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Manitoba government eyes new disclosure guidelines for health authorities The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:35 AM PDT WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it plans to make regional health authorities more transparent. McDonald's not a wise choice for hospitals TCU Daily Skiff Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT Hospitals are places where wellness and health are supposed to be beneficial to promote a longer and healthier life. When you walk into a hospital you expect to see healthy places to eat and if not that then a cafeteria with low sodium foods. Cherry Street Health Services fares well in national study of community health centers The Grand Rapids Press Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT The Grand Rapids-based service exceeds national averages in five of six areas of care measured. More pertussis in Kittitas County Yakima Herald-Republic Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT KITTITAS COUNTY, Yakima â€" Health officials have confirmed 10 cases of pertussis so far this year in Kittitas County and have issued an order for a school to keep unvaccinated children at home. Environmental Health Expert Named Deputy Secretary at State Environmental Protection Agency UCSF News Office Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT Keeping her eyes on the strawberry fields of central California, the bustling diesel truck routes in Oakland, and the stubborn toxic soils of the former Naval ship yards at San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunter’s Point, UCSF Associate Professor Gina Solomon, MD, MPH will soon have a new vantage point â€" the state capitol. Military Mental Health: Veterans Affairs Boosting Spending and Staffing Time Magazine Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT Even as the pace of war, and the number of Americans waging it, is falling, their need for mental-health care is growing Employees rewarded, penalized to improve health Sun-Sentinel Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT Cash, gifts or surcharges push employees to get screenings Walk for an hour a day, get $200 from your employer. Go for an annual checkup, get a $10 gift card. Indulge in tobacco, pay an extra $20 a month for health insurance. One In Four Americans Have No Health Insurance, Study Finds redOrbit Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:26 AM PDT More than a quarter of US adults went without health insurance in 2011 because of lost work, a change in jobs, or Medicaid ineligibility, according to a new report released Thursday, April 19. With the fate of healthcare reform emerging as a key campaign issue in this election year, the Commonwealth Fund report shows the need for improvements in the healthcare system as close to 70 percent of ... COMMUNITY VOICES: Careless smoking sparks too many fires The Taunton Gazette Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:25 AM PDT By now, everyone knows that smoking causes many health risks, cancer of the lungs, mouth and tongue, emphysema, COPD and many other physical ailments. But one of the fatal side effects of smoking, that people often forget, is the risk of fire. Every year, almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials.   Aurora Health Uses Big Data to Reduce Risk in Outcomes-Based Pay Forbes Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT Aurora is collecting 10 times as much data as it did 10 years ago and using it aggressively to improve outcomes, identify best practices across its system and increase efficiency.

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