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RWJF selects Texas women health activist to receive Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Claudia Stravato, board member and retired executive director of the Texas Panhandle Family Planning and Health Centers in Amarillo, Texas, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

Health insurance, and the access it provides to a primary care physician, should reduce the use of a major driver of health care costs: the emergency room.

8 Oct 2009

DoD funds Screening for Mental Health's awareness program for military personnel

Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH) today announced that they have received funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue their work with Military Pathways™, a mental health awareness and education program that offers free, anonymous mental health self-assessments to veterans and personnel from all branches of the military as well as their families.

8 Oct 2009

ignite09 symposiums to focus on convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare

Express Scripts Center for Cost-Effective Consumerism, the American Benefits Council and Hewitt Associates along with other leading health and policy organizations are bringing the ignite09 symposium, a groundbreaking series of symposiums on the convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare, to San Francisco.

8 Oct 2009

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

On Oct. 8, 2009, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia will present a grant for nearly $500,000 to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine to support the development and implementation of a workforce leadership program that will reduce health disparities by creating an integrated approach to primary care and mental health.

8 Oct 2009

RWJF announces winners of the 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is proud to announce the 2009 recipients of its Community Health Leaders (CHL) Award, honoring 10 individuals who have overcome daunting odds to improve the health and quality of life for disadvantaged or underserved men, women and children across the United States.

8 Oct 2009

Views on primary source of healthcare reform funding differ between payers and physicians

Responding to President Obama's claim that funding for proposed US healthcare reforms exists within the current system, payers and physicians have different views on where the savings will be found to support the new initiatives.

7 Oct 2009

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative National Summit to focus on reforming health care delivery

The nation's top thought leadership and advocates for the patient centered medical home (PCMH) will convene a national meeting in Washington, DC Oct. 22 to unite around the Summit's goal to build, expand and support a fundamentally improved model for health care delivery.

7 Oct 2009

Change in health care delivery system is certain, says Segal

As the health care reform debate drags on in Congress, change in our health care delivery system is certain, according to Mike Segal, who for the past two decades has worked with physicians to form large practice groups and currently heads the Health Law Practice Group of the Florida law firm Broad and Cassel.

7 Oct 2009

EmEx recognizes Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Wisconsin as Emergency Center of Excellence

Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the first U.S. hospital to be verified as an Emergency Center of Excellence(TM) by Emergency Excellence (EmEx), a company specializing in emergency department benchmarking. At the annual meeting of the Emergency Nurses Association in Baltimore, Emergency Excellence recognized Aurora BayCare Medical Center's dedication to excellent emergency care.

7 Oct 2009

Humana announces expansion of its Medicare offerings in California

Humana Inc. announced today an expansion of its Medicare offerings in California. Beginning on November 15, individuals eligible for Medicare in Fresno, San Bernardino and Riverside counties can enroll in a local Humana Gold Plus HMO plan – for a January 1, 2010 effective date.

7 Oct 2009

Research must focus on discovering potential causes and treatments for Bell's palsy

Drugs widely prescribed to treat facial paralysis in Bell's palsy are ineffective and are based on false notions of the cause of the condition, according to Cochrane Researchers. They say research must now focus on discovering other potential causes and treatments.

7 Oct 2009

Minorities support reform ad campaign, although immigrants may get little relief from legislation

Analysts suggest that health reform legislation may do little to help Hispanics -- many of whom could remain uninsured due to immigration restrictions and costs -- as well as other immigrants. Meanwhile, African-American and Hispanic groups unite with an advertising campaign to push for health care reform.

7 Oct 2009

Primary care providers should screen all adults for depression: ACPM

The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) supports the recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that primary care providers should screen all adults for depression, and further recommends that all primary care providers should have systems in place to ensure the accurate diagnosis and treatment of this condition.

7 Oct 2009

Hepatitis B Foundation calls for consistent monitoring and referral of HBV infected children

An expert panel of nationally recognized pediatric liver specialists convened by the Hepatitis B Foundation is calling for more consistent monitoring and referral of children chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The panel's recommendations for pediatricians and other primary care practitioners stress the need for routine monitoring of children with chronic HBV infections, and timely consultation with a pediatric liver specialist.

6 Oct 2009

Premera Blue Cross supports cancer diagnostics study

Premera Blue Cross applauds today’s announcement by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Research Institute, and the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy.

6 Oct 2009

Telephone program to mange depression offers significant benefits at moderate increase in costs: Study

Patients who participate in a structured telephone program to manage their depression appear to experience significant benefits and only a moderate increase in health care costs when compared with those who receive usual care, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Oct 2009

Primary care shortage worsens and an Illinois clinic experiments with a program to train more nurses

The number of family care physicians continues to shrink while an Illinois-based clinic creates a plan to turn laid-off workers into nurses.

6 Oct 2009

UnitedHealthcare launches 2010 portfolio of Medicare products

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, today introduced its 2010 portfolio of Medicare products that provide seniors an affordable way to manage their health care and prescription drug needs.

5 Oct 2009

Study examines roles of PCPs and hepatologists in post-transplant care

A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients who received a liver transplant (LT).

5 Oct 2009

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

RWJF selects Texas women health activist to receive Community Health Leaders Award

Privately insured African-Americans HMO enrollees more likely to use emergency rooms

DoD funds Screening for Mental Health's awareness program for military personnel

ignite09 symposiums to focus on convergence of behavioral economics and healthcare

Morehouse School of Medicine to receive nearly $500,000 as grant from Kaiser Permanente Of Georgia

RWJF announces winners of the 2009 Community Health Leaders Award

Views on primary source of healthcare reform funding differ between payers and physicians

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative National Summit to focus on reforming health care delivery

Change in health care delivery system is certain, says Segal

EmEx recognizes Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Wisconsin as Emergency Center of Excellence

Humana announces expansion of its Medicare offerings in California

Research must focus on discovering potential causes and treatments for Bell's palsy

Minorities support reform ad campaign, although immigrants may get little relief from legislation

Primary care providers should screen all adults for depression: ACPM

Hepatitis B Foundation calls for consistent monitoring and referral of HBV infected children

Premera Blue Cross supports cancer diagnostics study

Telephone program to mange depression offers significant benefits at moderate increase in costs: Study

Primary care shortage worsens and an Illinois clinic experiments with a program to train more nurses

UnitedHealthcare launches 2010 portfolio of Medicare products

Study examines roles of PCPs and hepatologists in post-transplant care

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