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Market demands shape health sector growth

The Wall Street Journal reports on how a string of recent acquisitions are being spurred by an increased demand for outpatient facilities and senior care. However, The Washington Post reports that some specific facilities — those that are doctor-owned, for instance — are sparking criticism.

1 Mar 2011

LA Times: Blue Shield terms proposed hikes 'reasonable'

Blue Shield of California, assailed by consumers and state regulators for seeking to hike insurance rates as much as 59 percent in recent months, declared after a review that its proposed rates are reasonable (Helfand, 3/1).

1 Mar 2011

UIC researchers receive USDA grant to reduce obesity in preschool children

The preschool years are a critical period for addressing weight-related behaviors among at-risk groups, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among young children, obesity has tripled since 1980, and the prevalence is highest among black and Hispanic children.

1 Mar 2011

LHC enters home health joint venture with CHRISTUS

LHC Group, Inc., a national provider of home health and hospice, announced today that it has entered into a home health joint venture with CHRISTUS Continuing Care, which is part of CHRISTUS Health, to provide home health services in Texarkana, Texas, and the surrounding communities.

1 Mar 2011

Bruegger's to donate $90,000 to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

Today, Bruegger's announced that it will donate approximately $90,000 to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - largely the result of its "Bottomless Mug" campaign, which ran October 27, 2010 through January 31, 2011.

1 Mar 2011

AMGA releases comments on preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives

The American Medical Group Association, a trade association representing multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care, today released its comments on a request for information from the Health Information Technology Policy Committee on its preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives.

1 Mar 2011

Anesthesia & Analgesia journal receives notification from LÄK for lack of IRB approval in 89 articles

The peer-reviewed medical journal Anesthesia & Analgesia received notification from Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, the Rheinland State Medical Board, that there was no IRB approval for 89 articles published Dr. Joachim Boldt, including 22 published by A&A from 1999-2009.

1 Mar 2011

San Diego Hospice is California's first provider of unique children care program

The Comprehensive Care Management Programs at San Diego Hospice celebrates one year as California's first provider of Partners for Children. This unique state-funded program allows chronically ill children on Medi-Cal and CCS to receive pain and symptom management services, or palliative care, at home.

1 Mar 2011

Doctors should transit patients to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence

Doctors should transition their patients from pediatric to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence, experts recommend in a scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

1 Mar 2011

Axolotl's two EHR systems receive ONC-ATCB certification

Axolotl Corp. announced that two of its electronic health record systems - Axolotl EHR, version 7 and Elysium EMR Lite - have received Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Body 2011/2012 certifications in accordance with Eligible Provider certification criteria adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1 Mar 2011

New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds

What do Kelli Pedroia, Lesley Green all have in common? They are all passionate advocates for the Melanoma Foundation of New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds.

1 Mar 2011

AHRQ: High levels of disparities prevail, despite improvements in health care quality

Improvements in health care quality continue to progress at a slow rate - about 2.3 percent a year; however, disparities based on race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other factors persist at unacceptably high levels, according to the 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report issued today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1 Mar 2011

Routine blood test can reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure

An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

1 Mar 2011

ACP president reminds physicians about ethics principle

"Honesty is a core professional obligation and lying, even for a patient, is a breach of that obligation," J. Fred Ralston Jr., MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians reminded all physicians, including the organization's 130,000 internal medicine physician and medical student members today.

1 Mar 2011

ACP praises Obama for 'Empowering States to Innovate Act' on health insurance coverage

The American College of Physicians today applauded President Obama for advocating that states have an earlier option to design their own approaches to provide coverage to their residents, as long as it is comparable to those offered through the health exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act.

1 Mar 2011

Study: Worksite wellness program can help control overall health care costs

A Highmark Inc. study published in the March/April edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion found that health care costs rose at a 15 percent slower rate among wellness participants than a comparison group when employers consistently offered a wellness program to their employees.

1 Mar 2011

Cerner CareAware iBus solution receives CE Marking certification from BSI

Cerner Corporation today announced that the CareAware iBus has received CE Marking certification from BSI on the basis of examination under Council Directive 93/42/EEC Annex II Section 3.2.

1 Mar 2011

House Republicans release two-week CR with $4B in proposed cuts

"House Republicans late Friday afternoon released a two-week continuing resolution [CR] that cuts more than $4 billion in federal spending," Roll Call reports (Stanton, 2/25). "Under the proposal, the law now keeping the government open would be extended two more weeks, until March 18 ... In the interim, House and Senate leaders would try to negotiate a broader plan to finance the government at reduced levels through Sept. 30," the New York Times reports.

1 Mar 2011

Infant feeding policy requires major overhaul

In a briefing document issued today (28 February) by the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (CPCS) at the University of Kent, Dr Ellie Lee argues that policy on infant feeding requires a major overhaul if it is to be fit for purpose.

1 Mar 2011

New AARP survey shows measurable gap between health and financial security of older Marylanders

A new AARP survey of Marylanders age 50 and older shows a measurable gap between the importance they place on health and financial security and older Marylanders' confidence in their ability to meet these needs.

1 Mar 2011

Healthcare News

Market demands shape health sector growth

LA Times: Blue Shield terms proposed hikes 'reasonable'

UIC researchers receive USDA grant to reduce obesity in preschool children

LHC enters home health joint venture with CHRISTUS

Bruegger's to donate $90,000 to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

AMGA releases comments on preliminary proposals for Stage 2 Meaningful Use objectives

Anesthesia & Analgesia journal receives notification from LÄK for lack of IRB approval in 89 articles

San Diego Hospice is California's first provider of unique children care program

Doctors should transit patients to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence

Axolotl's two EHR systems receive ONC-ATCB certification

New England's program to keep students out of tanning beds

AHRQ: High levels of disparities prevail, despite improvements in health care quality

Routine blood test can reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure

ACP president reminds physicians about ethics principle

ACP praises Obama for 'Empowering States to Innovate Act' on health insurance coverage

Study: Worksite wellness program can help control overall health care costs

Cerner CareAware iBus solution receives CE Marking certification from BSI

House Republicans release two-week CR with $4B in proposed cuts

Infant feeding policy requires major overhaul

New AARP survey shows measurable gap between health and financial security of older Marylanders

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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