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Proposed 2010-11 Rendell budget preserves essential health care and safety net services

Governor Edward G. Rendell's proposed 2010-11 budget maintains essential health care and other safety net services during the economic recovery by better managing programs, attacking waste and reducing unnecessary spending.

10 Feb 2010

NYBC calls for blood donation to meet winter needs

New York Blood Center (NYBC) serving New York City, Long Island, Hudson Valley and New Jersey calls upon the community to please donate blood and platelets, as the tri-state area braces for a huge predicted winter snowstorm. Healthy people of all blood types and ethnicities are encouraged to donate this week.

10 Feb 2010

UnitedHealthcare launches OCA program for cancer patients

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, launched its Oncology Care Analysis (OCA) program. This patient-focused, integrated program uses a first-of-its-kind database that combines clinical and claims data to gauge the quality of cancer patient care based on approved treatment guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 21 leading cancer centers.

10 Feb 2010

Bulgaria deploys Gemalto' smart cards to secure access to personal health records for military personnel

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Bulgaria has started deploying its smart cards to secure access to personal health records for the country’s military personnel and their family.

10 Feb 2010

Sebelius to GOP: 'Don't get wrong impression' about Obama health summit

Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "A day after President Barack Obama invited Republicans in Congress to a bipartisan health care summit, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said no one should get the wrong impression.

10 Feb 2010

Laser Spine Institute recognized as ‘Medical Partner of the Year’

This year, Gridiron Greats recognized LSI at the event as Medical Partner of the Year. LSI's medical director Dr. Michael Perry and CEO Bill Horne accepted the award.

10 Feb 2010

Pfizer, Keas collaborate on Keas platform to improve health and wellness of consumers

Pfizer and Keas announced today they have entered into an alliance to collaborate on the Keas platform to enable Health and Wellness experts to author, sell and distribute personalized online Care Plans directly to patients.

10 Feb 2010

Today's OpEds: Questioning transparency, the bipartisan summit and starting anew

Hours of health care debate were broadcast on C-SPAN for the dozen or so Americans who were watching. Some of the negotiations were not broadcast, but why demand of the health reform bill a level of transparency not required of any other legislation? Does anyone know what is in the most recent farm bill, which costs two-thirds as much as the health reform legislation will? (Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, 2/9).

10 Feb 2010

PHNS launches new "24/7 Claims Acceleration" services for U.S. hospitals

PHNS Inc. announced its new "24/7 Claims Acceleration" services for U.S. hospitals using a team of Chinese business analysts trained by PHNS and China-based IT and business process outsourcing provider iSoftStone. The Chinese business analysts are located in iSoftStone's Global Delivery Center in Tianjin, China. All of this new team have bachelor's or master's-equivalent degrees, and have completed months of specialized PHNS' hospital claims resolution training, facilitated by specialists from both PHNS and iSoftStone.

10 Feb 2010

New webinar to discuss financial and performance-related implications of medical homes

Recent and ongoing national conversations on healthcare reform have shone a spotlight on a new approach to patient-oriented, cost effective healthcare.

10 Feb 2010

Kansas to downsize hospitals for disabled; Nevada may cut enrollment in programs for mentally ill and seniors

Kansas Health Institute reports on downsizing at hospitals for the developmentally disabled: "Admissions to Kansas Neurological Institute will be halted this summer and restricted at Parsons State Hospital, the state's top welfare agency official said today.

10 Feb 2010

G7 forgives Haiti's bilateral loans to support aid effort

At a press conference on Saturday, "Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he and his G-7 colleagues would forgive bilateral loans extended to poverty-stricken Haiti, which estimates it could have lost 200,000 residents in the major earthquake that hit last month," Dow Jones Newswires reports.

