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Health care needs to look to aviation industry to improve safety

In a commentary published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a leading patient safety expert argues that failure to integrate new electronic equipment in modern hospital operating rooms and intensive care units results in diagnostic mistakes, failures to identify deteriorating patients, communication errors and inefficient work.

2 Mar 2011

SCAI statement highlights multiple recommendations for evaluating PCI quality at cardiac facilities

Today the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions announced the publication of recommendations for assessing and improving program quality at percutaneous coronary intervention programs at cardiac facilities.

2 Mar 2011

Level 3, ALA sign agreement to provide DIA, voice services to improve lung health awareness

Level 3 Communications, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with the American Lung Association of the Midland States, a non-profit healthcare organization serving Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, to provide dedicated Internet access and voice services in support of its mission to improve lung health awareness.

2 Mar 2011

OZ Systems helps TEHDI program to provide latest newborn hearing screening equipment for midwives

OZ Systems today announced that it is helping the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program facilitate an initiative that will provide the latest newborn hearing screening equipment to midwives across the state.

2 Mar 2011

Avvo launches new medical website for users to make physician search more effective

Avvo, the world's largest online directory for doctors and lawyers that provides free rankings for 90% of the working physicians in the U.S., continues to grow the number of service features offered on its medical website - to bring doctors and patients the latest, breakthrough online directory tools.

2 Mar 2011

State news: Ariz. may cut fewer from Medicaid; Pa. adultbasic closes

In a meeting with the Obama administration Monday, Gov. Jan Brewer proposed some Medicaid changes that she hopes will allow Arizona to drop fewer people than previously proposed from the state's Medicaid rolls. Brewer's office already has received permission to cut coverage for 250,000 members, mostly childless adults, as the state tries to close an ongoing budget shortfall.

2 Mar 2011

Individual mandate analysis: Could it be a policy nonstarter?

Politico reports on how some experts say the health law's individual mandate as written is not an effective tool to compel people to buy health insurance.

2 Mar 2011

House vote is set on compromise to prevent government shutdown

The measure, which would keep the federal government functioning until March 18, funds most programs at their current level. It does, however, trim $4 billion by targeting certain programs — but the health law is not "de-funded" in this plan. Still, governors are uneasy about the impact likely federal spending reductions will have on their budgets.

2 Mar 2011

New national public awareness campaign for colon cancer prevention and screening

Almost 40 percent of Americans at risk for colon cancer are not getting screened. StopColonCancerNow.com, a national public awareness campaign for colon cancer prevention and screening, is working to improve that statistic by urging anyone 50 and older to get screened during National Colon Cancer Awareness Month in March.

2 Mar 2011

UH Ahuja Medical Center officially opens its doors to patients on March 2

University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center – the first new stand-alone hospital in Cuyahoga County in 30 years –officially opens its doors to patients on March 2.

2 Mar 2011

CDA launches new awareness campaign about risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Today, the Canadian Diabetes Association launched "Get Checked Now" - a national public awareness campaign aimed at Canadians 40 and older alerting them to the consequences of being passive about their potential risk for developing type 2 diabetes and leading them to take action against the disease by getting checked now.

2 Mar 2011

RMEI, PIM sponsor medical education monograph on HAE

Hereditary angioedema is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from a deficiency in functional C1 inhibitor. Manifestations include recurrent episodes of nonpitting subcutaneous and submucosal edema involving the skin, airway, and visceral organs.

2 Mar 2011

Barbour, other Republicans attack Medicaid requirements, 'Romneycare'

Three governors testified before the Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce Committee today, as the GOP released a report on Medicaid costs.

2 Mar 2011

Recent ACGME limits aimed to enhance patient safety may compromise quality of doctors' training

Recent Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education limits aimed to enhance patient safety may compromise the quality of doctors' training, according to a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

2 Mar 2011

New report finds 58% drop in CLABSIs in hospital intensive care units

A new report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a significant decrease in certain infections over the past nine years. The report found that central line associated bloodstream infections occurring in hospital intensive care units dropped by 58 percent between 2001 and 2009.

2 Mar 2011

New study to promote self-care among patients with kidney failure

A project to promote self-management for people living with kidney failure is being developed by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire at the Lister Hospital.

2 Mar 2011

New colon cancer screening campaign initiative in New York City

In honor of National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Katie Couric, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, WCBS-TV and The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced the launch of the "Make That Call" for colon cancer screening campaign.

2 Mar 2011

March designated as Nutrition Month

The OPDQ is pleased that March has once again been designated as Nutrition Month. Across Quebec and the rest of Canada, dieticians/nutritionists will be holding events and activities aimed at raising public awareness about the importance of a healthful diet and teaching people how to maintain or improve their health by eating right.

2 Mar 2011

AMIA releases position statement on EHR adoption and meaningful use

AMIA, the association for professionals in biomedical and health informatics, sent comments to the federal Office of the National Coordinator on Health Information Technology (DHHS/ ONCHIT), which has actively supported and incentivized the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) over the last year, and which solicited comment, through the HIT Policy Committee (HITPC), on the continuation of support for achieving meaningful use of EHRs in 2013 and 2014.

2 Mar 2011

IHRC approves US $255 million for new priority reconstruction projects

The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission Co-Chairs and Board held a productive meeting in the Haitian capital on Monday, approving a slate of new reconstruction projects valued at US $255 million.

2 Mar 2011