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Report examines how African governments can work with private sector to improve health care

A new report from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation outlines how the public and private sectors in Africa can work together to improve health care quality and access, VOA News reports.

10 Jun 2011

Widespread vaccination could save millions of child lives, billions of dollars, Health Affairs studies say

About 6.4 million "children's lives and billions of dollars could be saved if vaccines were more widely available in 72 of the world's poorest countries," according to a series of studies published Thursday in the June 2011 issue of Health Affairs, Reuters reports.

10 Jun 2011

Tips for pregnant women during summer

Hot, humid and pregnant. Many women would call that a recipe for misery. But UAB obstetrician Kim Hoover, M.D., says there are real medical conditions that pregnant women should guard against to stay safe and healthy as the temperature rises.

10 Jun 2011

Walden University's School of Psychology offers two new new online degree programs

Professionals or aspiring professionals in the field of psychology want to help people cope in trying times, maintain their sense of well-being or even promote productivity and performance in the workplace. Two new online degree programs in Walden University's School of Psychology are designed to prepare students to meet the needs of individuals, groups and organizations in today's sometimes challenging world.

10 Jun 2011

Battle over health law moves to Atlanta courtroom as judges weigh limits of the measure's powers

In perhaps the weightiest of the dozens of challenges to the Obama health care law, a panel of appellate judges grappled Wednesday with the essential quandary of the case: if the federal government can require Americans to buy medical insurance, what constitutional limit would prevent it from mandating all manner of purchases and activities?

10 Jun 2011

Schepens, Mass. Eye and Ear to create world's largest ophthalmology research center

The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute announced today that they are combining forces to create the world's largest and most robust basic and clinical ophthalmology research enterprise with full spectrum bench-to-bedside research that will translate more quickly into better treatment for blinding diseases and ultimately cures.

10 Jun 2011

Childhood obesity study points to fathers' nutritional ignorance

This Father's Day, dad's choice of where to eat could literally tip the scales on his children's health. A father's use of restaurants and his perceptions of family meals carry more weight, so to speak, than mothers', according to a Texas AgriLife Research study, published recently in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

10 Jun 2011

Tucson Medical Center, local physicians create nation's first 'Sustainable Health Community'

Tucson Medical Center and local physicians, with the help of health technology and services company Optum, today announced they are creating the nation's first "Sustainable Health Community," based on an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model in which hospitals, physicians, residents, employers and others share in the risk and rewards of making the health system work better for everyone.

10 Jun 2011

CDA hosts free skin cancer screening and sun awareness event at Eau Claire Market

Calgary dermatologists are inviting members of the public to a free skin cancer screening and sun awareness event at Eau Claire Market, on Friday June 10, 2011, from 10 am to 1 pm.

10 Jun 2011

University of Sheffield's ScHARR team develops new index to measure hospital mortality rates

A team from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) has developed a new index to measure hospital mortality rates that has been accepted for use by the Department of Health.

10 Jun 2011

Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine to create tropical disease research school

Peter Hotez, chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at George Washington University and president of Sabin Vaccine Institute, "will join the staffs of Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine this summer, and will serve as founding dean of a new, as yet unnamed, tropical disease research school at Baylor," the Houston Chronicle reports.

10 Jun 2011

New urgency surrounds budget talks as both parties stay focused on health care entitlement programs

Meanwhile, a poll released today shows Americans are "torn" over the issue of raising the debt limit, but more than half said they trust President Barack Obama to protect Medicare.

10 Jun 2011

Longer looks: Dr. Oz as patient; Utah puts Medicaid enrollees to work

As a federal judge considers whether to block the implementation of a recently-passed law that defunds Planned Parenthood of Indiana, more than 20,000 low-income patients are on the verge of losing their primary health care provider.

10 Jun 2011

IBC now qualified as 'patient-centered medical homes'

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) has reached a significant milestone with 100 primary care practices with more than 1,000 physicians now qualified as "patient-centered medical homes," and announced today that it is stepping up its efforts to support this transformation of primary care.

10 Jun 2011

Roundup: Maryland program treats prisoners' medical problems

A sweeping deal to cut pensions and health-care benefits for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey public workers was teetering Wednesday, as rank-and-file Assembly Democrats refused to go along with an agreement struck between top legislative Democrats and Gov. Chris Christie.

10 Jun 2011

FDA draft guidance outlines roadmap for discussion on nanotechnology in regulated products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released draft guidance to provide regulated industries with greater certainty about the use of nanotechnology, which generally involves materials made up of particles that are at least one billionth of a meter in size. The guidance outlines the agency's view on whether regulated products contain nanomaterials or involve the application of nanotechnology.

10 Jun 2011

Spacelabs receives $3M U.S. hospital contracts for patient monitoring, connectivity products

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received approximately $3 million in orders from US hospitals in the Southeast region.

10 Jun 2011

TriWest earns third consecutive Health Network reaccreditation from URAC

Successfully managing a network of 170,000-plus providers and meeting high compliance standards earned TriWest Healthcare Alliance yet another recertification from URAC, a national leader in promoting quality health care.

10 Jun 2011

Viewpoints: Health law's latest day in court; Obama's "abdication" on Medicare; Blue Shield profits vs. premiums

Provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, "may violate the constitution of Ayn Rand, but they do not violate the Constitution of the United States," acting solicitor general Neal Kumar Katyal told a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. Conversely, attorney Paul Clement, representing Georgia and 25 other states, framed the issue of mandated purchase of health insurance as an issue of liberty.

10 Jun 2011

Hospitals seek help with costs of caring for illegal immigrants

The American Hospital Association is urging President Barack Obama to consider the costs hospitals incur for treating illegal immigrants—and to include provisions in his legislative recommendations to Congress that would sufficiently reimburse them for doing so (Zigmond, 6/9).

9 Jun 2011

Healthcare News

Report examines how African governments can work with private sector to improve health care

Widespread vaccination could save millions of child lives, billions of dollars, Health Affairs studies say

Tips for pregnant women during summer

Walden University's School of Psychology offers two new new online degree programs

Battle over health law moves to Atlanta courtroom as judges weigh limits of the measure's powers

Schepens, Mass. Eye and Ear to create world's largest ophthalmology research center

Childhood obesity study points to fathers' nutritional ignorance

Tucson Medical Center, local physicians create nation's first 'Sustainable Health Community'

CDA hosts free skin cancer screening and sun awareness event at Eau Claire Market

University of Sheffield's ScHARR team develops new index to measure hospital mortality rates

Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine to create tropical disease research school

New urgency surrounds budget talks as both parties stay focused on health care entitlement programs

Longer looks: Dr. Oz as patient; Utah puts Medicaid enrollees to work

IBC now qualified as 'patient-centered medical homes'

Roundup: Maryland program treats prisoners' medical problems

FDA draft guidance outlines roadmap for discussion on nanotechnology in regulated products

Spacelabs receives $3M U.S. hospital contracts for patient monitoring, connectivity products

TriWest earns third consecutive Health Network reaccreditation from URAC

Viewpoints: Health law's latest day in court; Obama's "abdication" on Medicare; Blue Shield profits vs. premiums

Hospitals seek help with costs of caring for illegal immigrants

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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