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About 40 percent of doctors are older than the age of 55 and a third of nurses are 50 or older and they will be looking to retire in the next 10 years or so, The Washington Post reports.
Seventy-seven countries do not have a blood donation rate high enough to meet "the basic needs for blood transfusions," reports the Associated Press. The World Health Organization (WHO) released new global data on blood donation for World Blood Donor Day on June 14. "[H]alf of the global blood donations are collected in developed nations, home to only 16 percent of the world's population," according to AP (6/11).
News outlets report on efforts to expand accountable care organizations, medical homes and community health clinics.
In his weekly address, the president accused Republicans of dragging their feet on fixing a Medicare physicians' pay cut of 21 percent.
The New York Times reports on a new approach to getting patients to take their medications consistently: financial incentives.
NPR continues its examination of medical marijuana.
"More and more violent crimes are occurring in America's hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities, according to a new alert issued by the Joint Commission, an independent health care oversight group," USA Today reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the White House's new rules on changes to health insurance benefits, a study regarding employers' medical costs and the likely impact of retirements within the health care workforce.
The Obama administration began mailing $250 checks Thursday to seniors who hit the Medicare prescription drug doughnut hole - a notorious gap in coverage - as part of the health overhaul.
CongressDaily reports that the Senate is continuing work on a $140 billion package of tax breaks that includes some unemployment benefits and a temporary fix of the payments to Medicare physicians.
At a Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) briefing, held in conjunction with the Congressional Malaria and NTD Caucus in Washington on Thursday, "U.S. researchers, pharmaceutical companies and government officials [said] they are making progress in an effort to curb [NTDs], but that they need more money and outside help," VOA News.
NIH researchers have "identified two previously unknown steps in the spread of the malaria parasite in the bloodstream" and found a way to interfere with one stage of the process, which could lead to the development of new malaria drugs, United Press International reports (6/10). The study was published online in Current Biology, according to an NIH press release (6/10).
The World Customs Organization will sign a declaration to fight the $200-billion-a-year counterfeit drug industry, Reuters reports.
A medical device trade group and former lawmaker separately called on the White House to do more to promote life-saving medical innovation this week.
A study has found that Medicare spending on drugs varies significantly in different regions, and that increased drug spending isn't offset by lower spending on hospital care, doctors visits and other health services.
A baseball umpire's broken hip has shed light on doctors' conflicts of interest in recommending certain devices over others and the growth, despite efforts to rein it in, of such practices, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
The Illinois Attorney General is warning that scammers are trying to trick Medicare-eligible seniors into revealing personal information in order to get a rebate check.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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