Canadians, Gates Foundation want a real tricorder
The Wenatchee World Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST
SEATTLE (AP) â€" Two of the biggest spenders on global health innovation are hoping about $38.5 million will be enough money to create a modern-day "tricorder" like the ones seen on the Star Trek TV series so real doctors will have a tool for diagnosing patients far from medical labs. Medical researchers already have developed some of the tests they want to include in the all-in-one device, but ... |
Feds deny Fla. request for more time on insurance rule
Tallahassee Democrat Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:02 PM PST
By Ledyard King Democrat Washington Bureau -- As many as 2 million Floridians could see lower health insurance premiums or get rebates next year now that the Obama administration has denied Florida's request to waive new cost-cutting rules for the state's insurance providers. |
Electronic data system to improve health care
The Deming Headlight Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:01 PM PST
For the Headlight The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) announces the start of electronic data exchange between health care providers and the New Mexico Statewide Immunization Information System (NMSIIS). |
Health district has $2.3 million '12 budget
The Advertiser-Tribune Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:58 PM PST
Seneca County General Health District Board approved a $2.3 million budget, set employee health insurance rates and gave employees a pay increase of 25 cents per hour at its Thursday meeting. |
Mercy Medical announces sale of facilities
BaldwinCountyNow.com Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:52 PM PST
DAPHNE, Alabama â€" Mercy Medical announced the pending sale of a large portion of its physical facilities in Baldwin County this morning to SE Healthcare, Inc. of Florida. Jake Bell, CEO and president, said the sale comes after a three-year examination into the future of Mercy Medical, which opened its main bayside campus as a convalescent home in 1949 and later pioneered hospice and home health ... |
Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 156 in Vietnam
Erie Times-News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:50 PM PST
Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November. An official at the Ministry of Health says the average number of weekly cases dropped from about 3,000 in September to 2,460 in November. |
Restaurant and food establishment inspections
The Record Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:48 PM PST
Restaurant and food establishment inspections published in The Record include only the establishment's name and the evaluation it received. Evaluations are received from local health departments; however, not all departments issue reports. Readers seeking more information should contact town health departments. |
Clifton veterans honored
The Record Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:46 PM PST
Christian Health Care Adult Day Services in Wayne recently honored is clients who are veterans to commemorate Veteran's Day. Pictured, from left, are Peter Salerno of Clifton; Thomas Elm, Pauline Kovell, and Michael Lupichuk, all of Wayne; and Angelo "Ralph" Fernicola of Lincoln Park. |
Groundbreaking managed health care program announced
St. Tammany News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:44 PM PST
Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals Bruce Greenstein unveiled a plan yesterday that will allow 865,000 of the 1.2 million Medicaid and LaChip recipients in Louisiana to enroll in a new program called Bayou Health that will provide managed healthcare similar to that offered by private industry. |
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