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City and State officials, AHHE leaders to discuss quality of care for Hispanics

The Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives announced today the City and State elected officials who will meet with the leaders of nine Hispanic health associations to discuss Hispanic Health Care Disparities, Policy and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Roundtable of Hispanic Professional Health Associations, which will formally be established at this meeting, will hold its 2010 State & National Legislative Summit on the heels of the 2010 election, which generated results that may challenge the implementation of the health reform law.

10 Nov 2010

Conference of The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics to focus on health disparities

The 22nd annual conference of The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago will be held at the University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th Street, on Fri., Nov. 12, from 1 to 5 pm, and Sat., Nov. 13, from 7:30 am to 5:15 pm.

10 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 10, 2010

Today's headlines include new survey results regarding employers' and the insurance coverage they provide to employees, as well as more details on health insurance open season.

10 Nov 2010

Genpact to implement process optimization programs for Manipal Health Enterprises

Genpact Limited, a global leader in business process and technology management, today announced a five-year contract with Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt. Limited (MHE), one of the largest tertiary care hospital chains in India. Genpact will implement process optimization programs for MHE's 11 hospitals across India by leveraging its proprietary Smart Enterprise Processes (SEPSM) methodology.

10 Nov 2010

Psychologists find stress is taking physical and emotional health toll on family and children

Findings from the American Psychological Association's (APA) newly released 2010 Stress in America survey raise red flags about the long-term impact that chronic stress could have on our physical and emotional health and the health of our families, psychologists said today.

10 Nov 2010

Supreme Court rejects early request to review health overhaul

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a long-shot request for a review of the Obama administration's health-care overhaul before the matter has been fully litigated. The high court's rejection of the health-care challenge, brought by a conservative legal group in California, wasn't a surprise. …The high court almost never hears cases before they have been fully litigated in the lower courts, and it hadn't asked the Obama administration to file legal papers responding to the appeal."

10 Nov 2010

Regional workshop to discuss diarrheal disease solutions for Asia

Each year, diarrheal disease claims the lives of 1.3 million children under five worldwide and hospitalizes millions more. The vast majority of these deaths occur in developing countries of Asia and Africa, but fortunately, interventions exist that can greatly reduce deaths and save lives. To bring attention to the solutions available today for defeating diarrhea, the Vietnam Ministry of Health, the National Pediatric Hospital of Vietnam, and PATH are hosting a two-day regional workshop where they will present the evidence and lessons learned from initiatives currently underway.

10 Nov 2010

States slash budgets for tobacco-prevention programs; Florida lawmakers consider Medicaid revision; Md. to probe nonprofit mental health clinic

"Many cash-strapped U.S. states are slashing budgets for tobacco-prevention programs, raising alarms among public-health groups as the nation's progress toward getting adult smokers to quit has stalled. The adult smoking rate was 20.6% in 2009, the same as a year earlier and largely unchanged since 2004, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

10 Nov 2010

Pres. Obama emphasizes U.S.-Indian partnerships to track, fight diseases

On his final day in India as part of his 10-day Asia-Pacific tour, President Barack Obama on Monday addressed the joint session of the Indian Parliament in New Dehli, where he emphasized the importance of U.S.-Indian partnerships to tackle disease and improve education, Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times reports (11/8).

10 Nov 2010

Virtual world of SL improves quality of life for people with disabilities, shows article

For millions of enthusiasts worldwide, visiting the virtual world Second Life on the Internet is simply entertainment. But for a growing population of people with disabilities, the same digital world improves their quality of life, according to the authors of an article in the November/December 2010 issue of Rehabilitation Nursing, published by the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.

10 Nov 2010

Depression in nursing home residents often unrecognized

Depression affects approximately 30 to 40 percent of nursing home residents, but it often goes unrecognized, according to American Geriatrics Society, which can lead to lower quality of life or even suicide. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found a series of indicators, other than changes in mood that are associated with the development of depression in nursing home residents.

