From The Senate-Next challenges facing health care in Massachusetts
The Barnstable Patriot Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:04 AM PDT
In 2006, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to make health care coverage mandatory for its residents. The legislation blazed a trail of shared responsibility that put the expectation of coverage on the shoulders of government, businesses, insurers and individuals alike. |
Blog posts report on International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver
News-Medical-Net Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:02 AM PDT
Two separate posts in the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog report on the International Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver. The first post recaps an update from Stephen Becker of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday "about the Foundation's treatment optimization activities," writing, "According to Becker, the Foundation acknowledges that treatment ... |
Response from Waikato DHB re immunisation claims
Scoop.co.nz Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:58 AM PDT
Waikato District Health Board did not use social networking sites to encourage teenagers to get immunised without their parents' consent following a measles outbreak in Te Awamutu last year. |
State roundup: 'Green Houses' in Calif.; 'Accredtive Secret Sauce' gets scrutiny in Minn.
News-Medical-Net Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:47 AM PDT
A new idea elbowed its way into the familiar pile of health care legislation in the Senate Committee on Health yesterday. A nursing home model -- the "Green House Project" -- bucks the cold, institutional feel of many long-term care facilities. ... The idea is to have a small facility laid out like a regular home, with living areas such as a dining room and kitchen, as well as a private room and ... |
Some Wisconsin residents set to receive health insurance rebates
Wausau Daily Herald Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:42 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin businesses and consumers will get an estimated $16.8 million in rebates this year from health insurers that spent more on administrative expenses and made more in profits than allowed under the 2010 health care overhaul, according to a report released Thursday. |
Stabbing on Park Street
The Peterborough Examiner Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:42 AM PDT
A man was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with serious wounds after being stabbed twice following a disturbance early Friday morning. City police were called to a disturbance at 45 Park St.[...] |
Practice death GP 'sorely missed'
BBC News Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:41 AM PDT
Health chiefs pay tribute to a doctor who was found dead in a health centre in the Scottish Borders. |
After hours and weekend transplants do not adversely affect patient or graft survival
News-Medical-Net Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:32 AM PDT
A new study, funded in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows that liver transplants performed at night or on weekends do not adversely affect patient or graft survival. Findings available in the May issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, demonstrate that safety ... |
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