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AGNITY Healthcare launched to improve mobile healthcare solutions

AGNITY, Inc., a leading provider of applications, solutions and services to mobile and fixed line service providers and enterprises, announced today that the company has launched AGNITY Healthcare, a new division focused on applications and services that harness the power of mobility and the Internet to improve access to and enhance the quality of healthcare.

19 Feb 2010

Efficient healthcare system in sub-Saharan Africa can reduce maternal deaths

More than 500,000 women die each year worldwide due to complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Half of these women live in sub-Saharan Africa. A research team from the King Juan Carlos University (URJC) in Madrid says these women are not dying as a result of any illness, but rather from a lack of basic healthcare measures.

19 Feb 2010

Kaiser Permanente honored as the fifth Most Innovative Health Care Company for pioneering EHR

Kaiser Permanente has been honored in Fast Company's annual Most Innovative Companies issue as the fifth Most Innovative Health Care Company in the World for its pioneering electronic health record that is the world's largest civilian electronic health record, and for its health care innovation center that develops the future of health care.

19 Feb 2010

Secretary of Veterans Affairs launches HIT initiative to improve healthcare delivery

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki launched the "Veterans Health IT Innovation Initiative," an employee-based Health Information Technology (HIT) competition to spur VA's transformation into a 21st Century organization that is Veteran-centric, results-oriented, and forward-looking.

19 Feb 2010

Coalition warns against bogus health plans that promise full health benefits but deliver fewer products

Bogus health plans are spreading rapidly around the U.S., defrauding vulnerable consumers anxious for affordable health coverage in a downturned economy, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

19 Feb 2010

New report shows dramatic rise in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare costs

Management of Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Pinksheets: EHSI) stated that they were encouraged by a new report that parallels the company’s conclusions about the new potential for business in the current healthcare marketplace.

19 Feb 2010

States struggle to find solutions as Medicaid programs swell budget gaps

The (Louisville) Courier-Journal: "Passport Health Plan, often praised for its efficiency as Kentucky's only Medicaid managed care venture, costs the state far more per person than the state's regular Medicaid program.

19 Feb 2010

Standard checklist for home palliative sedation

Can patients near death safely receive sedation at home, fully respecting their own and their families' wishes? This practice, which is on the rise, is coming under increasing scrutiny and debate by palliative care researchers and practitioners.

19 Feb 2010

Study finds nearly a quarter of prescriptions go unfilled

Many people whose doctors start them on medications for conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure may never fill those prescriptions, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among more than 75,000 Massachusetts patients given drug prescriptions over one year, 22 percent of the prescriptions were never filled.

19 Feb 2010

Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy, says VCU researcher

People who live in areas with lower household incomes are much more likely to die because of their personal and household characteristics and their community surroundings, according to Steven H. Woolf, M.D., M.P.H., director of the VCU Center on Human Needs, professor in the Department of Family Medicine and lead author of the study.

19 Feb 2010

Sens. Gregg, Baucus and Rep. Braley: Health care reform should happen

News outlets reports on the health care opinions of several lawmakers, including Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa.

19 Feb 2010

Report examines how medical technology changes state of health care

Federal researchers Wednesday released a report that examines how medical technology is changing the state of health care.

19 Feb 2010

Community health centers providing return on investment

Kaiser Health News staff writer Andrew Villegas writes about a hefty infusion of cash for community health centers in last year's federal stimulus package.

19 Feb 2010

Physicians look toward profitable Medicare services; Former Virginia official tapped for a position at CMS

A study finds physicians veer toward more profitable services amid lower Medicare fees. Meanwhile, Humana tests a patient-centered medical home program in Florida and a former Virginia official is chosen to take on a top position at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

19 Feb 2010

Some Dems say single health reform bill is close, GOP settles on summit strategy

News outlets report on party politics in advance of the president's health care summit.

19 Feb 2010

University of Missouri to offer health literacy courses for health professionals

The cost of low health literacy - the difference between patients' abilities to understand health information and providers' abilities to effectively communicate complex medical information - is $106 billion to $238 billion annually, according to Pfizer, a leading biopharmaceutical company. To improve the health literacy of professionals and patients, the University of Missouri will offer a health literacy study emphasis beginning this fall.

19 Feb 2010

Beacon Partners continues to grow to meet the needs of healthcare industry

As the healthcare community continues to ready itself to make the most of the stimulus funds in accordance with the ARRA, healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners’ growth pattern continues with an aggressive hiring pattern to meet the needs of the healthcare industry.

19 Feb 2010

WHO recommends H1N1 be added to next year's seasonal flu virus

The WHO is recommending the H1N1 (swine flu) virus be added to the regular flu vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere's 2010-2011 regular flu season, the Associated Press reports (2/18).

19 Feb 2010

Nearly 3.3M more people enrolled in state Medicaid programs in June 2009: New analysis

With the country mired in a deep recession, nearly 3.3 million more people were enrolled in state Medicaid programs in June 2009 compared to the previous June, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. It was the biggest ever one-year increase in terms of absolute numbers, and boosted the June monthly Medicaid enrollment by 7.5 percent to 46.9 million people nationally.

19 Feb 2010

HHS report scolds insurers for rate hikes, points to increases as reason for reform

According to an Obama Administration report released Thursday, double-digit insurance premium increases such as the proposed 39 percent one by Anthem Blue Cross in California are a "worrisome sign of the times," The Associated Press reports.

19 Feb 2010

Healthcare News

AGNITY Healthcare launched to improve mobile healthcare solutions

Efficient healthcare system in sub-Saharan Africa can reduce maternal deaths

Kaiser Permanente honored as the fifth Most Innovative Health Care Company for pioneering EHR

Secretary of Veterans Affairs launches HIT initiative to improve healthcare delivery

Coalition warns against bogus health plans that promise full health benefits but deliver fewer products

New report shows dramatic rise in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare costs

States struggle to find solutions as Medicaid programs swell budget gaps

Standard checklist for home palliative sedation

Study finds nearly a quarter of prescriptions go unfilled

Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy, says VCU researcher

Sens. Gregg, Baucus and Rep. Braley: Health care reform should happen

Report examines how medical technology changes state of health care

Community health centers providing return on investment

Physicians look toward profitable Medicare services; Former Virginia official tapped for a position at CMS

Some Dems say single health reform bill is close, GOP settles on summit strategy

University of Missouri to offer health literacy courses for health professionals

Beacon Partners continues to grow to meet the needs of healthcare industry

WHO recommends H1N1 be added to next year's seasonal flu virus

Nearly 3.3M more people enrolled in state Medicaid programs in June 2009: New analysis

HHS report scolds insurers for rate hikes, points to increases as reason for reform

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