10 Nov 2010

Experts develop new screening test to detect dementia in elderly patients

Dementia and cognitive impairment are widespread among elderly individuals in the United States, affecting more than 8 million people to some degree.

10 Nov 2010

mHealth Alliance annual summit kicks off with $1M HP donation, discussion of improving maternal, child health

The mHealth Alliance on Monday at its summit in Washington, D.C., "announced a two-year $1 million aggregate donation from HP" aimed at furthering the alliance's goal of delivering quality health care "at the furthest reaches of wireless networks and mobile devices," mobihealthnews reports.

10 Nov 2010

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to honor LA BioMed researcher

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education will honor Christian de Virgilio, MD, a principal investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), with its Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award for Program Director Excellence at its 2011 awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.

10 Nov 2010

Popular antimicrobial chemicals may not be safe for human health and environment

Killing microorganisms has become a national obsession. A pair of antimicrobial compounds known as triclosan and triclocarban are lately the weapons of choice in our war of attrition against the microbial world. Both chemicals are found in an array of personal care products like antimicrobial soaps, and triclosan also is formulated into everyday items ranging from plastics and toys to articles of clothing.

10 Nov 2010

IMNG partners with Pure Incubation to launch new product resource guide

International Medical News Group, LLC, an Elsevier company that provides medical news and information to physicians, announced today the launch of Cardiology Product Zone. This new product resource guide is launched in partnership with Pure Incubation, a company that specializes in developing data driven web properties and performance media programs that are focused exclusively on the product buying process.

10 Nov 2010

Researchers estimate increasing trend of hyperuricemia among adults, senior citizens

Hyperuricemia rates among the nation's adults and senior citizens remain substantially high, putting them at greater risk for developing gout, according to research presented at the Nov 2010, American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

10 Nov 2010

Miriam Hospital receives NIH grants to improve HIV treatment for jail inmates

The Miriam Hospital received three of the 12 newly awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at improving HIV prevention and treatment of prison and jail inmates.

10 Nov 2010

Families fight to care for disabled kids at home after they reach the age of 21

NPR reports on families who are fighting for continued funding to care for their severely disabled children at home.

10 Nov 2010

ECRI Institute introduces CT Radiation Dose Safety Review service to reduce risk of excessive radiation

Keeping radiation dose in check is a top safety concern for today's hospitals, particularly in computed tomography, which has undergone some significant technological advances in the last ten years. The down side is that CT delivers some of the highest radiation doses in diagnostic radiology.

10 Nov 2010

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City and State officials, AHHE leaders to discuss quality of care for Hispanics

Conference of The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics to focus on health disparities

First Edition: November 10, 2010

Genpact to implement process optimization programs for Manipal Health Enterprises

Psychologists find stress is taking physical and emotional health toll on family and children

Supreme Court rejects early request to review health overhaul

Regional workshop to discuss diarrheal disease solutions for Asia

States slash budgets for tobacco-prevention programs; Florida lawmakers consider Medicaid revision; Md. to probe nonprofit mental health clinic

Pres. Obama emphasizes U.S.-Indian partnerships to track, fight diseases

Virtual world of SL improves quality of life for people with disabilities, shows article

Depression in nursing home residents often unrecognized

Experts develop new screening test to detect dementia in elderly patients

mHealth Alliance annual summit kicks off with $1M HP donation, discussion of improving maternal, child health

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to honor LA BioMed researcher

Popular antimicrobial chemicals may not be safe for human health and environment

IMNG partners with Pure Incubation to launch new product resource guide

Researchers estimate increasing trend of hyperuricemia among adults, senior citizens

Miriam Hospital receives NIH grants to improve HIV treatment for jail inmates

Families fight to care for disabled kids at home after they reach the age of 21

ECRI Institute introduces CT Radiation Dose Safety Review service to reduce risk of excessive radiation

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