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NHS teams up with international staff engagement specialists to improve patient care

The National Health Service (NHS), which manages 500 hospitals and over 1.5 million people in the UK, understands the value of an engaged staff: healthier and happier patients.

7 Dec 2009

Early antisocial behaviours and parental factors affect various health outcomes 40 years later

Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates.

7 Dec 2009

VAI expands to support annual research operation

On December 8, Van Andel Institute (VAI) cuts the ribbon on its eight-story, $178 million, 240,000 square foot Phase II expansion. The expanded facility creates economic and scientific opportunity both for VAI and West Michigan's burgeoning life sciences sector and adds to the more than $1 billion investment in infrastructure already in place along Grand Rapids' Medical Mile.

7 Dec 2009

Deal time? Key Senate Dems meet on public option in health bill

Politico: "President Barack Obama will meet Sunday with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, as a group of moderate and liberal senators weighed a new public option compromise in hopes of striking a deal by early in the week.

6 Dec 2009

Combative health debate continues: Senate considers insurance executives' pay, cost controls

News coverage is focusing on Senate consideration of amendments to the massive health reform bill.

6 Dec 2009

Obama on Senate health bill: 'They're going to get it done'

News coverage is focusing on the Senate health debate, with some reporting that some agreements may be reached today.

6 Dec 2009

"Healthcare costs are out of control", says Tulane University School of Medicine professor

"Healthcare costs are out of control, and this country simply cannot afford to have the cost of health care growing at the rate that it's been growing," says Streiffer.

5 Dec 2009

Crescent Healthcare CIO selected as finalist for 'Chief Innovation Officer' Appy Award

Pamela Bowen, Chief Information Officer at Crescent Healthcare, was selected as a finalist for the "Chief Innovation Officer" Appy Award for transforming Crescent's business with the power of cloud computing.

5 Dec 2009

European scientists discuss strategies to strengthen the role of EU in promoting global public health

Taken together, the EU's member states constitute the world's largest aid donor to the low and middle-income countries, and the largest trade zone. This puts the EU in a unique position to contribute to better global health. But first, its member states must decide on their goals and how they can work together to achieve them.

5 Dec 2009

New Emergency Stroke System ensures patients’ access to effective treatment

Thanks to Los Angeles County's new Emergency Stroke System, individuals who experience a stroke may now be able to more quickly access some of the latest advances in stroke interventions.

5 Dec 2009

Zynx Health to highlight clinical decision support for improved and quality patient care

Zynx Health CEO and President Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH will be speaking at IHI on clinical decision support, specifically focusing on the implications of clinical decision support for meaningful use of EHRs and American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. Zynx is the leader in evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support.

5 Dec 2009

OrthoAccel Technologies announces the availability of new Continuing Education course

OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc., developers of the AcceleDent System, which is an acceleration device to enhance orthodontics, announced the availability of a new Continuing Education course published by PennWell Corporation, a leader in professional education for many industries, including medicine and dentistry.

5 Dec 2009

CareTech Solutions' client -hospital websites receive eHealthcare Leadership Awards

CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems, announced today that six of its client -hospital web sites earned ten awards in the Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition.

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

Edward D. Miller was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997.

5 Dec 2009

United Country Lippard Auctioneers announces the public auction of former Kingfisher Regional Hospital

United Country Lippard Auctioneers, Inc., (www.lippardauctions.com) announces the public auction of the former Kingfisher Regional Hospital, according to Troy Lippard, auctioneer.

5 Dec 2009

First lifestyle magazine and website for nurses launched

Scrubs Magazine (scrubsmag.com), the first lifestyle magazine and website for nurses, premiered November 15. The magazine has paid circulation of 350,000 and will be sold in more than 1,500 nursing apparel stores nationwide. Strategic

5 Dec 2009

Join Sonic Foundry, Wisconsin Department of Health Services to host webinar on health information

When the spread of H1N1 flu accelerated this fall, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services needed to get more information to more people more quickly than ever before. Join Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, for a live webinar in which Matt Duffy from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, will share how in-house webcasting relieved fiscal pressures and made it easier to present increasingly complex data.

5 Dec 2009

Introduction of the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 commended

The Endocrine Society commends Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) for introducing the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 4190; S. 2828). The bill, endorsed by the Society, amends the Public Health Service Act by authorizing the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct a research program on endocrine disruption aimed at preventing and reducing the production of and the public's exposure to harmful chemicals.

5 Dec 2009

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of their insurance status during pregnancy and delivery

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to discuss national healthcare policy issues

Experts at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the USC School of Pharmacy are available to discuss critical national healthcare and healthcare policy issues.

5 Dec 2009

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NHS teams up with international staff engagement specialists to improve patient care

Early antisocial behaviours and parental factors affect various health outcomes 40 years later

VAI expands to support annual research operation

Deal time? Key Senate Dems meet on public option in health bill

Combative health debate continues: Senate considers insurance executives' pay, cost controls

Obama on Senate health bill: 'They're going to get it done'

"Healthcare costs are out of control", says Tulane University School of Medicine professor

Crescent Healthcare CIO selected as finalist for 'Chief Innovation Officer' Appy Award

European scientists discuss strategies to strengthen the role of EU in promoting global public health

New Emergency Stroke System ensures patients’ access to effective treatment

Zynx Health to highlight clinical decision support for improved and quality patient care

OrthoAccel Technologies announces the availability of new Continuing Education course

CareTech Solutions' client -hospital websites receive eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

United Country Lippard Auctioneers announces the public auction of former Kingfisher Regional Hospital

First lifestyle magazine and website for nurses launched

Join Sonic Foundry, Wisconsin Department of Health Services to host webinar on health information

Introduction of the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 commended

New data reveals insurance-based discrimination is more common among lower income women

Health experts available to discuss national healthcare policy issues

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