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FASEB urges LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee to increase NIH budget to $37 billion

FASEB President William T. Talman, M.D. today sent a letter to the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee urging that the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) be $37 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2011. "The opportunities for continued progress have never been greater, but we need adequate resources to ensure that progress is not curtailed," Talman stated.

9 Jul 2010

Colgate-Palmolive teams up with a trio of Saints to champion good oral health among Gulf Coast children

Colgate's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures national campaign to improve children's oral health joins Super Bowl champions Jonathan Vilma, Pierre Thomas, and Marques Colston and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, to host festivals highlighting the importance of maintaining good oral health. More than 600 children in New Orleans and Mississippi's Hancock and Harrison Counties will receive free dental screenings, oral health education and treatment referrals this weekend. They will also join New Orleans Saints Vilma, Thomas, and Colston in a brush-a-thon to promote oral health awareness.

9 Jul 2010

Aetna offers premium payments, file claims extensions to customers affected by storms

Aetna is offering fully insured health plan customers, including Medicare members, in Ohio's Wood, Ottawa and Fulton counties an extra two months to make premium payments and file claims, among other assistance. People in those counties were affected by tornados and severe weather in early June.

9 Jul 2010

AHF: 15 Zambian health care professionals to train HIV Medics

Graduation ceremonies will be held Saturday, July 10th in Lukasa for 15 Zambian health care professionals from several districts throughout the country who have completed an educational training program administered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. This will enable the graduates to train classes of HIV Medics to work in the country's growing fight against HIV/AIDS.

9 Jul 2010

Healthways honored for providing healthier lifestyles for their employees

The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of large employers, has honored Healthways, Inc. for its commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging their colleagues and families to support and maintain healthy lifestyles.

9 Jul 2010

PTSD disability claims for veterans become easier with new VA regulations

While The American Legion welcomed new VA regulations that make it easier for veterans to claim disabilities from post-traumatic stress disorder, it also urged the agency to allow private practitioners to diagnose and treat the condition.

9 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 9, 2010

Today's health policy headlines include news about some little-known health reform provisions and how the Obama administration is using technology to help consumers navigate changes resulting from the health overhaul.

9 Jul 2010

Opinions: Coordinate debris removal in Haiti; Focus on sustainability to feed Africa; G20's role in health, development; Role of health workers in reducing maternal deaths

Marking the six-month anniversary since the earthquake in Haiti, Reginald DesRoches, Ozlem Ergun and Julie Swann, all of the Georgia Institute of Technology, call for increased attention to be paid towards efforts to remove the "[t]wenty million to 25 million cubic yards of debris [that] fill the streets, yards, sidewalks and canals of Port-au-Prince" in a New York Times opinion piece.

9 Jul 2010

HIGPA issues statement on adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures

Curtis Rooney, President of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, today issued the following statement on the adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures by the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative. The new initiatives were developed earlier this year with input from leading ethicists and Congressional staff at the fifth annual HGPII Best Practices Forum in Washington, D.C., and officially adopted this week.

9 Jul 2010

Fromer-GPF Patient Journey launched to help primary care physicians improve patient care

Group Practice Forum, an independent network of medical professionals, today announced the official launch of the Fromer-GPF Patient Journey, a proprietary workflow solution designed to provide primary care physicians with simple solutions to improve patient care. The Journey was developed by the Executive Medical Director of GPF, Len Fromer, M.D., FAAFP, who also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine and Western University of Health Sciences.

9 Jul 2010

MHN endorses 'The American Journal of Men's Health'

The American Journal of Men's Health (published by SAGE) is now endorsed by Men's Health Network.

9 Jul 2010

WHO report examines donors response to developing countries during H1N1 pandemic

CIDRAP News examines a recently-released WHO report on how donor countries and organizations have responded to the needs of developing countries during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. In September, the WHO estimated the "64 'least-resourced countries' needed a total of $1.48 billion of aid for vaccine, medicines and supplies, laboratory and surveillance services, communications capacity, and other activities to respond to the pandemic," according to the news service.

