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Recent health-care figures point to the need for strategy: Keep more mid-career nurses in profession

Recent health-care figures point to the need for a strategy that will keep more mid-career nurses in the profession. According to the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario statistics compiled by the College of Nurses of Ontario and the Canadian Institute for Health Information show a dramatic decrease in the share of nurses aged 35-49.

24 Feb 2010

ONDCP, HHS announce availability of over $1.1M for new Drug Free Communities Support programs

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing the availability of more than $1.1 million for new Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring program (DFC Mentoring) grants. An estimated 15 new Mentoring grants will be awarded (up to $75,000 per grant, per year) to drug and alcohol prevention community coalitions from across the nation. The length of the project period is up to two years.

24 Feb 2010

Consumer Watchdog calls for public release of Blue Cross premium hike investigation documents

Consumer Watchdog today condemned Blue Cross's transfer of $2.8 billion to its parent company since 2007, including approximately $719.5 million in 2009 alone, as a way of hiding its true financial condition from regulators scrutinizing steep rate hikes. Consumer Watchdog said Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner should seize on the transfers to invalidate recent premium hikes and should make Blue Cross documents available for public scrutiny.

24 Feb 2010

PIA hails the elimination of medical malpractice insurers from draft of bill

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents is hailing the elimination of medical malpractice insurers from the draft of a bill restricting the limited federal insurance antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

24 Feb 2010

Health care reform legislation: Americans still split, but several provisions find wide support

The latest Kaiser Tracking Poll finds the public still split on health care reform legislation, with 43 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed. However, the poll also finds that majorities of Americans of all political leanings support several provisions in the health reform proposals in Congress and most attribute delays in passing the legislation to political gamesmanship rather than policy disagreements.

24 Feb 2010

Guardian offers six questions to help employees and their families avoid critical illness

If you want to protect your finances from the costs of heart disease, and keep your heart healthy, the experts at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a leading provider of employee benefits, have compiled important questions that you should ask yourself before American Heart Month ends.

24 Feb 2010

HealthGrades names Good Samaritan Hospital as One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals in 2010

Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles is named as One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals in 2010 by HealthGrades, Inc., the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

24 Feb 2010

Ten steps to help caregivers take care of themselves

Faced with the need to provide daily care, often to family members with special needs or disabilities, caregivers tend to overlook their own short- and long-term personal and financial needs, putting at risk their own health and security.

24 Feb 2010

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced today that the company has partnered with Howard University Hospital, Department of Surgery to participate in a Community Health Project and Demonstration focused on diagnosing and treating the potentially life-threatening condition called Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

24 Feb 2010

Multidisciplinary care teams can also reduce risk of dying in ICUs of hospitals without intensivists

The severe shortage of specially-trained intensivist physicians has hospital intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide struggling to staff units with critical care teams led by intensivists, even though the presence of these specially trained physicians reduces the risk of death for patients in the ICU. A new Penn Medicine report found that replacing intensivist-led teams with multidisciplinary care teams can also reduce the risk of dying in intensive care units. The study appears in the February 22 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

24 Feb 2010

Pelosi holds news conference to discuss the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Chairwoman Louise Slaughter, Congressman Peter DeFazio, and Wendell Potter, senior fellow on health care at the Center for Media and Democracy and a former insurance industry executive, held a news conference this afternoon in the Capitol to discuss the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act that will end the unfair anti-trust protection for the health insurance industry.

24 Feb 2010

Hospitals maintain dominant position in determining health care pricing decisions: Study

A study by USC researcher Vivian Wu finds that despite the increasing clout of HMOs in the 1990s, hospitals maintained a dominant position in determining health care pricing decisions.

24 Feb 2010

Research study to develop new model of health care delivery for patients

GE Healthcare, Intel Corporation and Mayo Clinic are investigating a new model of health care delivery for patients at increased risk of rehospitalization that is designed to meet patients' needs where they are, including in their homes.

24 Feb 2010

ELARC terminates DIR for children with autism: Court orders reinstatement

The Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday issued a preliminary injunction in the class action lawsuit filed on behalf of children with autism against the Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center (ELARC) for unlawfully terminating the most effective treatment for their condition.

24 Feb 2010

NJPA files lawsuit against state's health service providers for violating patient confidentiality rights

The New Jersey Psychological Association, the professional organization representing more than 2,100 psychologists who treat hundreds of thousands of people throughout the state, announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission, Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. and Magellan Health Services alleging violation of patient confidentiality rights provided by the New Jersey Practicing Psychology Licensing Act.

24 Feb 2010

Reporting problems associated with FDA-regulated products help protect health and safety of all Americans

Reports submitted to the Food and Drug Administration are an important part of the agency's strategy for identifying risks with products after they've reached the market. These reports help FDA protect the health and safety of all Americans—and can ultimately save lives.

24 Feb 2010

PressureWire Aeris technology now available to hospitals using Horizon Cardiology Hemo solution

St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced today its wireless PressureWire™ Aeris technology, which aids in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery blockages by measuring Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), will now be available to hospitals using the McKesson Horizon Cardiology Hemo™ solution.

24 Feb 2010

Physicians’ average weekly hours decreased by 7% over the last decade

After remaining stable for 2 decades, the average hours worked per week by physicians decreased by about 7 percent between 1996 and 2008, according to a study in the February 24 issue of JAMA.

24 Feb 2010

FEHBP PBM contracts: HR 4489 to reduce fraud and grant OPM greater power to audit

The House Subcommittee for the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia heard testimony today on HR 4489, the “FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act.” The proposed bill would reform many aspects of how the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) contracts with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to provide prescription drug benefits to federal workers.

24 Feb 2010

Clinicians and industry experts convene to discuss meaningful use of EHR technology at HIMSS conference

Leading industry experts and clinicians of pioneering CPOE installations will join an interactive Town Hall session, “Meaningful Use When It Comes to Medications in the Workflow,” at the HIMSS Annual Conference, to be held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

24 Feb 2010

Healthcare News

Recent health-care figures point to the need for strategy: Keep more mid-career nurses in profession

ONDCP, HHS announce availability of over $1.1M for new Drug Free Communities Support programs

Consumer Watchdog calls for public release of Blue Cross premium hike investigation documents

PIA hails the elimination of medical malpractice insurers from draft of bill

Health care reform legislation: Americans still split, but several provisions find wide support

Guardian offers six questions to help employees and their families avoid critical illness

HealthGrades names Good Samaritan Hospital as One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals in 2010

Ten steps to help caregivers take care of themselves

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

Multidisciplinary care teams can also reduce risk of dying in ICUs of hospitals without intensivists

Pelosi holds news conference to discuss the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Hospitals maintain dominant position in determining health care pricing decisions: Study

Research study to develop new model of health care delivery for patients

ELARC terminates DIR for children with autism: Court orders reinstatement

NJPA files lawsuit against state's health service providers for violating patient confidentiality rights

Reporting problems associated with FDA-regulated products help protect health and safety of all Americans

PressureWire Aeris technology now available to hospitals using Horizon Cardiology Hemo solution

Physicians’ average weekly hours decreased by 7% over the last decade

FEHBP PBM contracts: HR 4489 to reduce fraud and grant OPM greater power to audit

Clinicians and industry experts convene to discuss meaningful use of EHR technology at HIMSS conference

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