Healthcare News

RSS

InfoMedics launches doctor-patient feedback programs

InfoMedics, Inc. has implemented patient feedback programs to improve doctor-patient communication and enhance the impact of marketing programs for biopharmaceutical brands through every phase and challenge of the product life cycle: disease state awareness, early experience, branded launch campaign, growth, mature product and patient compliance.

29 Oct 2009

Open enrollment for seniors to select healthcare coverage for 2010 to begin in November

Open enrollment, the six-week period during which seniors can select healthcare coverage for 2010, begins Nov. 15. Health plans have begun sharing their costs and coverage, but making a choice can be a daunting task.

29 Oct 2009

Impact of wellness programs on pharmaceutical, diagnostic and device markets

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Kalorama Information's new report, "The Market for Wellness Programs and Their Impact on Pharmaceutical, Diagnostic and Device Product Markets," to their collection of Healthcare market reports.

29 Oct 2009

Survey of Connecticut physicians shows disparities in health care

Connecticut physicians believe they could be providing better care to patients of diverse racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds if they had training that was more accessible, according to the results of a survey released today by the Connecticut State Medical Society.

29 Oct 2009

KidzPartners health insurance program for teens and children

Health Partners announced today that it is offering comprehensive health insurance through the state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP, brought to you by Health Partners' newest program, KidzPartners, has already begun enrolling members in Philadelphia County and will expand to surrounding counties in the future.

29 Oct 2009

GE Healthcare to provide surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal influenza activity throughout the U.S.

GE Healthcare, one of the leading providers of healthcare information technology, today announced its selection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide extensive surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal influenza activity throughout the United States.

29 Oct 2009

Statement regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid submitted

Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, on behalf of the American Association for Homecare's more than 4,000 member locations serving Medicare beneficiaries in every state in the nation, we appreciate the opportunity to submit this statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid.

29 Oct 2009

Crescent Healthcare to implement its Medical Management Solutions at Providence's Los Angeles area hospitals

Crescent Healthcare has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Providence Health & Services, California to implement its Medical Management Solutions (MMS) at three of Providence's Los Angeles area hospitals.

29 Oct 2009

House Democrats prepare for Thursday release of health bill

The Associated Press: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making plans to release on Thursday afternoon the House version of sweeping health reform legislation, depending on the outcome of a Wednesday afternoon meeting with House leaders.

28 Oct 2009

Ceos criticize public plan as lawmakers finalize bills

Several CEOs at large U.S. companies criticized the public insurance option as Congressional Democrats push to figure out which version should be included in their version of health reform legislation.

28 Oct 2009

Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems announces new enhancements in the FFlex ePortal Outreach solution

Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems, Inc. announced today the availability of FFlex ePortal Outreach solution. FFlex ePortal is a comprehensive laboratory outreach solution for healthcare facilities, including hospitals, large or small, reference labs, physician offices, nursing homes, clinics or any other facility that requires secure remote access to patient lab data.

28 Oct 2009

Nursing shortage: New Jersey Hospital Association launches three-year initiative

With an ongoing nursing shortage, a major transformation in the nursing work environment is needed so that healthcare facilities can continue to provide safe, effective quality care to patients.

28 Oct 2009

Is an individual mandate constitutional? Legal scholars are divided

Some legal scholars are questioning the constitutionality of a proposed mandate that would require most Americans to carry health insurance or pay a tax penalty, The Washington Times reports. This would be the first time that Congress has "required citizens to purchase any good or service." The argument against the constitutionality of such a provision "strikes at a pivotal part of the health care plan's finances."

28 Oct 2009

Insurer stocks rise after Reid's 'opt-out' announcement

A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proposed an 'opt-out' public option plan, health-care insurers' stocks climbed Tuesday," Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal reports.

28 Oct 2009

Lawmakers struggle with how age should influence insurance premiums

Age issues emerge in the health care reform debate as lawmakers struggle with how much young and old people should pay for insurance. Meanwhile, lawmakers and different groups try to woo seniors.

28 Oct 2009

Cost issues surround long term care insurance, nursing homes

As Congress considers a proposed long-term care insurance program as part of health overhaul plans, nursing homes costs are going up.

28 Oct 2009

Obama seeks health reform support from small businesses

Roll Call: "The White House is aggressively courting the small-business community, believing that some on GOP-friendly Main Street can be enlisted in the fight for health care reform and that assistance to mom-and-pop shops is vital to chipping away at the unemployment rate. ... White House officials were on the phone to the [U.S. Chamber of Commerce] and the GOP-leaning National Federation of Independent Business on Friday asking them to provide a group of small-business owners for Obama to talk with at the White House on Thursday."

28 Oct 2009

WFP to launch 4-month food voucher text message pilot program for Iraqi refugees

The World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday announced that it is launching a pilot program to send food vouchers via mobile phone text messages to Iraqi refugees in Syria, Agence France-Presse reports (10/27). This program is "the first of its kind in the world to use mobile phone technology," according to a WPF press release (10/27).

28 Oct 2009

Gates Foundation praises U.S. global health investments, calls for 15-year goal of cutting child deaths worldwide by nearly half

As part of a "major push to convince the United States to maintain government spending on worldwide health initiatives, despite the financial crisis and a soaring U.S. budget deficit," the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is urging U.S. policymakers to commit to cutting "the number of child deaths each year, from 9 million to 5 million" by 2025, CNN reports (Evans, 10/28).

28 Oct 2009

AHIP, Chamber of Commerce ramp up opposition to health reform

Insurers and the Chamber of Commerce are stepping up lobbying against a health care overhaul with new television ads.

28 Oct 2009

Healthcare News

InfoMedics launches doctor-patient feedback programs

Open enrollment for seniors to select healthcare coverage for 2010 to begin in November

Impact of wellness programs on pharmaceutical, diagnostic and device markets

Survey of Connecticut physicians shows disparities in health care

KidzPartners health insurance program for teens and children

GE Healthcare to provide surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal influenza activity throughout the U.S.

Statement regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid submitted

Crescent Healthcare to implement its Medical Management Solutions at Providence's Los Angeles area hospitals

House Democrats prepare for Thursday release of health bill

Ceos criticize public plan as lawmakers finalize bills

Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems announces new enhancements in the FFlex ePortal Outreach solution

Nursing shortage: New Jersey Hospital Association launches three-year initiative

Is an individual mandate constitutional? Legal scholars are divided

Insurer stocks rise after Reid's 'opt-out' announcement

Lawmakers struggle with how age should influence insurance premiums

Cost issues surround long term care insurance, nursing homes

Obama seeks health reform support from small businesses

WFP to launch 4-month food voucher text message pilot program for Iraqi refugees

Gates Foundation praises U.S. global health investments, calls for 15-year goal of cutting child deaths worldwide by nearly half

AHIP, Chamber of Commerce ramp up opposition to health reform

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

Latest News