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Wall Street Journal looks at challenges facing U.S. aid operations in Pakistan

"A massive U.S. aid program that has made Pakistan the world's second-largest recipient of American economic and development assistance is facing serious challenges, people involved in the effort say," the Wall Street Journal reports in an article detailing the difficulties.

24 Jan 2011

Also in Global Health News: Cholera death in DR; TB vaccine study; Rising food prices

"Dominican Republic on Sunday confirmed that a 53-year-old Haitian man has become the country's first death from cholera and announced the immediate start of a broad disease control and monitoring operation" around the eastern town of Higuey where he was being treated and later died, Latin American Herald Tribune reports (1/24).

24 Jan 2011

GOP health agenda includes medical malpractice, cost concerns

The Republican House to-do list also includes action by oversight committees to investigate waivers given in regard to the health law. Meanwhile, KHN details six provisions from the sweeping measure that the GOP may seek to repeal or replace.

24 Jan 2011

Health care jobs can be tough to find but primary care docs are in short supply

News outlets report on the health care workforce, including how the primary care physician supply is getting tighter as baby boomers' health needs increase.

24 Jan 2011

Senate GOP leaders press for health law repeal vote

Senate Republicans say they need to have a vote on repealing the health overhaul — even if they are going to lose — in order to be "on the record" about what they want and to make good on their campaign promises.

24 Jan 2011

IRBNet releases National Research Network 2010 Benchmark Report

IRBNet's free report provides objective performance metrics for the human subjects research protection oversight field, enabling hospitals, universities and government research institutions to make performance comparisons and drive process improvements

24 Jan 2011

Feds recoup billions in health care fraud cases

According to USA Today, whistle-blowers helped federal agents recover this record-breaking amount in health care fraud judgements.

24 Jan 2011

WSJ: Lawsuit explores fight over role of residential institutions for people with disabilities

The Justice Department in a lawsuit against Arkansas is reigniting an emotional fight over the role of residential institutions for people with disabilities. The suit focuses on one of Arkansas's facilities for people with severe disabilities, the Conway Human Development Center.

24 Jan 2011

Viewpoints: Reps. Ryan, kind on repeal; Opinions on what's next for health reform

The health-care law enacted by the last Congress is enormous—more than 2,000 pages—and full of provisions that will expand government control of health care and limit what individuals and employers can do. ... in the end the Senate, House, and White House will have to come together and agree on some health-care changes.

24 Jan 2011

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Merge Healthcare's iConnect Access imaging distribution solution

Merge Healthcare, a leading health IT solutions provider, successfully deployed an imaging distribution solution for the physicians of UMass Memorial Health Care, an academic medical center with five facilities serving Central New England. iConnect Access™ gives physicians the ability to view medical images directly from their electronic health record.

24 Jan 2011

Roundup: Mass. BCBS chief on health costs; Georgia insurance exchange, Arizona waiver request

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed emergency legislation authorizing her to request a two-year waiver from the CMS to reduce Medicaid rolls by 280,000 people. Brewer said in a statement she intends to request the waiver as early as Monday. She added that she plans to meet with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the coming weeks to discuss "the dire need for a Medicaid waiver for Arizona".

24 Jan 2011

In new Congress, Roe v. Wade anniversary draws out critics and defenders

As thousands of antiabortion activists streamed into the nation's capital to protest Saturday's 38th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the politics of abortion are heating up again on Capitol Hill. The election of the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives swept in scores of social conservatives, re-energizing the antiabortion movement in Congress.

24 Jan 2011

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reduces IT costs with BMC software

With the help of BMC Software, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is reducing costs while preparing for the new demands healthcare reform will bring to IT.

24 Jan 2011

First Edition: January 24, 2011

Today's health policy news includes reports foreshadowing possible Senate action on repealing the health overhaul.

24 Jan 2011

Family Research Council calls for legislative action and increased oversight of abortion clinics

Family Research Council is demanding answers, increased oversight and legislative action in the wake of the arrest of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist charged with eight counts of murder, including a patient and seven newborn infants.

24 Jan 2011

Conservative Republicans officially release funding reduction plan that includes cutting USAID budget

Foreign Policy's blog "The Cable" reports on Thursday's call by a group of "conservative House Republicans ... for a drastic defunding of the U.S. Agency for International Development and a host of other programs" (Rogin, 1/20).

24 Jan 2011

Healthcare workers can help improve quality of life for end of life patients

Healthcare workers can most directly affect quality of life (QOL) of patients with advanced stage lung cancer by helping manage symptoms such as pain, lack of energy, shortness of breath, coughing, difficulty sleeping and dry mouth, according to a study recently published in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum.

24 Jan 2011

Elsevier, Robert Koch Institute partner for systematic posting of manuscripts in institutional repositories

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the Robert Koch Institute announced they have entered into a two-year trial agreement enabling researchers at Robert Koch Institute to systematically post their manuscripts in the institutional repository.

24 Jan 2011

PHA concerned over negative impact on patient care by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform

Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) is deeply concerned about the negative impact on patient care caused by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform which prohibits new construction or expansion of physician owned hospitals (POHs). Since its passage, section 6001 has prevented or impeded progress for 37 new hospitals, more than 40 nearly-finished hospital construction projects, and approximately 20 major expansion projects.

24 Jan 2011

Global Poverty Summit addresses MDGs, global trade policy

At the Global Poverty Summit January 16-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, "academics, policy-makers, civil society activists and development workers ... agreed that the [U.N. Millennium Development Goals] MDGs have made a difference, but have fallen far short of the ambitious targets on poverty, education, health, gender equality and global partnership that 189 countries committed to achieving by 2015," IRIN reports.

24 Jan 2011

Healthcare News

Wall Street Journal looks at challenges facing U.S. aid operations in Pakistan

Also in Global Health News: Cholera death in DR; TB vaccine study; Rising food prices

GOP health agenda includes medical malpractice, cost concerns

Health care jobs can be tough to find but primary care docs are in short supply

Senate GOP leaders press for health law repeal vote

IRBNet releases National Research Network 2010 Benchmark Report

Feds recoup billions in health care fraud cases

WSJ: Lawsuit explores fight over role of residential institutions for people with disabilities

Viewpoints: Reps. Ryan, kind on repeal; Opinions on what's next for health reform

UMass Memorial Health Care implements Merge Healthcare's iConnect Access imaging distribution solution

Roundup: Mass. BCBS chief on health costs; Georgia insurance exchange, Arizona waiver request

In new Congress, Roe v. Wade anniversary draws out critics and defenders

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reduces IT costs with BMC software

First Edition: January 24, 2011

Family Research Council calls for legislative action and increased oversight of abortion clinics

Conservative Republicans officially release funding reduction plan that includes cutting USAID budget

Healthcare workers can help improve quality of life for end of life patients

Elsevier, Robert Koch Institute partner for systematic posting of manuscripts in institutional repositories

PHA concerned over negative impact on patient care by Section 6001 of Healthcare Reform

Global Poverty Summit addresses MDGs, global trade policy

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