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New partnership creates easy trip to San Diego Zoo through new television channel

Thanks to a new partnership, families spending time at the Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls can easily take a trip to the San Diego Zoo through a new television channel.

4 Mar 2014

Republicans aim at Senate seats using health law stances

The GOP is showing signs it intends to go even farther to use the health law to win or retain Senate seats this election cycle.

4 Mar 2014

Research suggests that MBSR program can reduce employee stress and burnout

Within the health care industry and beyond, daily exposure to stress can lead to negative consequences for employees both on and off the job - from apathy and burnout to physical illness or mental impairments.

4 Mar 2014

Shoppers confront more glitches, frustrations from state health exchanges

Whether it is long waits for marketplace helplines or news that some people in California will have to redo their applications, problems persist. News outlets offer more examples and updates with reports from Maryland, Oregon, Washington, Georgia and Colorado.

4 Mar 2014

Study finds significant reduction in hospital admissions with Medicare Part D prescription coverage

A new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago finds that Medicare Part D prescription coverage significantly reduced hospital admissions and program expenditures totaling $1.5 billion annually.

4 Mar 2014

Angry outbursts increase heart attack risk

Call it what you will - getting red in the face, hot under the collar, losing your cool, blowing your top - we all experience anger. And while we know that anger is a normal, sometimes even beneficial emotion, we're also aware of the often harmful connection between anger and health. New research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical shows an even more compelling reason to think about getting anger in check - a nearly fivefold increase in risk for heart attack in the two hours following outbursts of anger.

4 Mar 2014

Clinton papers offer window into failed health reform effort

Some of the 4,000 pages of previously confidential Clinton administration documents, released Friday by the National Archives, chronicle Hillary Clinton's efforts to overhaul the health system.

4 Mar 2014

Majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries are old, poor and more likely to be women

New analyses completed by Avalere Health and Dobson DaVanzo & Associates released today by the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare find that the majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries and caregivers, both skilled and informal, are women and that Medicare home health beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable of all Medicare beneficiaries.

4 Mar 2014

Global Customer Support team of Wolters Kluwer Health receives NorthFace ScoreBoard award from Omega

Wolters Kluwer Health is pleased to announce that its Global Customer Support team for the Ovid and LWW Journals product lines has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp for excellence in service during 2013.

4 Mar 2014

DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

DebMed®, creator of the award-winning world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, announced today it has been awarded a three-year contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

4 Mar 2014

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

News outlets report that the White House -- facing high political stakes -- is attempting to increase the enrollment numbers with a targeted push aimed at African Americans, Latinos, young people and residents of cities with the highest uninsured rates.

4 Mar 2014

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

PruittHealth is proud to announce that twenty-nine of its health care centers received the Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award™. Qualifying for these awards displays a continued dedication to providing best in class healthcare services.

4 Mar 2014

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

TeamHealth Holdings, one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced a merger with the operations of Salutis Emergency Specialists, PLLC. Based in Martinsburg, W. Va., Salutis Emergency Specialists manages and staffs the hospital emergency department for University Healthcare, Berkeley Medical Center (formerly City Hospital), which provides emergency care for approximately 54,000 patients annually.

4 Mar 2014

forMD launches private online community for alumni of Hospital for Special Surgery

forMD, an innovative provider of specialty physician communities, has launched a private online community for alumni of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), one of the nation's leading orthopedic hospitals.

4 Mar 2014

SBA to honor CEO of 3C Institute with Award of Excellence for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

SBA North Carolina District Director Ms. Lynn L. Douthett will honor Dr. Melissa DeRosier, founder and CEO of Cary-based 3C Institute with a special Award of Excellence for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship.

4 Mar 2014

TherapeuticsMD's fourth quarter 2013 net revenue increases to $2.9 million

TherapeuticsMD, Inc., a women's healthcare company, today announced results for the three-month period and full-year ended December 31, 2013.

4 Mar 2014

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

A series of papers in the March issue of Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the most vulnerable Americans - those living with HIV/AIDS and people who have recently cycled through jail.

4 Mar 2014

Wilson Medical Center, Duke LifePoint Healthcare complete formation of new joint venture

Wilson Medical Center and Duke LifePoint Healthcare have completed the formation of their new joint venture following approval by the Attorney General of North Carolina. The organizations now officially share ownership and operation of Wilson Medical Center.

3 Mar 2014

Covidien's Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator receives CE Mark approval

Covidien plc, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, today announced its Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator has received European Economic Area CE Mark approval.

3 Mar 2014

New article explores risks associated with using herbal cannabis for rheumatic conditions

Patients with rheumatic conditions are in need of symptom relief and some are turning to herbal cannabis as a treatment option. However, the effectiveness and safety of medical marijuana to treat symptoms of rheumatic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or fibromyalgia is not supported by medical evidence. A new article published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology, explores the risks associated with using herbal cannabis for medicinal purposes and advises healthcare providers to discourage rheumatology patients from using this drug as therapy.

3 Mar 2014

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

New partnership creates easy trip to San Diego Zoo through new television channel

Republicans aim at Senate seats using health law stances

Research suggests that MBSR program can reduce employee stress and burnout

Shoppers confront more glitches, frustrations from state health exchanges

Study finds significant reduction in hospital admissions with Medicare Part D prescription coverage

Angry outbursts increase heart attack risk

Clinton papers offer window into failed health reform effort

Majority of Medicare home health beneficiaries are old, poor and more likely to be women

Global Customer Support team of Wolters Kluwer Health receives NorthFace ScoreBoard award from Omega

DebMed wins GSA contract that includes hand hygiene products, electronic compliance monitoring system

March marks the final month of the health law's open enrollment period -- and the rush is on!

PruittHealth Centers receive Pinnacle Quality Insight 2014 Customer Service Experience Award

TeamHealth announces merger with Salutis Emergency Specialists operations

forMD launches private online community for alumni of Hospital for Special Surgery

SBA to honor CEO of 3C Institute with Award of Excellence for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

TherapeuticsMD's fourth quarter 2013 net revenue increases to $2.9 million

Researchers examine how ACA could affect Americans living with HIV/AIDS

Wilson Medical Center, Duke LifePoint Healthcare complete formation of new joint venture

Covidien's Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator receives CE Mark approval

New article explores risks associated with using herbal cannabis for rheumatic conditions

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