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Walgreens pushes stronger primary care role for pharmacists

Walgreens will step up investments in services to help Americans manage chronic diseases, the drugstore chain's CEO announced, because the company wants to capitalize on what he called the 'retailization' of the nation's health care system.

8 Nov 2010

GOP focusing in on health law fight as part of the effort shifts to new Republican governors

The Washington Post finds that since the changes of repeal are "slim to nil, at least through 2012," Republicans may turn to getting rid of parts of the law, including "unpopular aspects that are less central to the law," including a provision that requires businesses to expand their reporting to the IRS of what goods and services they buy.

7 Nov 2010

APP Drug Hotline to assist healthcare professionals with shortage issues

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that it will launch the APP Drug Hotline on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. The APP Drug Hotline has been established to assist healthcare professionals with critical drug shortage issues.

7 Nov 2010

Mass. focuses on containing health care costs, Gov. Schwarzenegger seeks to expand coverage of uninsured in Calif.

While the White House seems destined to spend the next two years fending off attacks on President Obama's health care law, the administration of Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts will push forward with the next stage of health care overhaul: trying to contain the escalating costs of medical care.

7 Nov 2010

Al Jazeera examines international trade agreement negotiations, access to generic medicines in low-income countries

Al Jazeera examines what the outcomes of two international trade agreement negotiations - one regarding free trade between the EU and India and the other over anti-counterfeiting measures - could mean for patients living with HIV/AIDS in low-income countries.

7 Nov 2010

KHN column: Health care cost control is hard, and humbling

Though lots of different approaches to controlling health care costs have been discussed, it's hard to know which of them will really work.

7 Nov 2010

Bendigo hospital debate escalates to political level

A public rally yesterday saw Bendigo Hospital staff and patients upset that cancer services will not be consolidated in the new redeveloped facility. There were severe protests against the renovations that led to a debate between the Victorian Government and Opposition. Labor and the Coalition have both promised to rebuild the hospital. Coalition committed a $630 million to a new hospital after Labor announced a new $528 million hospital in May.

5 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 4, 2010

Less than 24 hours after Republicans won control of the House, soon-to-be-speaker John Boehner denounced the new health care law, saying it would "kill jobs in America, ruin the best health care system in the world, and bankrupt our country" -- and renewed his vow to try to repeal it. Kaiser Health News asked people around the country to answer the following question: "If you ended up in an elevator with Rep. Boehner, what single thing would you urge him to do about health care in this country? (Kaiser Health News).

4 Nov 2010

Higher-quality medical care in the U.S. than in England, says study

Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts, but they live as long or even longer than their English peers, according to a new study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.

4 Nov 2010

Stereotaxis receives $1.5 million in grants under QTDP program

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded $1.5 million in grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program that was enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

4 Nov 2010

Most kidney care providers opt to participate in new Medicare 'bundled' payment system: Study

The Kidney Care Council (KCC), a nonprofit national health care association composed of leading kidney dialysis provider companies who care for a majority of ESRD patients nationwide, released new data today revealing that 98 percent of kidney care providers participating in a recent study have opted to participate in the new Medicare "bundled" payment system in January 2011, more than twice the rate originally anticipated.

4 Nov 2010

SandlotConnect attains 1.5 million patient records to provide HIE in Texas

Sandlot, LLC, a healthcare IT solutions company founded by practicing physicians who have pursued a better way to collectively share clinical information, announced that its comprehensive health information exchange (HIE) SandlotConnect now contains more than 1.5 million patient records, allowing providers to access and contribute to the largest HIE in Texas.

4 Nov 2010

NextGen Inpatient Clinicals version 2.4 earns CCHIT Certified 2011 Inpatient EHR designation

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that NextGen® Inpatient Clinicals version 2.4 has earned designation as a premarket conditionally CCHIT Certified® 2011 Inpatient EHR.

4 Nov 2010

Kidney disease registry could help clinicians to evaluate treatment strategies for CKD patients

A registry of health care information on patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) could help physicians improve care for affected individuals, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that officials could use such a registry to develop a national surveillance system to identify and track various aspects of CKD.

4 Nov 2010

RF Surgical introduces new RF Assure Detection platform

RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges, today announced the availability of the RF Assure™ Detection System Model 200.

4 Nov 2010

New findings on mitochondrial haplogroups associated with successful aging to be presented at ASHG Meeting

Thousands of the world's top scientists and clinicians in the human genetics field will convene to present their latest research findings at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 60th Annual Meeting, on November 2-6, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

4 Nov 2010

Picis introduces charge capture solution for oncology treatment centers

Picis today introduced LYNX I/Point, a charge capture solution designed specifically for hospital-owned infusion and oncology treatment centers - where therapies are very expensive and accurately charging for services can be challenging.

4 Nov 2010

CMS establishes new national reimbursement rate for technical component of mobile cardiovascular telemetry

CardioNet, Inc., a leading wireless medical technology company with a current focus on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has established a national rate in The Medicare Program Final Rule for the technical component of mobile cardiovascular telemetry (CPT Code 93229).

4 Nov 2010

Beginner's guide to cancer

An academic from The University of Nottingham has written the first introductory guide to cancer, covering everything from the biology of the disease and why some people are more at risk of developing it than others, to the latest research into prevention, treatment and cure.

4 Nov 2010

PA Insurance Department awarded $2M federal grant to design health insurance information exchange

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has received $2.1 million in two federal grants to design programs giving consumers more options and tools to shop for health care coverage and make informed decisions about their health care.

4 Nov 2010

Healthcare News

Walgreens pushes stronger primary care role for pharmacists

GOP focusing in on health law fight as part of the effort shifts to new Republican governors

APP Drug Hotline to assist healthcare professionals with shortage issues

Mass. focuses on containing health care costs, Gov. Schwarzenegger seeks to expand coverage of uninsured in Calif.

Al Jazeera examines international trade agreement negotiations, access to generic medicines in low-income countries

KHN column: Health care cost control is hard, and humbling

Bendigo hospital debate escalates to political level

First Edition: November 4, 2010

Higher-quality medical care in the U.S. than in England, says study

Stereotaxis receives $1.5 million in grants under QTDP program

Most kidney care providers opt to participate in new Medicare 'bundled' payment system: Study

SandlotConnect attains 1.5 million patient records to provide HIE in Texas

NextGen Inpatient Clinicals version 2.4 earns CCHIT Certified 2011 Inpatient EHR designation

Kidney disease registry could help clinicians to evaluate treatment strategies for CKD patients

RF Surgical introduces new RF Assure Detection platform

New findings on mitochondrial haplogroups associated with successful aging to be presented at ASHG Meeting

Picis introduces charge capture solution for oncology treatment centers

CMS establishes new national reimbursement rate for technical component of mobile cardiovascular telemetry

Beginner's guide to cancer

PA Insurance Department awarded $2M federal grant to design health insurance information exchange

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