10 Feb 2010

States push ahead on health care reforms and policy issues, pre-empting some provisions of congressional efforts

"State lawmakers in at least three dozen states are pushing ahead with a series of measures aimed at pre-empting whatever might come out of Washington. On the left, Democrats in the California Senate recently approved a measure to establish a state-run, single-payer health care system favored by liberals on Capitol Hill. And on the right, conservatives in Virginia and other states are pushing legislation to stave off federal efforts to mandate that individuals secure insurance coverage or require businesses to provide it" (O'Connor, 2/9).

10 Feb 2010

Loyola University Chicago offers new research-intensive program for healthcare industry

Registration is underway for Loyola University Chicago's new infectious disease & immunology master's degree program that will prepare graduates for challenging health-related positions in government, research and private industry.

10 Feb 2010

Obama: No 'short cut' to deal with health reform issues

President Barack Obama surprised reporters by coming into the White House briefing Tuesday afternoon following a meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders.

10 Feb 2010

Idaho Health Freedom Act: Passage will lead to loss of $1.6 billion in federal health care funding

As the Idaho House approved legislation today laying the groundwork to oppose a non-existent federal health care law, the long-term effects of the move could be felt for years to come. AARP is calling the Idaho Health Freedom Act (House Bill 391) a disastrous and problem-riddled piece of legislation that, if signed into law, could see Idaho lose nearly $1.6 billion in federal health care funding for the state and cost thousands of jobs.

10 Feb 2010

Third-party-payment system needs reform, says AAPS

The 2,000-page "Obamacare" agenda is stalled, but some want to try to jump-start "reform." Republicans introduced a 200-page substitute for H.R. 3962, which failed on a vote of 176 to 258. Now the President plans to meet with Republican congressional leaders.

10 Feb 2010

New Multi-Cycle program reduces risk of infertility treatment for older mothers

Fertility experts at the Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area (RSC) announced they have launched a new program from IntegraMed geared toward easing the risk of infertility treatment for qualified women of ages 49 and younger who want to use their own eggs in order to achieve pregnancy.

10 Feb 2010

Health officials encourage caution, despite H1N1 case decline

As the number of new H1N1 (swine flu) infections worldwide drops, U.S. health officials on Friday cautioned the virus continues to circulate and can still be deadly, Reuters reports. According to the WHO, H1N1 remains the dominant strain worldwide, but there are reports of the recent emergence of the seasonal flu in Africa and China, according to the news agency.

10 Feb 2010

Insurer to take new role in assessing cancer treatments

UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation's biggest insurance companies, has decided to take a more active role in the care of its policy holders who are being treated for several types of cancer, The Wall Street Journal reports.

9 Feb 2010

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Proposed 2010-11 Rendell budget preserves essential health care and safety net services

NYBC calls for blood donation to meet winter needs

UnitedHealthcare launches OCA program for cancer patients

Bulgaria deploys Gemalto' smart cards to secure access to personal health records for military personnel

Sebelius to GOP: 'Don't get wrong impression' about Obama health summit

Laser Spine Institute recognized as ‘Medical Partner of the Year’

Pfizer, Keas collaborate on Keas platform to improve health and wellness of consumers

Today's OpEds: Questioning transparency, the bipartisan summit and starting anew

PHNS launches new "24/7 Claims Acceleration" services for U.S. hospitals

New webinar to discuss financial and performance-related implications of medical homes

Kansas to downsize hospitals for disabled; Nevada may cut enrollment in programs for mentally ill and seniors

G7 forgives Haiti's bilateral loans to support aid effort

States push ahead on health care reforms and policy issues, pre-empting some provisions of congressional efforts

Loyola University Chicago offers new research-intensive program for healthcare industry

Obama: No 'short cut' to deal with health reform issues

Idaho Health Freedom Act: Passage will lead to loss of $1.6 billion in federal health care funding

Third-party-payment system needs reform, says AAPS

New Multi-Cycle program reduces risk of infertility treatment for older mothers

Health officials encourage caution, despite H1N1 case decline

Insurer to take new role in assessing cancer treatments

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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