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Clinton delivers health reform pep talk to Senate Dems

The Associated Press reports on Former President Bill Clinton's pep talk to Senate Democrats today. Stressing what he said was "an economic imperative," he told "anxious Senate Democrats ... to pass a health care bill soon because the U.S. economy can't resist the toxic combination of exorbitant medical costs and nearly 50 million uninsured for much longer."

10 Nov 2009

GSK to donate 50M H1N1 vaccine doses to WHO in coming months

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announced plans on Tuesday to donate 50 million doses of its H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine to the WHO for use in developing countries within the next few months, Reuters reports. "We expect to start receiving [the first of the H1N1 doses] at the end of the month or early December and that the full 50 million will come by the end of spring," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said, adding, "We hope it is the first of many donations."

10 Nov 2009

AMA sticks with House bill endorsement

The American Medical Association, the official physician lobby, reiterated its endorsement of the House bill Monday. The Associated Press/The Washington Post reports that the AMA "on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors' pocketbooks and independence.

10 Nov 2009

First Edition: November 10, 2009

As the focus of health overhaul efforts move to the Senate, abortion issues have become hot topics.

10 Nov 2009

Premier Power Renewable Energy to install 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building

Premier Power Renewable Energy, a global leader in the development, design, engineering and construction of solar power systems for commercial, government and utility markets in the U.S. and Europe, today announced that it has contracted with Soar Energy Partners, LLC to install a 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building in Lakewood, NJ.

10 Nov 2009

HHS Secretary to visit Bradenton Healthcare Center to discuss the importance of H1N1 vaccinations

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will visit the East Manatee Family Healthcare Center in Bradenton, Fla. on Tuesday, November 10.

10 Nov 2009

Despite economic slowdown, Central and Eastern European countries still represent an attractive healthcare market

Despite the global economic decline, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania still represent an attractive healthcare market.

10 Nov 2009

Health care reform should benefit shift workers: Circadian Age

Circadian Age, Inc. – ‘Working Nights’ – a company dedicated to helping shift workers and their families adjust to their unique lifestyles, is concerned with making sure that any health care reform will benefit the 25 million Americans working shifts. These workers represent 10% of the insured population, but incur 17% of the health care costs.

10 Nov 2009

Health information technology's 11% combined annual growth rate to continue through 2013: Scientia Advisors

Health information technology (HIT) is the fastest growing segment of the $1 trillion global health care marketplace—and its “impressive” 11 per cent combined annual growth rate is likely to continue through 2013, according to a Scientia Advisors global industry review released today.

10 Nov 2009

America's attention is focused on physical and psychological well being of its soldiers

With the tragic events at Fort Hood in Texas fresh in our minds, this week's observance of Veterans Day, and President Obama's pending decision on future troop levels in Afghanistan, the nation's attention is firmly focused on the physical and psychological well being of those who serve in America's armed forces.

10 Nov 2009

Lawsuit against California Department of Health Care Services

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a federal lawsuit against David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeking an injunction to prevent implementation of a new state law singling out nonprofit safety net providers—including AHF—forcing drastic Medi-Cal (Medicaid) reimbursements cuts for drugs purchased by AHF clinics and other safety net providers while favoring giant national for-profit pharmacy chains including Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens and others.

10 Nov 2009

Trinity Health to install Elsevier's online CDS solutions

Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com), a world leader in healthcare and medical publishing and online solutions, today announced that Trinity Health (http://www.trinity-health.org), the nation's fourth largest Catholic health system with 44 hospitals across eight states, will install seven of Elsevier's online clinical decision support (CDS) solutions to meet the evolving needs of its thousands of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals for evidence-based clinical content.

10 Nov 2009

1,000 GeckoSystems' CareBots can be produced per month, says a first tier manufacturer

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference last week, a first tier contract manufacturer after viewing numerous demonstrations, examining and discussing GeckoSystems' first product, the CareBot™ is confident that within six months they could produce GeckoSystems' CareBot at the rate of one thousand (1,000) per month.

10 Nov 2009

SBA provision, antitrust exemption and FTC involvement need to be addressed in Senate, says PIA

Inclusion of a provision in the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) allowing insurance agents to sell health policies offered by health insurance exchanges is positive, but other issues remain to be addressed in the Senate, according to the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).

10 Nov 2009

Enavail obtains an exclusive license for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies

Particle engineering company Enavail announced today that it has obtained an exclusive license from The University of Texas at Austin for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies that will be utilized for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nutraceutical applications.

10 Nov 2009

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

The Latino population is the nation's largest minority group at an estimated 47 million in 2008 and is predicted to make up 30% of the US population by 2050. At the same time, chronic diseases among Latinos are on the rise and require long-range strategies to prevent and clinically manage. Understanding the healthcare of this fastest growing population is critical to the healthcare debate and reform initiatives.

10 Nov 2009

Higher investment of physicians' time may be required to deliver high-quality care

Adult primary care visits have increased in quality, duration and frequency between 1997 and 2005, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

10 Nov 2009

Sonova Group achieves year-on-year sales growth of 18.2%

The Sonova Group achieved sales of CHF 709.2 million in the first half of 2009/10, representing year-on-year sales growth of 18.2% in Swiss francs. Organic sales growth of 17.5% in local currencies was well above the estimated market growth of around 3% in units. Numerous smaller acquisitions in Europe, Asia/Pacific and North America contributed a total of 4.3% to sales growth.

10 Nov 2009

ikaSystems' enterprise-wide systems help lower administrative costs for health plan members

The United States moved a step closer to major healthcare reform this weekend as the House of Representatives voted 220 to 215 to approve a plan that will, among other goals, extend coverage to an estimated 36 million people without insurance, create a government health insurance option and prohibit such contentious insurance company practices as denying coverage for those with pre-existing conditions and rescinding coverage without clear and convincing evidence of fraud.

10 Nov 2009

H1N1 vaccine updates from Pennsylvania Department of Health

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has allocated a total of 1,351,400 doses of H1N1 vaccine to Pennsylvania to date, the state Department of Health announced today.

10 Nov 2009

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Clinton delivers health reform pep talk to Senate Dems

GSK to donate 50M H1N1 vaccine doses to WHO in coming months

AMA sticks with House bill endorsement

First Edition: November 10, 2009

Premier Power Renewable Energy to install 300kW solar photovoltaic system at the CHE Medical Building

HHS Secretary to visit Bradenton Healthcare Center to discuss the importance of H1N1 vaccinations

Despite economic slowdown, Central and Eastern European countries still represent an attractive healthcare market

Health care reform should benefit shift workers: Circadian Age

Health information technology's 11% combined annual growth rate to continue through 2013: Scientia Advisors

America's attention is focused on physical and psychological well being of its soldiers

Lawsuit against California Department of Health Care Services

Trinity Health to install Elsevier's online CDS solutions

1,000 GeckoSystems' CareBots can be produced per month, says a first tier manufacturer

SBA provision, antitrust exemption and FTC involvement need to be addressed in Senate, says PIA

Enavail obtains an exclusive license for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

Higher investment of physicians' time may be required to deliver high-quality care

Sonova Group achieves year-on-year sales growth of 18.2%

ikaSystems' enterprise-wide systems help lower administrative costs for health plan members

H1N1 vaccine updates from Pennsylvania Department of Health

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