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Canada should publicly fund smoking cessation pharmacotherapies: CMAJ

Canada should follow the lead of Quebec, Australia and the United Kingdom by publicly funding smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, states an editorial in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj101140.pdf.

30 Aug 2010

Study: Explosion of medical imaging due partly to overuse

"Part of the explosion in medical imaging over the past two decades may be attributable to overuse, and steps need to be taken to cut back," according to a study in the journal Radiology, MedPage Today/ABC News reports.

30 Aug 2010

St. Mary's Medical Center to implement ProVation Order Sets customizable authoring and management solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that St. Mary's Medical Center has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the organization's electronic order set solution.

30 Aug 2010

U.N.-NGO conference on MDGs kicks off in Australia

Ahead of next month's U.N. Summit in New York, a joint U.N.-NGO conference tracking the world's progress toward reaching the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) kicked off in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, ABC News reports (8/30).

30 Aug 2010

Record number taking anti-poverty programs, COBRA coverage alternatives examined

One in six Americans is now taking advantage of government anti-poverty programs, including more than 50 million on Medicaid, for which enrollment is up 17 percent since the recession began in December 2007, USA Today reports. "The program has grown even before the new health care law adds about 16 million people, beginning in 2014. That has strained doctors. … As caseloads for all the programs have soared, so have costs. The federal price tag for Medicaid has jumped 36% in two years, to $273 billion. Jobless benefits have soared from $43 billion to $160 billion.

30 Aug 2010

Cognizant Communication launches 'Cell Medicine' open access journal

A new and unique journal on cell transplantation aimed at helping translate laboratory findings into clinical applications is being launched by Cognizant Communication Corporation as a companion journal to Cell Transplantation. Cell Medicine, an online-only, open access journal, publishes research papers that promise to have direct clinical relevance. The journal is freely accessible at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/cm.

30 Aug 2010

Opinions: MDG progress; Drug patents; Aid for scientific research; Avoiding food crises; Hunger in India; U.S. commitments to PEPFAR, Global Fund

"Between the catastrophes of the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, there was actually some good news this spring on the global health front, which offers hope that the United Nations' ambitious Millennium Development Goals might not be at a standstill. Though a great deal remains to be done, all of us are living longer, fewer mothers are dying in childbirth, and fewer children are dying before school age," Eli Adashi, professor of medical science at Brown University, writes in Boston Globe editorial.

30 Aug 2010

Vision Facilities Management launches new 2-way communication interface with ECRI Institute

Vision Facilities Management Limited, a leading provider of integrated healthcare asset management software, announces the launch of a new two-way communication interface with ECRI Institute that will significantly improve the ability of hospital staff to manage medical device safety alerts and recalls.

30 Aug 2010

Also in Global Health News: GM mosquitoes; Iodine deficiency in Nepal; South African health workers strike; Novartis to build vaccine plant in Brazil; Population control in Niger

Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists," Agence France-Presse reports. The insects are modified "so that their offspring quickly die," which researchers hope will cull the population and lessen the risk of dengue.

30 Aug 2010

KHN's weekend update: Highlights from the Saturday and Sunday headlines

Kaiser Health News tracked a variety of stories over the weekend regarding the new federal health law and getting health coverage, including reports that Congress is poised to weigh changes in the health law's business purchase requirements and more coverage of young adults lacking health coverage Coverage (8/29). Read Saturday's and Sunday's news summaries.

30 Aug 2010

BayCare Behavioral Health announces opening of Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center in Lutz

As part of its continued commitment to meet the mental health needs of the Tampa Bay community, BayCare Behavioral Health has opened the Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center in Lutz.

30 Aug 2010

KHN column: As reform improves the overall market, inefficient insurers could take hits

In his latest Kaiser Health News column, done in collaboration with The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes about how the insurance market will change as a result of the health overhaul.

30 Aug 2010

Today's Opinions and Editorials: The costs of public employees' health benefits, more on Medicare Advantage, and will reform undermine medical innovation?

