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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

Participants at ICRE 2010 program urge medical community to adopt new resident training methods

Presenters at an international medical conference in Ottawa today urged their colleagues from around the world to adopt fundamental changes to postgraduate medical education for residents that would ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

27 Sep 2010

Early recipient of transcatheter aortic valve receives Courageous Patient Award

Lillian Feldshuh, of Scarsdale, NY, an early recipient of a transcatheter aortic valve in 2006, received the Courageous Patient Award yesterday at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics scientific symposium in Washington, DC. The procedure was a success and Feldshuh, who will turn 100 years in just 7 months, remains in good health.

27 Sep 2010

Disparities in cardiac care begin when patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms: Study

The well-documented disparities in cardiac care may begin almost as soon as patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms. In a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report that African-American and Hispanic patients assessed for chest pain were less likely than white patients to be categorized as requiring immediate care, despite a lack of significant differences in symptoms.

27 Sep 2010

Wiecha receives grant to provide health education to African-American women with type-2 diabetes

BUSM Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs John Wiecha, MD, MPH, in the Department of Family Medicine, has received a National Institutes of Health American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Challenge grant from the National Library of Medicine. The grant, valued at more than $950,000 will fund a study to provide health education to African-American women with type-2 diabetes.

27 Sep 2010

HHS announces grants to support public health programs

Six months after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted another important facet of the law today with the announcement of nearly $100 million in grants made possible primarily by the new law's Prevention and Public Health Fund.

27 Sep 2010

Healthcare News

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

Participants at ICRE 2010 program urge medical community to adopt new resident training methods

Early recipient of transcatheter aortic valve receives Courageous Patient Award

Disparities in cardiac care begin when patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms: Study

Wiecha receives grant to provide health education to African-American women with type-2 diabetes

HHS announces grants to support public health programs

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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