Health IT Reshaped Veterans Health; What Will It Do For ‘Mobile Telephony’?
Health IT reshaped the United States' system for caring for veterans.
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Insurers Consider Shake-Ups To Business Models Under Health Law
Health insurers are considering changes to their business models in the upheaval following the passage of the new health law.
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Support For Comparative Effectiveness Research Is Gaining Momentum, Experts Say
Rules imposed by Congress are designed to help safeguard against ethical breaches.
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Healthcare Costs Rise For People Insured Through An Employer
Reuters report finds healthcare costs for people insured through an employer rose 6.3 percent for the year that ended June 30.
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Pennsylvania Health Giant Reports $93 Million Profit As Outpatient Demand Surges
"Health giant UPMC will add 815 new full-time jobs through next June, officials announced yesterday after posting a strong first-quarter income," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
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Changes To Flexible Spending Accounts Raise Concerns
Employer groups and manufacturers are wary of the change going into effect Jan. 1.
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Long-Term Care: MetLife Dropping Policies, NFL Union Rejects Management Offer
MetLife Inc. and former football players consider long-term care plan options.
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Research Roundup: Doctors’ Industry Ties; Patient Safety and Residents’ Hours; Designing A Medical Home
This week's research roundup includes studies from the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Annals of Family Medicine, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Brookings Institution.
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First Edition: November 12, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including examinations of Medicaid and state budget issues as well as the next round of the congressional health overhaul fight.
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WHO Annual Global TB Report Released
The WHO on Thursday released its annual report on global tuberculosis control, which showed that in 2009 there were 9.4 million new tuberculosis cases and 1.7 million people died of the disease, Reuters reports (Nebehay, 11/11).
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Nature News Examines Meningitis Vaccine Program To Roll Out In Africa
Nature News reports on an immunization campaign kicking off in Africa in December that will offer protection to some areas of Africa's meningitis belt. "Millions will receive a new vaccine, MenAfriVac, that promises protection against the meningococcal bacterium Neisseria meningitides," the news service writes, noting the effort "is the culmination of ten years' work by an international consortium to develop a vaccine at a price low enough for massive use in Africa: just US$0.40 a dose."
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U.N. Member States Elect Countries To Serve On U.N. Women Board
U.N. Member States on Wednesday voted on the countries that would have a seat on the board of U.N. Women, the new agency tasked with promoting equality and women's rights, Public Radio International's The World reports.
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Lancet Series Focuses On Chronic Diseases, Development
"Just a small percentage of low- and middle-income countries' healthcare budgets are allocated toward the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases even though such illnesses are expected to account for 69% of global deaths by 2030," according to a paper published Wednesday in the Lancet, as part of a series on chronic disease and development, ModernHealthcare.com reports.
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Mobile Health Summit Ends
The three-day mHealth Alliance summit wrapped up "on Wednesday after discussions and seminars that aimed to advance the discussion around ways mobile technology can increase the access, efficiency and effectiveness of health systems," allAfrica.com reports (11/11).
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G20 Summit Opens In Seoul; Development Plan Announcement Expected
"The world's biggest rich and emerging powers escalated a war of words over trade and currencies Thursday, as leaders opened a G20 summit [in Seoul, South Korea] struggling to iron out distortions that threaten global growth," Agence France-Presse reports in an article examining some of the major disputes (Chan-Kyong, 11/11).
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Debt Panel’s Draft Would Take On Medicare, Raise Social Security Age
President Barack Obama's bipartisan debt-reduction panel laid out a draft version of its recommendations for cutting spending and raising taxes on Wednesday.
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GOP Prepares To Grill Berwick At Senate Hearing Next Week
CMS administrator Donald Berwick is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee next Wednesday.
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Advocacy Groups And Politicians Stake Out Health Overhaul Strategies In The Changed Political Landscape
Meanwhile, a new AP poll found public opinion surrounding the health law and GOP efforts to repeal it mixed.
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Calif. Nurses Emerge As Political Force; Iowa Official Under Fire For Strict Policy On Nursing Home Inspections; New ‘Homey’ Facilities For Seniors Increasing
State address a range of health policy issues.
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