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Suicide rates high among middle-aged people

The suicide rate for middle-aged people - a group considered relatively protected from suicide and with historically stable suicide rates - took an upward jump between 1999 and 2005, according to research by sociologists Ellen Idler of Emory University and Julie Phillips of Rutgers University.

28 Sep 2010

Government of Canada invests to speed up implementation of EMR systems

Canadian physicians and nurse practitioners will benefit from a $500 million investment made by the Government of Canada in Budget 2010, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

28 Sep 2010

Researchers use SAS software to analyze medical records and healthcare claims

University of Louisville researchers are uncovering better ways for insurers and health care providers to comply with the US health care bill President Obama signed into law.

28 Sep 2010

Conmed Healthcare signs full-service agreement with City of Virginia Beach

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc, a leading full service provider of correctional facility healthcare services to county and municipal detention centers, today announced that it has signed a full-service agreement with the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for an initial three-year term with options for two one-year extensions at the City's option.

28 Sep 2010

No evidence sometimes needed to adopt new treatments; to give them up is another story

During the past decade, the New England Journal of Medicine twice published studies showing that in comparisons arthroscopic surgery and nothing were equally effective treatments for knee pain, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

28 Sep 2010

HealthWyse secures patent for Remote Personnel Tracking program to prevent Medicare fraud

HealthWyse, a leading provider of home health and hospice agency automation software, announced today that it has secured a patent for its Remote Personnel Tracking program to help homecare agencies keep track of their employees and prevent Medicare fraud. HealthWyse will showcase its Remote Personnel Tracking Program at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) 29th Annual Meeting & Exposition, held October 2 - 6 in Dallas, Texas.

28 Sep 2010

Americans' confidence in healthcare ability increases: Thomson Reuters

Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare rose in August, reversing a more pessimistic outlook that had prevailed all year, according to a consumer sentiment index produced by Thomson Reuters.

28 Sep 2010

Congress considering program to help women in military; War videos prepare doctors for bomb wounds

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Congress "is considering" a $3 million pilot program, that "would establish a Women Veterans and Service Members Joint Health Resource Center in South Jersey. The effort, which could be replicated across the country, would provide 'navigators' to connect women in the military and female veterans to health care, including gynecological, obstetric, and breast exams, available through the Department of Veterans Affairs and civilian facilities."

28 Sep 2010

Women's mental health issues to be discussed at 2010 Marc- Society International Conference

Nearly 500 researchers, clinicians and mental health advocates are expected to attend the 2010 Marc- Society International Conference, Perinatal Mental Health Research: Harvesting the Potential, Oct. 26 to 30, at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh. The event, which focuses on women's mental health issues related to childbearing, will feature keynote speaker former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who has been an active advocate for mental health reform.

28 Sep 2010

New report shows homeless young people often become victims of crime

Homeless young people are victims of crime at rates that society would consider unacceptable for any other group, according to a new report by researchers at York University and the University of Guelph.

28 Sep 2010

GSK supports AHA policy statement on smokeless tobacco products

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare, a leader in helping smokers quit and the marketer of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, including Nicorette and NicoDerm CQ, supports the findings of the American Heart Association (AHA) policy statement regarding smokeless tobacco products.

28 Sep 2010

V.P. Biden pledges to 'sustain long-term' aid for Pakistan; U.S. concerned about aid branding

Vice President Joe Biden and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg recently said the U.S. and Britain would provide "'sustained long-term' support to Pakistani flood victims," Agence France-Presse reports.

28 Sep 2010

Many health plans offer only limited coverage - if at all - for alternative therapies

"Most individuals with private insurance have little, if any, coverage for alternative medicine." People with "employer-based insurance often have some coverage," but it is typically limited to only certain treatments "and comes with more stipulations — like higher deductibles and preauthorization — than traditional care.

28 Sep 2010

Congressional races taking shape around health reform positions

Some Democrats are maintaining an independent voice on the issue of health reform. "Aware that their stock has taken the same tumble as home values, Congress' most vulnerable Democrats are declaring their independence from their party's agenda in Facebook profiles, television advertisements, news interviews and campaign websites leading up to the Nov. 2 election. That's when Republicans hope to retake control of the House they lost four years ago."

28 Sep 2010

As they consolidate, hospitals get pricier

Kaiser Health News staff writer Julie Appleby, working in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports From their base in Baltimore, leaders of Johns Hopkins Medicine can see the future and it's at the hospital down the road.

28 Sep 2010

State Roundup: N.Y. small businesses protest health insurance premium hikes; Arizona Medicaid crisis; a new payment system for Massachusetts?

Massachusetts officials are reviving the state's ambitious plan to change how doctors and hospitals are paid, aiming to hand the Legislature a specific proposal by Jan. 1 to end disagreement over controlling health spending.

28 Sep 2010

Voters still confused about health law

As the midterm election rhetoric intensifies, so does the voter confusion about the landmark federal health law passed last March, according to the tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

28 Sep 2010

Senate Republicans examining health reform's effect on Medicare advantage

A quartet of Senate Republicans is calling on Medicare's top accountant to release the numbers behind his analysis of health reform's impact on the Medicare Advantage program. The lawmakers ... say the steep cuts to MA under the new reform law will cause many plans to fold, while many others will be forced to drop benefits to remain profitable.

28 Sep 2010

RPSPP for health benefits accepted into federal program

Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that the Retired Pennsylvania State Police Program for health benefits has been accepted into a federal program to help offset the rising health care costs for retirees.

28 Sep 2010

Report: Workers' medical costs projected to jump next year by more than 12 percent

Health care bills for an average employee are slated to climb more than $486 next year, a 12.4 percent increase from this year, according to a study by Hewitt Associates.

28 Sep 2010

Healthcare News

Suicide rates high among middle-aged people

Government of Canada invests to speed up implementation of EMR systems

Researchers use SAS software to analyze medical records and healthcare claims

Conmed Healthcare signs full-service agreement with City of Virginia Beach

No evidence sometimes needed to adopt new treatments; to give them up is another story

HealthWyse secures patent for Remote Personnel Tracking program to prevent Medicare fraud

Americans' confidence in healthcare ability increases: Thomson Reuters

Congress considering program to help women in military; War videos prepare doctors for bomb wounds

Women's mental health issues to be discussed at 2010 Marc- Society International Conference

New report shows homeless young people often become victims of crime

GSK supports AHA policy statement on smokeless tobacco products

V.P. Biden pledges to 'sustain long-term' aid for Pakistan; U.S. concerned about aid branding

Many health plans offer only limited coverage - if at all - for alternative therapies

Congressional races taking shape around health reform positions

As they consolidate, hospitals get pricier

State Roundup: N.Y. small businesses protest health insurance premium hikes; Arizona Medicaid crisis; a new payment system for Massachusetts?

Voters still confused about health law

Senate Republicans examining health reform's effect on Medicare advantage

RPSPP for health benefits accepted into federal program

Report: Workers' medical costs projected to jump next year by more than 12 percent

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