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Quest Software, HealthCast announce end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution

Quest Software, Inc. and HealthCast, Inc. today announced an end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution that simplifies and automates secure clinician access to protected healthcare information with the benefits of virtualization.

26 Feb 2010

Rare Disease Day 2010: Alexion Pharmaceuticals joins NORD and EURORDIS to raise awareness

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has joined the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) and the European Organization for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS) in supporting the goals of the third annual Rare Disease Day, February 28, 2010.

26 Feb 2010

Making public policies on vaccination with limited information

"Let's say you're a public health official from the Centers for Disease Control, and you don't really know how much disease is going to be averted by vaccinating different fractions of the population," said Manski, the Board of Trustees Professor in Economics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. "Then how should you choose a policy? That's really what the paper tries to address."

26 Feb 2010

Bipartisan health care summit: NSBA pleads with lawmakers to move beyond rhetoric

Following today's bipartisan health care summit, NSBA is pleading with lawmakers to move beyond the rhetoric. Small-business owners across the U.S. have been struggling for years with the rising cost of health care, and need Congress to act now. For small businesses, the bottom line is addressing health care costs—not the intentions, not the proposals and most certainly not the debates.

26 Feb 2010

OneWest Foundation, UCLA Health System grant $600,000 for helping low-income patients obtain medical care

Thanks to a generous three-year, $300,000 grant from the OneWest Foundation — matched by funds from the UCLA Health System — qualified Venice Family Clinic patients who need hospitalization or specialized medical care may now be helped by a pilot project launched by the foundation, the clinic and the UCLA Health System.

26 Feb 2010

First Edition: February 26, 2010

It's the day after the White House health summit and the headlines are focused on what went on yesterday and what will happen next.

26 Feb 2010

Advances in surgical technology enable surgeons to perform many operations as outpatient procedures

Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals were done as outpatient procedures, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

26 Feb 2010

Surge in volunteers without overall coordination can make devastating situation worse instead of better

A surge in volunteers following a major disaster can overwhelm a response system, and without overall coordination, can actually make a situation worse instead of better. The outpouring of medical volunteers who responded to the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in January provides a roadmap for health care providers during future disasters, say the authors of a New England Journal of Medicine "Perspectives" piece that will be published online February 24.

26 Feb 2010

$Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment$

Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment

As many as half of all women and a quarter of men over the age of 50 can expect to sustain a fractured bone related to osteoporosis or low bone density. To enhance prevention and treatment of these fragility fractures, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has implemented an innovative program called Own the Bone™ developed by the American Orthopaedic Association.

26 Feb 2010

Baby Angels Foundation established to support bereaved parents in Minnesota and western Wisconsin

The death of a child is one of the most painful losses a family can experience, and when it happens unexpectedly it can leave them feeling confused and helpless. To help families cope immediately and long after this tragic event, Becca Peden and Serena Gragert have established the Baby Angels Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at raising awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and funding much-needed resources for bereaved parents in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

26 Feb 2010

Most internal medicine residency training program directors don't prefer pharmaceutical support

Most directors of internal medicine residency training programs would prefer not to accept pharmaceutical support for the residencies they oversee, but more than half report doing so, according to an article in the February 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

26 Feb 2010

Possible damage to children caused by compulsory vaccines: CVS calls for investigation of federal agencies

In a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of House and Senate Committees charged with oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Coalition for Vaccine Safety (CVS) is calling for hearings to investigate HHS, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other government agencies for failure to fully address issues of vaccine safety as intended by the Mandate for Safer Vaccines in the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act.

26 Feb 2010

Community-wide wellness initiative to deliver preventive health care services to northwest Arkansas

U.S. Preventive Medicine® and Washington Regional Medical Center, together with Arkansas Occupational Health Clinic and Kids for Health, today introduced an initiative to deliver preventive health care services to northwest Arkansas. This community-wide wellness initiative aims to save lives and money by keeping Arkansans healthy and treating chronic illnesses before they progress.

26 Feb 2010

Canadian nurses remind federal government ahead of its budget: Health and wealth go hand in hand

Canadian nurses are reminding the federal government ahead of its March 4 budget that health and wealth go hand in hand, with a healthy workforce being a crucial element of economic recovery.

26 Feb 2010

HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase: Initiate Systems to offer full roster of activities for fifth consecutive year

At the HIMSS10 Conference and Exhibits March 1 – 4, Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in health information sharing, will offer a full roster of activities that includes exhibits, product demonstrations, customer presentations and, for the fifth consecutive year, participation in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase.

26 Feb 2010

NIH Director announces seven new scientific programs scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2010

Programs to create a new center for the study of stem cells and to increase capacity to deal with global health issues were among seven scientific initiatives announced today by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. The seven research programs are supported through the NIH Common Fund, which encourages collaborative research programs across the NIH institutes and centers, or ICs, to accomplish work that no single IC could do alone.

26 Feb 2010

Employer-sponsored health plans: 66% of state and local government employees enrolled in 2008

About 66 percent of the nearly 20 million state and local government employees were enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans in 2008, compared with 54 percent of private-sector workers, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

26 Feb 2010

Santa Cruz HIE: Inter-HIE exchange capability may improve patient care in California

The Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange is using Axolotl’s Elysium NHIN Gateway to connect to two California HIE networks - EKCITA in Tehachapi, CA and the Long Beach Network for Health in Southern CA, for exchange and sharing of critical clinical information.

26 Feb 2010

STD prevention programs in schools: Mixed outcomes on sexual behaviors

Teaching teens about sexually transmitted infections at school boosts factual knowledge, but does not necessarily translate to increased condom use, according to a new review from the United Kingdom.

26 Feb 2010

Approval of smoke-free legislation: Huge step forward to protect workers and public from secondhand smoke

The Kansas Legislature today delivered a historic victory for health and the public's right to breathe clean air by passing legislation to make almost all workplaces, including all restaurants and bars, smoke-free.

26 Feb 2010

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Quest Software, HealthCast announce end-to-end clinical desktop and workflow solution

Rare Disease Day 2010: Alexion Pharmaceuticals joins NORD and EURORDIS to raise awareness

Making public policies on vaccination with limited information

Bipartisan health care summit: NSBA pleads with lawmakers to move beyond rhetoric

OneWest Foundation, UCLA Health System grant $600,000 for helping low-income patients obtain medical care

First Edition: February 26, 2010

Advances in surgical technology enable surgeons to perform many operations as outpatient procedures

Surge in volunteers without overall coordination can make devastating situation worse instead of better

Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment

Baby Angels Foundation established to support bereaved parents in Minnesota and western Wisconsin

Most internal medicine residency training program directors don't prefer pharmaceutical support

Possible damage to children caused by compulsory vaccines: CVS calls for investigation of federal agencies

Community-wide wellness initiative to deliver preventive health care services to northwest Arkansas

Canadian nurses remind federal government ahead of its budget: Health and wealth go hand in hand

HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase: Initiate Systems to offer full roster of activities for fifth consecutive year

NIH Director announces seven new scientific programs scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2010

Employer-sponsored health plans: 66% of state and local government employees enrolled in 2008

Santa Cruz HIE: Inter-HIE exchange capability may improve patient care in California

STD prevention programs in schools: Mixed outcomes on sexual behaviors

Approval of smoke-free legislation: Huge step forward to protect workers and public from secondhand smoke

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