparency effort comes as states seek ever greater flexibility in how they manage their Medicaid programs to cope with historic budget woes.

7 Sep 2011

Viewpoints: Analyzing Texas' health insurance record; advice for 'super' committee; one doc's cancer experience

Targeting waste, fraud and abuse; eliminating unnecessary and duplicative spending; and ending military adventurism need not be accompanied by slashing essential services such as education and shredding our social safety nets - Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

7 Sep 2011

Golden Meditech launches Taiwan representative office

Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, which embodies a leading medical devices enterprise, a major brand name in haematology hospital and the largest stem cell cord blood banking operator in China, is pleased to announce the launch of its Taiwan representative office today.

6 Sep 2011

First Edition: September 6, 2011

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations include reports from a GOP presidential candidate forum in South Carolina and analysis of what to expect as Congress returns to Washington.

6 Sep 2011

Comanche County Memorial Hospital chooses eClinicalWorks' EHR solution

eClinicalWorks, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Oklahoma's Comanche County Memorial Hospital has chosen the eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for its employed physicians across 28 locations that are multi-specialty.

6 Sep 2011

ERS urges EU to take action on chronic respiratory diseases

Respiratory diseases are one of the leading causes of death and suffering in the EU. The challenge Europe is facing in this field goes far beyond public health: lung diseases currently cause an annual cost of €100 billion and threaten the Europe 2020 strategy and the goal to have 75% of the working population employed and productive.

6 Sep 2011

Healthcare News

DOJ investigates Miss. mental health care; N.H. pharmacists win permission to vaccinate

U.N. declares famine in sixth region of Somalia, expresses concern over spread of disease

Settlement in UT Southwestern/Parkland billing fraud; CMS postpones final Parkland ruling

Impact of colds and flu on school absenteeism, workplace and economy

Reaching out to legal immigrants who need health care

International public health spending ignores neglected tropical diseases, some experts argue

Simulation-based training is an effective way to teach medical and health professionals

More than 2M people in Pakistani province of Sindh affected by flooding from monsoon rains

New Vital Signs report finds decline in cigarette smoking among American adults

Number of malaria cases in Brazilian Amazon drop 31% in first half of year compared with 2010

Computer-tailored nutrition education not effective in reducing fat intake

Anthem proposes double-digit rate increase in Conn.; Mass. bill would cut payments to high-cost providers

UC San Diego Health System to receive HIMSS' Stage 7 Award

Rep. Berkley's efforts on kidney program questioned

Feds' push for Medicaid 'transparency' irks states; Minn. chips away at fraud; Kansas seeks more assisted living

Viewpoints: Analyzing Texas' health insurance record; advice for 'super' committee; one doc's cancer experience

Golden Meditech launches Taiwan representative office

First Edition: September 6, 2011

Comanche County Memorial Hospital chooses eClinicalWorks' EHR solution

ERS urges EU to take action on chronic respiratory diseases

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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