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U.S. Health And Human Services Secretary celebrates Patient Safety program achievements

An effort to improve quality and make Ohio the safest state in the nation for health care has garnered national attention.

22 Mar 2011

Rethink acknowledges Ontario's new breast cancer program

Rethink Breast Cancer acknowledges today's swift decision by the Ontario government to take steps towards providing greater access to specific cancer treatments.

22 Mar 2011

High sodium intake may increase risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney problem

Taking in too much sodium may turn out to be quite a salty situation. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 high blood pressure cost the United States $76.6 billion in health care services, medications, and missed days of work.

22 Mar 2011

Senior Pentagon officials fight foreign aid cuts, The Hill reports

Senior Pentagon officials have expressed opposition to proposed foreign aid cuts, The Hill reports, highlighting the challenges they face in making their case to preserve this funding.

22 Mar 2011

IOF, Fonterra Brands award 10,000 USD to OSPFI for Bone Health Campaign

The Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines Foundation Inc was awarded the first IOF-Anlene Nutrition Awareness for Bone Health Campaign Grant at a presentation ceremony that took place at the IOF World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies in Valencia, Spain on March 20, 2011.

22 Mar 2011

NYC expands YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program to help adults avoid disease consequences

The YMCA of Greater New York today announced the New York City expansion of the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, a 16-session group behavior change class that helps people at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes prevent the disease through healthy eating, increased activity and other positive lifestyle changes.

22 Mar 2011

PSN system can reduce psychiatric medication errors

Coupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerized method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's psychiatric unit, suggests new Johns Hopkins research.

22 Mar 2011

New research: Trauma patients treated on weekends have greater chance of survival

Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on the weekend than during the week, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published in the March 21 issue of Archives of Surgery.

22 Mar 2011

Wisconsin's health policy battles signal state-level changes

The Washington Post reports on how the state's recent dust-up illustrates changes that have occurred in other states, too. Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Journal Sential reports that state workers might see costlier health benefits.

22 Mar 2011

STJ inaugurates Advanced Technology Center for physicians in Beijing

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today celebrated the grand opening of the St. Jude Medical Advanced Technology Center Asia Pacific, located in Beijing, China.

22 Mar 2011

Delta Dental resolves lawsuit against Smile Center clinics

Delta Dental of Minnesota announced today it has reached an out-of-court settlement with the Smile Center dental clinics, resolving a lawsuit pending in Hennepin County District Court.

22 Mar 2011

City Of Hope opens new center for diabetes research and care

City of Hope has established a new Diabetes Research Center that will expand its pioneering investigations into diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases, create an infrastructure to support translational research and enhance clinical care for diabetes and its related complications.

22 Mar 2011

Hospital meals cost less than prison meals: Official UK report

In shocking news some British hospitals are reported to be spending as little as £1 a meal, compared with £2.10 for the average prison meal. The official figures show that the spending on hospital food has been slashed by up to two-thirds over the last five years. In some hospitals in England budgets have fallen by 62 per cent – with meals costing little more than £1.

21 Mar 2011

Information technology could reduce psychiatric drug errors

21 Mar 2011

Earthquake response could be improved through telemedicine

A new study published by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, Davis, foresees improvements in patient outcomes after a major earthquake through more effective use of information technology. A control tower-style telemedicine hub to manage electronic traffic between first responders and remote medical experts could boost the likelihood that critically injured victims will get timely care and survive, according to the team's computer simulation model.

21 Mar 2011

NTSP Charitable Fund Board announces 2011 recipients of patient care grant funding opportunities

The North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP) Charitable Fund Board is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients of its patient care grant funding opportunities. The recipient organizations chosen serve the community and fit within the Charitable Fund's mission of "Driving innovations in the coordination and integration of safe and effective patient care in the North Texas Region."

21 Mar 2011

Philanthropists triple-match public's donations for TGen's unTEAL cure ovarian cancer event

Philanthropists Foster and Lynn Friess will triple-match the public's donations - up to a total of $100,000 - for TGen's 2nd annual unTEAL a cure ovarian cancer event.

21 Mar 2011

California insurers want focus on what's driving up costs

Meanwhile, some health insurers are responding to the health overhaul by looking for new business opportunities.

21 Mar 2011

Gingrich predicts undoing of health law in early 2013

The actual repeal, according to the former House speaker and possible GOP presidential hopeful, will not take place until after the 2012 election is over. However, he adds that efforts to defund it will continue — and are likely to be successful — before that.

21 Mar 2011

Premier healthcare alliance named one of World's Most Ethical Companies for 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance has been named one of the Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies for the fourth year in a row. Ethisphere selected Premier from a record number of applicants across the globe.

21 Mar 2011