9 Jul 2010

eMix adds preview capability to cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies, reports

eMix, a new business venture incubated by DR Systems, announced that its cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies and reports has added a new capability: eMix Preview - Any authenticated users can now preview the reports and images of any eMix exam package and save them directly into their EMR.

9 Jul 2010

Communications and Public Affairs team at Ontario Shores wins Gold Quill Award of Merit

The Communications and Public Affairs team at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences won a Gold Quill Award of Merit in the category of Brand Communication from the International Association of Business Communicators for the organization's rebranding project, A New Brand for a New Era.

9 Jul 2010

Minority children have fewer opportunities to be healthy and obtain quality education: Poll

Minority children and teenagers have fewer opportunities than white counterparts to be healthy, obtain a quality education and achieve economic success, according to a national survey of adults whose jobs involve children's education, health and economic well-being. The groundbreaking poll was released yesterday by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, which sought to gauge the level of disparities affecting children of color.

9 Jul 2010

Conference bursary for researchers in developing countries to attend 'Parasite to Prevention'

Today, BioMed Central announced a fund to help researchers in developing countries attend the conference, Parasite to Prevention. The conference, held in conjunction with Malaria Journal, takes place in Edinburgh UK, 20-22 October 2010.

9 Jul 2010

Women's eNews examines progress towards MDGs in Bangladesh

Though Bangladesh is "on track" to meet most of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets laid out by the U.N., "many female-focused targets, including maternal mortality are lagging far behind," writes Women's eNews, adding that "progress has stalled" at 351 deaths per 100,000, "a point far above the 2014 target figure of 144."

9 Jul 2010

Student-led team awarded top honor in 2010 CIMIT Prize in Primary Healthcare competition

Imagine finding out before you leave the pediatrician's office if your child has strep throat, or even something more serious requiring a different treatment. A novel application for applying DNA "nanobarcodes" in a clinical assay could help primary-care physicians quickly and more accurately determine what's causing a patient's acute pharyngitis from an easy throat swab.

9 Jul 2010

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas named Center of Excellence for gynecological surgery

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is the first hospital in Texas — and one of only three in the United States — to be named a Center of Excellence for gynecological surgery by the American Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery.

9 Jul 2010

Calif., R.I., move to strengthen review of health insurance rates; Ind. weighs changes in state employee health plans

The Los Angeles Times' Blog: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved Wednesday to implement a major element of the new national healthcare overhaul, seeking a $1-million federal grant to strengthen the state's review of health insurance rates. Much of the money would pay for actuaries to evaluate premium hikes sought by insurers.

9 Jul 2010

Healthcare News

FASEB urges LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee to increase NIH budget to $37 billion

Colgate-Palmolive teams up with a trio of Saints to champion good oral health among Gulf Coast children

Aetna offers premium payments, file claims extensions to customers affected by storms

AHF: 15 Zambian health care professionals to train HIV Medics

Healthways honored for providing healthier lifestyles for their employees

PTSD disability claims for veterans become easier with new VA regulations

First Edition: July 9, 2010

Opinions: Coordinate debris removal in Haiti; Focus on sustainability to feed Africa; G20's role in health, development; Role of health workers in reducing maternal deaths

HIGPA issues statement on adoption of aggressive new healthcare transparency and oversight measures

Fromer-GPF Patient Journey launched to help primary care physicians improve patient care

MHN endorses 'The American Journal of Men's Health'

WHO report examines donors response to developing countries during H1N1 pandemic

eMix adds preview capability to cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies, reports

Communications and Public Affairs team at Ontario Shores wins Gold Quill Award of Merit

Minority children have fewer opportunities to be healthy and obtain quality education: Poll

Conference bursary for researchers in developing countries to attend 'Parasite to Prevention'

Women's eNews examines progress towards MDGs in Bangladesh

Student-led team awarded top honor in 2010 CIMIT Prize in Primary Healthcare competition

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas named Center of Excellence for gynecological surgery

Calif., R.I., move to strengthen review of health insurance rates; Ind. weighs changes in state employee health plans

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