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Consumer Reports covers issues pertaining to the efficacy and safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs

Consumer Reports and ConsumerReportsHealth.org cover issues pertaining to the efficacy and safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs (including natural medicines), mental health, diet and nutrition, food safety, and fitness.

26 Aug 2009

Town meeting to discuss about Canadian health system

Is the Canadian health system a model for universal, affordable quality health care, or is it, as the opposition and the health-care industry charge, just another example of "socialized medicine" that fails the public?

26 Aug 2009

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

It was announced by 01 Data Center that it has applied to the government broadband stimulus fund to provide broadband access to healthcare facilities in the unserved areas of the US. Unserved areas exist in all 50 states because they are not connected to the internet infrastructure since most networks consider them too remote or too disperse and challenging to dig ditches and lay wires.

26 Aug 2009

Today's selection of opinions and editorials

Two tax provisions in the health-care bill voted on by the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this summer have gained significant attention. One would impose a surtax on high-income earners. The other would force individuals (or their employers) who do not have approved health-insurance plans to pay a tax penalty. But there are other "revenue provisions" in the bill that also deserve a close look (James M. Peaslee, 8/25).

26 Aug 2009

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

To help hospitals achieve maximum revenue retention as a part of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, the Premier healthcare alliance has enhanced its quality benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution to include RAC capabilities.

26 Aug 2009

Covenant Medical Center resolves False Claims Act allegations by paying $4.5 million

Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced today.

26 Aug 2009

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. recently announced the launch of its community healthcare IT solution, PrimeEnterprise, which enables a community of Greenway((R)) customers to securely and seamlessly share select clinical, financial and administrative data.

26 Aug 2009

DaVita to present three abstracts on Peritoneal Dialysis at the ISPD meeting

DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), in conjunction with DaVita Clinical Research(R), today announced that it will present three abstracts at the 3rd North American Chapter meeting of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) on August 27-29 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

26 Aug 2009

ClubCorp partners with Muscular Dystrophy Association to raise funds to support ALS research initiative and more than 100 nonprofit groups

ClubCorp, The World Leader in Private Clubs, announced today that it is hosting the third annual ClubCorp Charity Classic in partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). This event is the world's largest multi-site charity golf and dining event, with participating clubs teeing up across the country from California to New York.

26 Aug 2009

Patient health and safety survey reveals that healthcare facilities are not ready to combat swine flu pandemic

A patient health and safety survey of 190 American hospitals from coast to coast compiled by registered nurses in eight different states finds that a disturbing number of our nation's healthcare facilities are not prepared for the coming H1N1/swine flu pandemic, according to results released today by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

26 Aug 2009

MedAssets to deliver transformational revenue cycle solutions for Saint Barnabas Health Care System

MedAssets, Inc. today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to deliver its transformational revenue cycle solutions to Saint Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS), the largest integrated health care delivery system in New Jersey. MedAssets will provide revenue cycle process reengineering services, powered by the continued deployment of web-based software and execution of ongoing primary accounts receivable billing and follow-up services.

26 Aug 2009

Program to help sex workers to go off the streets

Dallas prostitutes are getting a chance to change their lives, thanks to a collaboration among the Dallas Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff's Office, Dallas County Commissioner's Office, courts, Dallas County Health Department, Adult Probation Department, Parkland Hospital and Homeward Bound, which serves as the lead for more than 40 social service and faith-based organizations. The program offers prostitutes a comprehensive, multi-step, in-patient and out-patient treatment program as an alternative to further victimization and continued involvement in the criminal justice system.

26 Aug 2009

Parents' drinking habits influence teenagers to use alcohol and drugs

Compared to teens who have not seen their parent(s) drunk, those who have are more than twice as likely to get drunk in a typical month, and three times likelier to use marijuana and smoke cigarettes, according to the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIV: Teens and Parents, the 14th annual back-to-school survey conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

26 Aug 2009

USP and FEUM agrees to collaborate on the development of standards for medicines

Demonstrating a significant commitment to advancing the quality of medicines for patients on behalf of both countries, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention and the Permanent Commission of the Pharmacopeia of the United Mexican States (FEUM) today agreed to collaborate on the development of standards for medicines.

26 Aug 2009

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center awards contract to Pioneer Behavioral Health for providing behavioral health services

PHC, Inc., d.b.a. Pioneer Behavioral Health (NYSE AMEX: PHC), a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Salt Lake City Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (VA) to provide behavioral health services at the Company’s Highland Ridge Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. The initial term of the contract is nine months, with six-month renewal periods.

26 Aug 2009

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City selects UMB Healthcare Services to provide Health Savings Accounts to its customers

UMB Healthcare Services, a division of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF), announced today that they were selected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide Health Savings Accounts (HSA) to its customers.

26 Aug 2009

Sebelius names Chair of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday named Helene Gayle, president and chief executive of the charity CARE USA, as the chair the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Reuters reports.

26 Aug 2009

Pegasystems' business process management solution certified for full integration with Milliman Care Guidelines' CareWebQI

The Pegasystems Care Management Framework (CMF) is the first application certified as fully integrated with Milliman Care Guidelines's interactive CareWebQI((R)) clinical guideline software under a new Integration Certification program. CMF, a patient-centric business process management solution designed to improve the entire care management continuum, proved its optimum clinical workflow and usability with CareWebQI through a rigorous validation process.

26 Aug 2009

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

Verisk Health, Inc., a global leader in healthcare data analytics, announced today signings in June and July of six new contracts for use of the Company’s healthcare analytics, clinical resource management, risk assessment, and predictive modeling software.

26 Aug 2009

Healthy San Francisco enrollees express high levels of satisfaction with city's health access program and survey shows signs of improved access to care

As states and cities struggle with the economic recession and possible fiscal pressure on public health care programs, a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of enrollees in Healthy San Francisco (HSF), the city's health care access program for the uninsured, reports high rates of satisfaction and signs that the program has improved access to care for those uninsured residents who have enrolled.

26 Aug 2009

Healthcare News

Consumer Reports covers issues pertaining to the efficacy and safety of prescription and non-prescription drugs

Town meeting to discuss about Canadian health system

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

Today's selection of opinions and editorials

Premier’s ClinicalAdvisor offers customized benchmarking and regulatory reporting solution for hospitals and health systems

Covenant Medical Center resolves False Claims Act allegations by paying $4.5 million

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

DaVita to present three abstracts on Peritoneal Dialysis at the ISPD meeting

ClubCorp partners with Muscular Dystrophy Association to raise funds to support ALS research initiative and more than 100 nonprofit groups

Patient health and safety survey reveals that healthcare facilities are not ready to combat swine flu pandemic

MedAssets to deliver transformational revenue cycle solutions for Saint Barnabas Health Care System

Program to help sex workers to go off the streets

Parents' drinking habits influence teenagers to use alcohol and drugs

USP and FEUM agrees to collaborate on the development of standards for medicines

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center awards contract to Pioneer Behavioral Health for providing behavioral health services

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City selects UMB Healthcare Services to provide Health Savings Accounts to its customers

Sebelius names Chair of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Pegasystems' business process management solution certified for full integration with Milliman Care Guidelines' CareWebQI

Verisk Health signs six new contracts for use of its healthcare data analytic software

Healthy San Francisco enrollees express high levels of satisfaction with city's health access program and survey shows signs of improved access to care

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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