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Viewpoints: Sebelius and Vilsack on rural health; Many thoughts on repeal vote; State budget cuts

As former governors from the Heartland, we've seen firsthand how Americans in rural areas struggle to get the health care they need. Whether it's a farmer losing his health insurance because he has no good choices or a mom putting off a treatment because there aren't enough doctors nearby, rural Americans often go without critical preventive care or key procedures.

20 Jan 2011

Roundup: Arizona Medicaid waiver?; 'Sweeping' Texas budget cuts; Wisconsin tort reform; Aspen's 'dismal' health coverage

The Legislature will meet in special session today to give Gov. Jan Brewer authority to seek a Medicaid waiver from the federal government, the first step to cutting health care for 280,000 Arizonans. Brewer and Republican lawmakers say the move is needed to balance the state budget and keep the rest of the state's Medicaid program intact.

20 Jan 2011

Home blood pressure monitors can help people keep blood pressure in check

A recent research review has concluded that home blood pressure monitors can help people keep their blood pressure in check and possibly cut down on medication – as long as patients and their doctors put those home readings to good use. For years, Omron Healthcare, Inc. has reminded Americans how important home blood pressure monitoring is when it comes to reducing their risk of a heart attack or stroke, and truly wants people to take the news to heart in 2011.

19 Jan 2011

CJPS Medical Systems to launch VitalPoint Remote Patient Monitor in the U.K.

CJPS Medical Systems are launching into the U.K. market this week their VitalPoint® Remote Patient Monitor, a medical device capable of measuring patients' vital signs from home, allowing secure and direct communication with their caregiver, creating electronic medical records, and transmitting vital signs data.

19 Jan 2011

Jayex launches online healthcare media library

Jayex, the healthcare digital display system specialist, today announces the launch of Med-Extranet; its online healthcare media library. Med-Extranet offers hospitals, clinics, and GP surgeries online access to educational videos, digital posters and public service announcements that can be displayed on patient waiting room screens.

19 Jan 2011

Medtech forms new 10-school company

Medtech today announced the formation of a new 10-school company that is positioned to become a leading post-secondary healthcare career education provider. The schools include four current Midwestern campuses, along with three Sanz Schools in the Washington, D.C. area and three Javelin Technical Training Centers in greater Atlanta that will adopt the Medtech name.

19 Jan 2011

First Edition: January 19, 2011

Today's headlines and news coverage offer details about the House health law repeal debate, which started yesterday.

19 Jan 2011

Point Of Care Solutions introduces AMP for physicians to manage medical practices

Point of Care Solutions introduces its Agile Medical Platform, the latest integrated practice management and ambulatory Electronic Health Record system available in the United States to manage physician medical practices with a ubiquitous interface.

19 Jan 2011

New York University and Health Data Management launch new healthcare software testing facility

The Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Health Data Management, the premier print and online publication for healthcare IT executives, today announced the launch of a new healthcare software testing facility.

19 Jan 2011

Europe's leading oncology organisations receive €12 million grant to streamline cross border research

Europe's leading oncology organisations are combining forces in the global fight against cancer. The project, EurocanPlatform, has received €12 million from the European Union to streamline cross border research. The project will find moreeffective ways to ensure the prevention, early discovery and treatment of different forms of cancer.

19 Jan 2011

American Heart Association documents commitment to improve heart and stroke-related public policy

The American Heart Association has, for the first time, published a statement, "American Heart Association and Nonprofit Advocacy: Past, Present, and Future," that documents the association's longstanding commitment to improve heart and stroke-related public policy.

19 Jan 2011

NQF implements quality measures pertaining to ambulatory emergency and urgent care

To improve healthcare quality and give patients and providers more information about the results of care, the National Quality Forum has endorsed 16 ambulatory care measures, with a particular focus on emergency and urgent care.

19 Jan 2011

Study shows physical activity helps people with osteoarthritis to walk faster

When a traffic light at a busy intersection flashes the WALK sign, people with knee osteoarthritis worry they can't walk fast enough to make it across the street in time. New Northwestern Medicine research shows people with this common arthritis are more likely to walk fast enough if they lead physically active lives.

19 Jan 2011

RG7204 Phase III study shows significant survival benefit in patients with metastatic melanoma

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that BRIM3, a Phase III clinical study of RG7204, met its co-primary endpoints showing a significant survival benefit in people with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma.

19 Jan 2011

Federal government requests oral arguments in Michigan appeal of health law challenge

In this case, which was brought by a conservative law center, the plaintiff is seeking to overturn a lower court decision that found the health overhaul to be constitutional.

19 Jan 2011

Quality of care and reimbursements will go down under Healthcare Reform Act: Survey

The newly released 2011 Thomson Reuters - HCPlexus National Physicians Survey (NPS) links doctors' fears that their pay will go down under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called Healthcare Reform Act (HCRA), with their concerns that the quality of care will also deteriorate. The study includes responses from 2,958 doctors of varying specialties and practice types, from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

19 Jan 2011

MMA calls for delay in release of Medica's physician rating program

The Minnesota Medical Association has asked Medica to delay the January 19 scheduled public release date of their individual physician rating program, known as the Premium Designation Program.

19 Jan 2011

AMBR sensor measures growth and drug susceptibility of bacterial cells without use of microscope

With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility of individual bacterial cells without the use of a microscope.

19 Jan 2011

Guardian online series explores global health worker issues

The Guardian reports, as part of an online feature about health care workforces worldwide done in association with the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), that "Africa is desperately short of doctors and nurses. So is much of Asia. In 57 countries, the situation is deemed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be at crisis point ... But in contrast to some other developing world problems, this is an issue that really does affect all of us. The world needs an estimated 4.2 million more health workers."

19 Jan 2011

Celulas Genetica, EHRI enter joint venture to pursue testing of Rutherford Procedure using NASA bioreactor

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with its wholly owned subsidiary, Celulas Genetica, in order to pursue testing of the revolutionary Rutherford Procedure using a NASA bioreactor.

19 Jan 2011

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Viewpoints: Sebelius and Vilsack on rural health; Many thoughts on repeal vote; State budget cuts

Roundup: Arizona Medicaid waiver?; 'Sweeping' Texas budget cuts; Wisconsin tort reform; Aspen's 'dismal' health coverage

Home blood pressure monitors can help people keep blood pressure in check

CJPS Medical Systems to launch VitalPoint Remote Patient Monitor in the U.K.

Jayex launches online healthcare media library

Medtech forms new 10-school company

First Edition: January 19, 2011

Point Of Care Solutions introduces AMP for physicians to manage medical practices

New York University and Health Data Management launch new healthcare software testing facility

Europe's leading oncology organisations receive €12 million grant to streamline cross border research

American Heart Association documents commitment to improve heart and stroke-related public policy

NQF implements quality measures pertaining to ambulatory emergency and urgent care

Study shows physical activity helps people with osteoarthritis to walk faster

RG7204 Phase III study shows significant survival benefit in patients with metastatic melanoma

Federal government requests oral arguments in Michigan appeal of health law challenge

Quality of care and reimbursements will go down under Healthcare Reform Act: Survey

MMA calls for delay in release of Medica's physician rating program

AMBR sensor measures growth and drug susceptibility of bacterial cells without use of microscope

Guardian online series explores global health worker issues

Celulas Genetica, EHRI enter joint venture to pursue testing of Rutherford Procedure using NASA bioreactor

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