We want to spend just a little less, so that we have more money for other purposes. And we want to spend just a little differently, so that we're getting a higher quality, more humane health care system (Jonathan Cohn, 8/30).

30 Aug 2010

Some small businesses look forward to health care tax credits

Word of new tax credits for some small businesses continued to make the rounds in news reports this weekend, as business owners seek to make sense of it details.

30 Aug 2010

Canada hosts 13th World Congress On Pain

The Canadian Pain Society (CPS) eagerly welcomes leading pain experts from across Canada and around the globe to the 13th World Congress on Pain in Montreal, Quebec, from August 29 to September 2. Hosted by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), more than 6,000 pain professionals will gather to share their thoughts, research and best treatment practices concerning this throbbing public health issue.

30 Aug 2010

Health IT: New Medicaid rules, a race for meaningful use, fraud prevention

Instructions for state Medicaid directors to distribute some of the funding for electronic medical records through their programs beginning next year have been circulated by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Medical News reports. "The incentive program stipulates that the federal government will pay the full cost of Medicaid bonuses to eligible physicians who adopt certified EMR technology in a way that meets the government's 'meaningful use' criteria.

30 Aug 2010

AMA supports recommended medical loss ratio rules

The American Medical Association and state medical societies are supporting a proposal by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on what expenditures insurers can consider medical spending under the new health law.

30 Aug 2010

SearchAmerica announces launch of Data Breach Advance Response for hospitals

SearchAmerica®, a part of Experian® and a leader in financial clearing services for health care, today launched its newest service offering for hospitals, Data Breach Advance Response™. The new service helps hospitals by providing a data breach preparedness plan so they can respond quickly and efficiently should a breach occur.

30 Aug 2010

PCEC coordinates free or low-cost prostate cancer screenings as part of PCAW

A council of leading prostate cancer experts is working to protect the lives of American men by providing lifesaving prostate cancer screenings. The Prostate Conditions Education Council – a national organization committed to men's health and a leader in prostate cancer screening – is once again coordinating free or low-cost screenings as part of its national Prostate Cancer Awareness Week to help encourage men to protect their health.

30 Aug 2010

Industry experts to share knowledge on benefits of GIS systems

Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Governor of the State of Guerrero, Mexico and the former mayor of Acapulco spoke of the poverty within his state. Demographic data he showed put his state near the bottom of most statistics in basic services. Most support comes from the federal government but by the time the state uses funds to pay for basic services and debt finance, little is left to support services for the people.

From IQPC Ltd 30 Aug 2010

Healthcare News

Canada should publicly fund smoking cessation pharmacotherapies: CMAJ

Study: Explosion of medical imaging due partly to overuse

St. Mary's Medical Center to implement ProVation Order Sets customizable authoring and management solution

U.N.-NGO conference on MDGs kicks off in Australia

Record number taking anti-poverty programs, COBRA coverage alternatives examined

Cognizant Communication launches 'Cell Medicine' open access journal

Opinions: MDG progress; Drug patents; Aid for scientific research; Avoiding food crises; Hunger in India; U.S. commitments to PEPFAR, Global Fund

Vision Facilities Management launches new 2-way communication interface with ECRI Institute

Also in Global Health News: GM mosquitoes; Iodine deficiency in Nepal; South African health workers strike; Novartis to build vaccine plant in Brazil; Population control in Niger

KHN's weekend update: Highlights from the Saturday and Sunday headlines

BayCare Behavioral Health announces opening of Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Recovery Center in Lutz

KHN column: As reform improves the overall market, inefficient insurers could take hits

Today's Opinions and Editorials: The costs of public employees' health benefits, more on Medicare Advantage, and will reform undermine medical innovation?

Some small businesses look forward to health care tax credits

Canada hosts 13th World Congress On Pain

Health IT: New Medicaid rules, a race for meaningful use, fraud prevention

AMA supports recommended medical loss ratio rules

SearchAmerica announces launch of Data Breach Advance Response for hospitals

PCEC coordinates free or low-cost prostate cancer screenings as part of PCAW

Industry experts to share knowledge on benefits of GIS systems

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