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First Edition: February 4, 2010

Health care spending is taking an increasingly big bite out of the nation's economy, according to today's headlines.

4 Feb 2010

Secretaries to release new report on children’s health insurance

One year after President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit the Mazique Parent Child Center to discuss efforts to identify and enroll children in health coverage and announce new steps the Departments are taking to insure more kids.

4 Feb 2010

Closing funding gap for federal viral hepatitis education, screening and surveillance programs stops liver cancer

With most liver cancer caused by undetected or untreated hepatitis B or C viral infection, the 22,000 new cases of liver cancer that are diagnosed each year could be dramatically reduced if Congress took decisive action to close the funding gap for federal viral hepatitis education, screening, and surveillance programs, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) said today.

4 Feb 2010

First annual Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

The Regenerative Medicine Foundation today announced the first annual Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum to be held April 6-8, 2010 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.

4 Feb 2010

State of Michigan keeps lethal hospital infections in check

The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units , has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero — even three years after first adopting the standardized procedures. A report on the work is being published in the February 20 issue of BMJ (British Medical Journal).

4 Feb 2010

Surgery pricing secrets: The challenges patients face

Patients are the losers in both the Democratic and Republican versions of the health care reform bills. Proposed health care reform won't help patients find out how much health care costs before they get care and many hospitals aren't set up to help.

4 Feb 2010

New way of preventing potentially harmful plasticizers

Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticizers - the source of long-standing human health concerns - from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics.

4 Feb 2010

Proposals to reduce tax deductions for charitable donations will harm fundraising for nonprofit hospitals

President Obama's budget proposals to reduce tax deductions for charitable donations and freeze discretionary spending will harm fundraising for nonprofit hospitals by thwarting giving by wealthy donors and drying up funds meant to help the poor and underinsured, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy whose members direct fundraising for some 2,200 hospitals and health care systems across the U.S. and Canada.

4 Feb 2010

New program to help the U.S. health care sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources

In recent months, three U.S. hospitals signed energy contracts that will save over $1.7 million in energy costs, provide them with up to 10 percent clean energy. The green energy will avoid 11,829 metric tons of CO2 being released to our atmosphere, which is equivalent to taking 2,052 cars off the road or not burning 56 railcars' worth of coal.

4 Feb 2010

CardioNet's MCOT service: 300,000th patient benefits

CardioNet, Inc. announced today that the 300,000th patient has been monitored with the Company’s Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT™) service. MCOT is the first system to provide real-time wireless ECG monitoring and 24/7/365 analysis and response.

4 Feb 2010

Wolters Kluwer Health relaunches flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has relaunched its flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers.

4 Feb 2010

ASTRO leads the way to help physicians improve safety and reduce medical errors

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has committed to a six-point patient protection plan that will improve safety and quality and reduce the chances of medical errors, ASTRO Board Chairman Tim R. Williams, M.D., said today.

4 Feb 2010

AAUCM recognizes the benefits of PHT's A-Claim medical payment solution

The American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM) has begun a sponsorship of the A-Claim™ medical payment solution that includes discounts on A-Claim for all AAUCM members.

4 Feb 2010

Neuroscience research and clinical care launched at UT Medical School

Innovative neuroscience research and expanded clinical care have been launched at the new Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

4 Feb 2010

Harris introduces CESS to help healthcare organizations implement CONNECT solution

Harris Corporation recently introduced Harris CONNECT Engineering Support Services (CESS) to help healthcare organizations rapidly implement the Federal Heath Architecture CONNECT solution – a gateway to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

4 Feb 2010

Regular physical activity prevents chronic illness: Surgeon General urged to make outdoor time a health priority

National Wildlife Federation (NWF), more than 200 health, conservation, youth, and other organizations, and 16,300 Americans are urging the new surgeon general to make time outdoors a health priority for children.

4 Feb 2010

Discovery Health, NORD partner for Rare Disease Day

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) announced that Discovery Health and its new program, DISEASE DETECTIVES, will serve as media and program partners for Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2010.

4 Feb 2010

Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems selects CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.

4 Feb 2010

NAE and IOM join for panel discussion on 'Engineering Innovations in Healthcare'

WHAT:The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will join together for the first time at the regional meeting and panel discussion on "Engineering Innovations in Healthcare" at the University of Miami.

4 Feb 2010

Ontario's doctors urge patients to make simple lifestyle changes for better health

The number of patients living with chronic disease in Ontario is on the rise, finds a new report by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). The study reveals that between 1995-2005, the number of patients with diabetes has increased over 50% and more concerning is that the number of patients with diabetes aged 19 and younger has gone up by 20%.

4 Feb 2010

Healthcare News

First Edition: February 4, 2010

Secretaries to release new report on children’s health insurance

Closing funding gap for federal viral hepatitis education, screening and surveillance programs stops liver cancer

First annual Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum in Winston-Salem

State of Michigan keeps lethal hospital infections in check

Surgery pricing secrets: The challenges patients face

New way of preventing potentially harmful plasticizers

Proposals to reduce tax deductions for charitable donations will harm fundraising for nonprofit hospitals

New program to help the U.S. health care sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources

CardioNet's MCOT service: 300,000th patient benefits

Wolters Kluwer Health relaunches flagship drug information reference as Facts & Comparisons eAnswers

ASTRO leads the way to help physicians improve safety and reduce medical errors

AAUCM recognizes the benefits of PHT's A-Claim medical payment solution

Neuroscience research and clinical care launched at UT Medical School

Harris introduces CESS to help healthcare organizations implement CONNECT solution

Regular physical activity prevents chronic illness: Surgeon General urged to make outdoor time a health priority

Discovery Health, NORD partner for Rare Disease Day

Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems selects CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

NAE and IOM join for panel discussion on 'Engineering Innovations in Healthcare'

Ontario's doctors urge patients to make simple lifestyle changes for better health

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