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Democrats push three-year Medicare 'doc fix' as part of larger tax bill

A proposal to stop planned payment cuts to Medicare doctors for three years is in a bill extending tax cuts and lengthening unemployment benefits.

21 May 2010

HCPEA formed to support healthcare private equity community

Leading private equity firms active in the healthcare industry today announced the formation of the Healthcare Private Equity Association, a Chicago-based, non-profit trade association whose purpose is to support the reputation, knowledge and relationships of the healthcare private equity community.

21 May 2010

Consumers roundup: More patients choose high-deductible plans; Many neglect doctors medication directions

"The number of Americans enrolled in high-deductible health plans has risen to more than 10 million but still represents a small portion of the insurance market, according to a report from insurance group America's Health Insurance Plans. Enrollments in these high-deductible health plans, which typically are paired with tax-free health savings accounts or health-reimbursement arrangements, are up about 25 percent from last year, the report said" (5/20).

21 May 2010

Researchers analyze impact of health promotion program on cardiovascular disease-related medical, hospital costs

A comprehensive health promotion program reduced cardiovascular disease-related medical and hospital costs, according to a new study. CSX Transportation, a national company with 30,000 employees, developed the program in 2004 to address employees' high rates of cardiovascular disease when compared to national benchmarks and the associated higher healthcare costs.

21 May 2010

African-Americans, Hispanics less likely to meet MTM eligibility requirements: Study

Medicare's Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study finds.

21 May 2010

Oberthur Technologies, SMART Association to offer smart card-centric ID solution to hospitals in North America

Oberthur Technologies, a global leader in the delivery of high security solutions and the #1 provider of smart credentials to the U.S. Federal government, has teamed up with one of healthcare's leading smart card software providers, SMART Association Inc., to offer a powerful, proven and secure, physical and logical access smart card-based admissions solution to hospitals and clinics throughout North America.

21 May 2010

Eli Lilly to honor individuals with Welcome Back Award for improving lives of others

Despite years of debilitating depression, multiple psychiatric hospitalizations and episodes of homelessness, Joseph Rogers refused to let mental illness and an unlucky adolescence blot out his potential imprint on the world. Despite once being branded unemployable, Joseph relishes his role as advocate, embracing the challenges of being a change agent in mental health legislation, and pioneering the peer-run services movement.

21 May 2010

Information about tanning's damaging effect on appearance reduces sunbed use among young women

Information about the harm sunbeds can do to young people's appearance could make them less inclined to use the tanning devices, US scientists have found.

21 May 2010

European researchers define research priorities in biogerontology

The quality of the medical care for geriatric patients is a major investment for society and must imperatively be a research priority in Europe. This is why 50 European researchers, met on May 17 - 19 in Brussels, to define the research priorities in the field of biogerontology for the next 10 to 15 years.

21 May 2010

Red Cross survey: 68% of Americans involved in some kind of summer emergency

A new Red Cross survey shows that 68 percent of Americans have been involved in some kind of summer emergency, ranging from insect bites, heat stroke and broken bones to more life-threatening situations. One in every four people say they have been in a situation where someone needed CPR.

21 May 2010

First Edition: May 21, 2010

In today's headlines, legislation containing a Medicare pay 'fix' and an extension of the COBRA subsidy is moving toward House consideration.

21 May 2010

Rush University College of Nursing professor receives Flame of Excellence Award from AACN

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will give the Flame of Excellence Award to Ruth Kleinpell at the 2010 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Washington, D.C., May 15-20.

21 May 2010

Influenza antiviral drugs not hoarded during recent H1N1 flu season, says Prime Therapeutics

Despite concerns from public health officials, influenza antiviral drugs were not hoarded during the recent H1N1 flu season, according to a new analysis presented recently at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's 22nd Annual Meeting in San Diego by Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a thought leader in pharmacy benefit management.

21 May 2010

Living wills do not represent patients’ treatment preferences in end-of-life scenarios

Living wills often do not represent a patient's actual treatment preferences when faced with real end-of-life circumstances and should be redesigned to guide more realistic advance decision-making, according to a study published in Journal of Palliative Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

21 May 2010

Psychiatrists should be included in disaster first-response teams

Psychiatrists should be included in disaster first-response teams because survivors have immediate need for help in alleviating early trauma symptoms ranging from sleeplessness to constant anxiety, says a new study of 9/11 survivors and victims' family members published today in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

21 May 2010

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies to develop online nursing courses

Elsevier/MC Strategies, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, has partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to develop a series of online nursing courses.

21 May 2010

Datasource Mobility to illustrate new healthcare product from Panasonic

DataSource Mobility is pleased to announce that it is one of a select group of Toughbook Preferred Partners to sell the Toughbook C1—the newest healthcare specific product from Panasonic®, the world leader in rugged mobile computers.

From PHC Europe B.V. 21 May 2010

UF awarded $1.2M grant to support UF-HHMI Science for Life Program

Imagine a chemistry professor and a neuroscientist working together to test a new drug to fight Alzheimer's disease, or a biomedical engineer working with an orthopedic surgeon to help patients walk again.

21 May 2010

Transplant centers should utilize DCD kidneys to minimize patients’ mortality rates

In the United States over 80,000 people are on the kidney transplant waiting list, and thousands die each year waiting for transplants. For most dialysis patients, kidney transplantation increases their chances of survival.

21 May 2010

German states may face healthcare crisis: Study

Within the next ten years, there will be deficiencies in healthcare provision in parts of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. This is the conclusion reached by Ulrike Siewert of Greifswald University and her coauthors in the current edition of Deutsches -rzteblatt International.

21 May 2010

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Democrats push three-year Medicare 'doc fix' as part of larger tax bill

HCPEA formed to support healthcare private equity community

Consumers roundup: More patients choose high-deductible plans; Many neglect doctors medication directions

Researchers analyze impact of health promotion program on cardiovascular disease-related medical, hospital costs

African-Americans, Hispanics less likely to meet MTM eligibility requirements: Study

Oberthur Technologies, SMART Association to offer smart card-centric ID solution to hospitals in North America

Eli Lilly to honor individuals with Welcome Back Award for improving lives of others

Information about tanning's damaging effect on appearance reduces sunbed use among young women

European researchers define research priorities in biogerontology

Red Cross survey: 68% of Americans involved in some kind of summer emergency

First Edition: May 21, 2010

Rush University College of Nursing professor receives Flame of Excellence Award from AACN

Influenza antiviral drugs not hoarded during recent H1N1 flu season, says Prime Therapeutics

Living wills do not represent patients’ treatment preferences in end-of-life scenarios

Psychiatrists should be included in disaster first-response teams

AACN and Elsevier/MC Strategies to develop online nursing courses

Datasource Mobility to illustrate new healthcare product from Panasonic

UF awarded $1.2M grant to support UF-HHMI Science for Life Program

Transplant centers should utilize DCD kidneys to minimize patients’ mortality rates

German states may face healthcare crisis: Study

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How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

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