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Former President Bill Clinton to be the keynote speaker at the Annual Speaker Series Luncheon

Chicago House & Social Service Agency, the first organization in the Midwest to provide housing and support for people living with HIV and AIDS, will host their first ever Speaker Series Luncheon on November 11, 2009, welcoming President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker.

28 Aug 2009

Bus tour campaign to raise the awareness of patient assistance programs

The 'Help is Here Express' bus tour will be stopping in Virginia throughout the week of August 31 - September 3 at various cities in order to help uninsured and financially-struggling Virginians access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free.

28 Aug 2009

First Edition: August 28, 2009

Even as politics seems to pause to remember Sen. Edward Kennedy, the health care debate still gains media attention.

28 Aug 2009

The California Endowment to fund a statewide campaign that promotes the participation of all residents in the 2010 U.S. Census

To ensure that every Californian is counted in the 2010 U.S. Census, the state’s largest, private health foundation today announced that it will make $4 million in grants towards a statewide campaign that will promote the importance of participating in the Census, particularly in the large number of "hard to count" communities throughout the state.

28 Aug 2009

AHCA applaudes thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to HHS Secretary

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today applauded thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, calling for the suspension and revision of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS') Nursing Home Five Star Rating System.

28 Aug 2009

St. Jude Medical opens first Advanced Learning Center in Brussels

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced the official opening of the St. Jude Medical Advanced Learning Center, in Brussels, Belgium, offering education and training in advanced, evidence-based therapies for physicians who treat heart disease.

28 Aug 2009

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help with primary care shortage

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help mitigate the primary care physician shortage.

28 Aug 2009

Pelosi appeals for $100,000 to counter GOP 'Smears' on health overhaul efforts

Roll Call reports: "Hoping to boost Democratic Congressional Committee fundraising before the August Federal Election Commission deadline, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released an appeal Thursday with a goal of bringing in $100,000 in new donations by Monday to help fight for health care reform."

28 Aug 2009

Mental health advocates demand more psychaitric beds in North Carolina

Mental health advocates are calling attention to what they see as a need for more psychiatric beds in North Carolina.

28 Aug 2009

Medassets' web-based technology and consulting solutions to improve profitability of hospitals

In today’s tough economic climate, the majority of U.S. hospitals are challenged to generate low single-digit profit margins given the impact of rising supply costs, variances in supply utilization, and reduced revenue due to changes in patient volumes and payor reimbursement.

28 Aug 2009

NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Though most Americans are familiar with completing a questionnaire about their family health history when visiting health care providers, an independent panel was convened by the National Institutes of Health this week to critically assess exactly what we know and what we need to learn about how this process relates to improving health.

28 Aug 2009

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

President Obama's "comments on foreign aid [in Ghana] make it all the more surprising that the only real change in our foreign assistance programs under his administration so far is in indicated spending" - Carol Adelman, director of the Center for Global Prosperity at the Hudson Institute, and Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute - write in a Weekly Standard opinion piece.

28 Aug 2009

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Legislation passed in Texas this year will, effective September 1, 2009, amend Texas law governing physician alternative practice sites, such as retail-based Convenient Care clinics. SB 532, supported by the Convenient Care Association and the Texas Medical Association, and sponsored by State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), increases Texans’ access to affordable health care while ensuring high standards for quality of care.

28 Aug 2009

Study reveals the detrimental effects of high concentration levels of dangerous ultrafine particles in tunnels

A toxic cocktail of ultrafine particles is lurking inside road tunnels in concentration levels so high they have the potential to harm drivers and passengers, a new study has found.

28 Aug 2009

Senior citizens are paying escalating cost for their health care says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a new report, America’s Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare. The report highlights the problems with the status quo that leave seniors paying escalating costs for their health care while outlining how health insurance reform will strengthen Medicare and protect coverage for seniors.

28 Aug 2009

Linkwell's subsidiary to establish one hundred model hospitals across the country

Linkwell Corporation, a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of healthcare-related disinfectants in China, announced that its 90% held subsidiary, Shanghai Likang Hi-Tech Co., Ltd, will initiate a project, entitled 'The Shield of Likang -- The Establishment of One Hundred Model Hospitals' across the country for one year, from September 2009 to September 2010.

28 Aug 2009

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Maryland health programs will suffer especially deep cuts in the state's effort to patch a $454 million shortfall, the latest in a series of budget problems, the Washington Post reports.

28 Aug 2009

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has asked leaders from the largest insurers in America to testify in mid-September about the industry's "coverage, costs and claim denials," Reuters reports.

28 Aug 2009

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, suggested that Blue Dog Democrats "just want to cause trouble" when it comes to the changes they have sought in pending health care legislation, the Associated Press reports.

28 Aug 2009

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert issued today urges health care leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach used in other high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear energy.

28 Aug 2009

Healthcare News

Former President Bill Clinton to be the keynote speaker at the Annual Speaker Series Luncheon

Bus tour campaign to raise the awareness of patient assistance programs

First Edition: August 28, 2009

The California Endowment to fund a statewide campaign that promotes the participation of all residents in the 2010 U.S. Census

AHCA applaudes thirty-one state Attorneys General for sending a letter to HHS Secretary

St. Jude Medical opens first Advanced Learning Center in Brussels

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may help with primary care shortage

Pelosi appeals for $100,000 to counter GOP 'Smears' on health overhaul efforts

Mental health advocates demand more psychaitric beds in North Carolina

Medassets' web-based technology and consulting solutions to improve profitability of hospitals

NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

New law passed in Texas governing physician alternative practice sites will continue to help clinics to provide easy access to affordable health care

Study reveals the detrimental effects of high concentration levels of dangerous ultrafine particles in tunnels

Senior citizens are paying escalating cost for their health care says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Linkwell's subsidiary to establish one hundred model hospitals across the country

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Stark: Blue Dog Dems 'just want to cause trouble'

Joint Commission urges health care leaders to prevent errors by taking the zero-defect approach

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