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AmeriCares Disaster Response Team Headed to Oklahoma

STAMFORD, Conn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares is deploying an emergency response team to Oklahoma City to coordinate deliveries of relief supplies and medical aid for tornado survivors. The aid organization has reached out to health clinics, food banks and nonprofit organizations in the region with offers of assistance. "We expect to have a team on the ground in Ok...

Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate.

Why Having A Pet Tends to Improve Your Heart Health

There is a correlation between having a pet such as a dog or cat and an improved health status. Exactly how this works was the subject of a recent article (See: American Heart Association: Pets, especially dogs, are good for the heart). Below is an e...

David M. Kaminski Selected For "Top Dentists"

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the April, 2013 issue of Hour Detroit - Health Guide published by Hour Media LLC. David M. Kaminski was selected for the following honor: "Top Dentists" (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130520/DC17435) David M. Kaminski commented on the recognition: "This is quite an honor fo...

Study shows that women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes in their da

Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes, in their daughters, concludes research published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The study is by Dr Krist...

New Tool from Office Ally Helps Healthcare Providers Prepare for Government-Mandated Conversion to ICD-10 Coding

Office Ally announced today the development and availability of a new conversion tool that will help healthcare providers comply with new government regulations regarding how they document – or “code” – care delivered to patients. The more accurately a provider can code care provided, the more accurately that care can be tracked and the provider ca...

Aetna Launches Patient-Centered Medical Home Program in New York

-- Rewards Primary Care Physicians for Improved Patient Care Coordination -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today the launch of its Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program in New York. The program recognizes primary care physicians (PCPs) who more actively coordinate and manage their patients’ care across the health care system. By strengthe...

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Results

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (OTCQB: ILIU) announced today that it will host a conference call and Webcast on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. (EST) to provide a corporate update and discuss the Company’s first quarter results. To access the live call, dial 877-324-1976 (domestic) or 631-291-4550 (international). The live Webcast and rep...

RecoApp is the Game-Like Fitness Tamagotchi

RecoApp Ltd from Jyväskylä, Finland has published a next-generation health and fitness mobile application that optimizes its user’s recovery times without needing external gadgets. “The idea of the app is to help people learn to listen to their bodies,” explains Markus Mäntynen, founder and CEO of RecoApp. RecoApp gives users a real-time...

EHR and HIT News for May 20th

Today’s EHR and HIT news includes an update from Axion Health on their HIPAA compliant web based services, personnel news from MDI Achieve and news from SA Ignite of the first successful Meaningful Use attestation to the Medicaid EHR Incentive...

World Health Assembly opens to discuss major health issues

20 May 2013 -- WHO's Health Assembly, the world's largest health policy-making body, opened its Sixty-sixth Session today in Geneva with around 3000 participants from around the world.

Harvard Pilgrim CEO Eric Schultz discusses consumer engagement and transparency

HarvardPilgrim HealthCare, which has been ranked as the best health plan in the US for the past nine years, is taking new steps in the areas of consumer engagement and price transparency. It recently became the first health plan to select transparenc...

Digital divide exists with physician EHR adoption

(HealthDay)—The majority of physicians remain reluctant to adopt health information technology (HIT), according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

Political Cartoon: 'This Won't Hurt A Bit?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "This Won't Hurt A Bit?" by Chip Bok. Meanwhile, here is today's health policy haiku:  THE 37th VOTE 'It's the law of the land,' Mister Speaker said. But 2014 looms. -Anonymous If you have a health policy haiku to share, please send it to us at http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/ContactUs.aspx and let us...

Health Law's Insurance Exchanges Are Not Mirror Image Of Mass. Version

Some of the state's features that advocates say helped consumers make their insurance-purchasing decisions were not included in the the federal health law. Boston Globe: U.S. Won't Mirror Mass. On Health Exchanges When millions of Americans around the country sign up for insurance under President Obama's sweeping health care law in October, the system they encounter will lack some of the key prot...

State Roundup: Okla. Gov. Pushes Funding Fix To Cover 9,000 On Medicaid

A selection of health policy stories from Oklahoma, Texas, California and Massachusetts. The Associated Press: Fallin Urges Last-Minute Health Care Fix Gov. Mary Fallin proposed a last-minute legislative change Friday to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 people who are expected to lose their health insurance under th...

Roundup: Okla. Governor Pushes Funding Fix To Cover 9,000 On Medicaid; Texas Lawmakers OK New Mental Health Funds

A selection of health policy stories from Oklahoma, Texas, California and Massachusetts. The Associated Press: Fallin Urges Last-Minute Health Care Fix Gov. Mary Fallin proposed a last-minute legislative change Friday to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 people who are expected to lose their health insurance under th...

Employers Eye Limited Plans To Avoid Health Law Penalties

The Wall Street Journal reports that "bare-bones" health plans may help some employers avoid the law's fines. Meanwhile, the Journal Sentinel explores how investors are assessing winning or losing stocks as a result of the law's implementation. The Wall Street Journal: Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain...

Hill-Rom to Participate in the 38th Annual Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference

BATESVILLE, Ind., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) invites you to listen to a management presentation at the 38th Annual Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference in Boston on May 30, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130123/DE47178LOGO ) You are invited to listen to the live discussion via the internet link at http://ir.hill-rom.c...

WellPoint Inc. Presents at UBS Global Healthcare Conference, May-20-2013 11:00 AM

WellPoint, Inc. (WLP) May 20, 2013 11:00 am ET Executives Joseph R. Swedish - Chief Executive Officer and Director Analysts Albert J. Rice - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Presentation Albert J. Rice - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Okay, I think we're going to go ahead and get started with our next presentation. I'm A.J. Rice, the Health Care Services analyst here...

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Patient Cleansing and Skin Care (Bag-Based) Products

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for patient cleansing and skin care (bag-based) products have been awarded to Innovative Healthcare Corporation, a veteran-owned business, of Sand Springs, Okla.; Medline Industries Inc. of Mundelein, Ill.; and Sage Products Inc. of Cary, Ill. Effective June 1, 2013, the agreeme...

Baxter to Present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced today that it will present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual dbAccess Health Care Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. (CT). The live webcast of Baxter’s presentation can be accessed from the Baxter corporate website at www.baxter.com and will be available for replay through June 28, 2...

Health Canada: Three Companies Recall Antipsychotic Drug Quetiapine

OTTAWA - Health Canada says three companies are voluntarily recalling all lots of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine. A Health Canada news release says it's due to potential contamination with the antibiotic product clindamycin during the manufacturin...

Access to medicines in Europe: the EU cannot save banks while sacrificing people's health

In a seminar hosted last week by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament and the Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Alejandro Cercas (S&D, Spain), six MEPs from various political groups,...

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Expands Service Area; Now Available in 26 New York Counties

People who qualify for New York State government-sponsored health insurance programs have access to UnitedHealthcare’s physician and hospital network, health and wellness programs Thirteen New York counties recently added UnitedHealthcare Community Plan has expanded its New York State government-sponsored health ins...