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ACP finds diagnostic imaging for low back pain does not improve patients health

The American College of Physicians has found strong evidence that routine imaging for low back pain with X-ray or advanced imaging methods such as CT scan or MRI does not improve the health of patients.

2 Feb 2011

Economists suggest new approach to monitor nutrition, child mortality in developing countries

In a paper published in the January issue of the journal Economics and Human Biology, a team of applied economists including William A. Masters, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, suggests a new approach to monitoring the relationship between nutrition and child mortality in developing countries.

2 Feb 2011

Conference on the Value of Play at Clemson University

More than 200 experts will gather at Clemson University's Madren Conference Center Feb. 6-9 to explore the value of play, and they already agree on one thing: Children don't get outside enough.

2 Feb 2011

GOP proposal draws ire from abortion rights supporters

A Republican bill seeking to permanently cut off federal funding for abortions has angered women's groups who say it alters the definition of rape, permitting coverage for the procedure only in cases in which the rape is considered "forcible" (Somashekhar, 1/31).

2 Feb 2011

Raytheon, Baptist sign agreement to deliver SMART training for health care systems

Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, and Baptist Health have signed an agreement to deliver Synergistic Medical and Resource Team training to health care systems.

2 Feb 2011

What happens next: The decision's immediate impact

Even as it becomes increasingly clear that challenges to the health law are on a straight course for the Supreme Court, yesterday's lower court decision has muddied the waters around the overhaul — in terms of congressional action, political posturing and state-level implementation activities.

2 Feb 2011

Strategies to improve care include targeting hospital spending, reducing hospital infections

News outlets examine new studies that detail how some hospital-based efforts may lead to improved care.

2 Feb 2011

Roundup: Medicaid worries in Texas, Ill., Pa.; California insurance exchanges; Kansas controversy on health law

The current state House and Senate budget proposals include a 10 percent cut in the rate that the state will pay Medicaid providers. Some health care lobbying groups say that when you add in the loss of the enhanced federal Medicaid match paid for by stimulus dollars that have now dried up, you get a 33 percent reduction overall.

2 Feb 2011

New Spanish version of ASPIRE for Hispanic teens

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's popular web-based teen prevention and smoking-cessation program, ASPIRE, now speaks Spanish.

2 Feb 2011

Federal judge in Florida rules health law unconstitutional

With this decision, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson issued the first opinion to strike down the entire health overhaul as various legal challenges to the sweeping measure continue to wind their way to the Supreme Court.

2 Feb 2011

NY Times: New take on concierge medicine

When Jennifer Contreras went to see her new physician, she had hardly arrived in the waiting room before she was called in — by the doctor herself. Ms. Contreras is a patient at One Medical Group, a new model for primary care that aims to set a nationwide example.

2 Feb 2011

In-depth analysis of health law decision

News outlet examine how constitutional issues, most notably the Commerce Clause, are central to the health law and its journey to the nation's highest court. Meanwhile, the Associated Press offers insights into Judge Vinson's own experiences with the health system.

2 Feb 2011

Senate GOP leaders advance efforts to force health law repeal vote

Politico: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans Tuesday that he plans to force a vote on repealing the health care reform law this week. The plan is to tack the amendment onto the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill this afternoon, a Republican aide told POLITICO. McConnell told Republicans of the plan in their weekly policy lunch" (Haberkorn, 2/1).

2 Feb 2011

Some insurers join forces for health law lobbying efforts

Top executives from UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. are meeting almost monthly with their counterparts from Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. in an informal lobbying alliance aimed at blunting parts of the health-care law, say people with knowledge of the sessions.

2 Feb 2011

First Edition: February 1, 2011

Today's health policy news focuses on analysis of Monday's ruling in which a federal court judge in Florida struck down the health law.

1 Feb 2011

John Snow sponsors MEDEA 2011 conference

John Snow, Inc. (JSI) is a proud sponsor of MEDEA 2011, a two-day conference (February 1 and 2) dedicated to improving the country of Georgia's health system by the year 2020. The conference, led by the government of Georgia, brings together high level Georgian and American health professionals to begin to solve some of the country's most pressing health problems.

1 Feb 2011

Potential adverse effects of radiations on children's health

COST Action BM0704 is delighted to have as co-organisers of the Conference the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA) and the European Society for Skin Cancer Prevention (EUROSKIN).

1 Feb 2011

Sensitive and confidential patient health records not adequately protected: Survey

The survey findings are being published today in a new report by the Ponemon Institute titled, Health Data at Risk in Development: A Call for Data Masking. The survey was sponsored by Informatica Corporation, the world's number one independent leader in data integration software.

1 Feb 2011

Public services supporting California's low-income, disabled elderly is fragile, says study

The network of public services that supports California's low-income, disabled elderly is fragile, affecting the ability of these vulnerable residents to live independent lives in their own homes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

1 Feb 2011

Prime Healthcare Services alleges extortion campaign by SEIU

Prime Healthcare Services (PHS), the largest for-profit hospital system in California and the only for-profit system among Thomson Reuters' Top 10 Health Systems in 2009, announced today that it has been the victim of an extortion campaign by the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU) over the past year.

1 Feb 2011