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Opinions: U.S. food aid; MDGs; Contraceptive access, technology; U.S. AIDS funding; Foreign assistance reform

"The best way to help the millions of hungry people in countries that receive food aid get rid of their corrupt and incompetent rulers - and to ensure that their children will never go hungry in future — is to starve them now. That will turn them into raging, unstoppable anti-government regime changers," writes Nation Media Group Executive Editor Charles Onyango-Obbo in an East African opinion piece.

28 Sep 2010

MDG summit: Funding the Global Fund; Arab world's 'own challenges'

BusinessDay reports that following last week's Millennium Development Goal summit at the U.N. in New York, advocates "have called on rich nations to double their pledges to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, saying it desperately needs more money if the world is to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

28 Sep 2010

AASLD, TFAH report calls for action to help identify Americans living with HBV, HCV

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Trust for America's Health issued a new report today calling for action to be taken to transform how the country deals with viral hepatitis – to help identify millions of Americans who know they are living with chronic forms of hepatitis B and C and to assure access to treatment for all who need it, to prevent even more Americans from becoming infected.

28 Sep 2010

Many adults skip vaccines because of costs

The New York Times' Patient Money column examines the importance of vaccines for adults.

28 Sep 2010

HHS pumps up rhetoric but eases rules on health insurance for kids

Politico reports that the administration "is taking health insurers to task again, this time for choosing to no longer sell plans intended to cover sick children." Insurers "have said in recent weeks that they would stop selling 'child only' insurance plans because the overhaul requires them to accept all applicants, even if they apply for coverage at the last minute before treatment." In a letter to industry groups, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted the "plight of millions of parents who desperately want to provide health coverage and critical treatments" in the face of insurer decisions.

28 Sep 2010

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for radiation oncology portfolio

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced that contracts have been awarded to suppliers in its new radiation oncology portfolio.

From Elekta 28 Sep 2010

Government health IT market poised to grow dramatically

The Washington Post reports on the growing field of government health IT jobs.

28 Sep 2010

Survey: 43% of employees think health benefits are more important than higher wages

Forty-three percent of employees think health benefits are more important than higher wages, according to the recent "Getting Paid In America" survey conducted by the American Payroll Association.

28 Sep 2010

Doctors face more unpaid bills during recession; Maine MDs rebel against AMA

Some patients, struggling in the bad economy, aren't paying their doctors. "The problems are especially acute for primary care doctors, but specialists are not immune," the Pittsburgh Business Times reports.

28 Sep 2010

Community health centers help those without insurance

In 2001, a Charleston, W.Va., a hospital and three community health centers set up a Community Access Program to help give low-income residents a primary health care system in the hopes of lowering emergency room care. The program has enrolled 5,000 people and "cut their hospital use in half," the Charleston Gazette reports.

28 Sep 2010

AP poll: Americans who think health law should do more outnumber those who think government should stay out of it

As Republicans seek to use the health law as a major talking point to help them win more seats in Congress, a "new AP poll finds that Americans who think the law should have done more outnumber those who think the government should stay out of health care by 2-to-1." The poll found four in 10 adults think the law didn't go far enough to change the system "regardless of whether they support the law, oppose it or remain neutral. On the other side, about one in five say they oppose the law because they think the federal government should not be involved in health care at all."

28 Sep 2010

KeyVive provides Simplatype mHealth SMS technology to improve healthcare

KeyVive, Inc., a healthcare technology company that uses social media and self management tools to help individuals with chronic illnesses, is dialing up a ground-breaking, HIPAA compliant mHealth technology for people not only affected by diabetes, but also with other diseases.

28 Sep 2010

Today's OpEds: Reform and cost control; the GOP 'Pledge'; New York State's Medicaid program

The pledge document does not mention the Republicans' plan should repeal fail to block the annual appropriations needed to carry out reform. That just-say-no approach is flat out irresponsible. The health care reforms are so intertwined that it is hard to eliminate one provision without undermining others

28 Sep 2010

KHN column - Empty promises

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, John Goodman writes: "Let us suppose that Congress did something really silly. Say it passed a law promising everyone a free annual trip to visit the moon.

28 Sep 2010

UCLA develops educational program to train U.S. armed forces in critical combat casualty care

With American troops leaving Iraq and military efforts continuing in Afghanistan, UCLA has helped develop a first-of-its-kind educational program to train U.S. armed forces medical personnel in critical combat casualty care. The program will not only help advance military care, the program's developers say, but civilian care as well.

27 Sep 2010

Chem Rx reaches asset purchase agreement with PharMerica

Chem Rx Corporation, the third largest long-term care pharmacy in the United States, today announced that it has reached a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of the company to PharMerica Corporation, an industry-leading pharmaceutical services company serving residents in long-term facilities and settings.

27 Sep 2010

European Society of Cardiology to support EuroPRevent Meeting

Workplace wellness programmes play a vital role in preventing cardiovascular disease and stroke. This year's World Heart Day theme is to encourage employers and employees to take simple steps to improve heart-health in the workplace. The European Society of Cardiology is keen to support this theme, which coincides with the upcoming launch of two major initiatives at the next EuroPRevent Meeting in April 2011 in Geneva.

27 Sep 2010

First Edition: September 27, 2010

In today's health policy headlines, more speculation about how the new health law could be impacted by the midterm congressional elections.

27 Sep 2010

The Children's Hospital, Denver Health sign Affiliation Agreement to care for children of all ages

The Children's Hospital and Denver Health have signed an official Affiliation Agreement to leverage the substantial strengths of both institutions to provide outstanding programs in pediatric patient care, education, research and advocacy. Under the agreement, two of the largest pediatric health care providers in the region are able to provide improved access for patients, share best practices and more efficiently use resources.

27 Sep 2010

NAPHS 2011 Membership Directory provides information on nation's behavioral healthcare systems

The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems has published a 2011 Membership Directory. The directory is a comprehensive referral resource providing information on the nation's behavioral healthcare systems.

27 Sep 2010

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Opinions: U.S. food aid; MDGs; Contraceptive access, technology; U.S. AIDS funding; Foreign assistance reform

MDG summit: Funding the Global Fund; Arab world's 'own challenges'

AASLD, TFAH report calls for action to help identify Americans living with HBV, HCV

Many adults skip vaccines because of costs

HHS pumps up rhetoric but eases rules on health insurance for kids

Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for radiation oncology portfolio

Government health IT market poised to grow dramatically

Survey: 43% of employees think health benefits are more important than higher wages

Doctors face more unpaid bills during recession; Maine MDs rebel against AMA

Community health centers help those without insurance

AP poll: Americans who think health law should do more outnumber those who think government should stay out of it

KeyVive provides Simplatype mHealth SMS technology to improve healthcare

Today's OpEds: Reform and cost control; the GOP 'Pledge'; New York State's Medicaid program

KHN column - Empty promises

UCLA develops educational program to train U.S. armed forces in critical combat casualty care

Chem Rx reaches asset purchase agreement with PharMerica

European Society of Cardiology to support EuroPRevent Meeting

First Edition: September 27, 2010

The Children's Hospital, Denver Health sign Affiliation Agreement to care for children of all ages

NAPHS 2011 Membership Directory provides information on nation's behavioral healthcare systems

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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