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Religious Experience
Religious Experience
posted by tnelson 498 days 13 hours 34 minutes ago
Catholic Health Association’s Sister Keehan lands top spot on our annual 100 Most Powerful ranking, underscoring her devotion to achieving a long-elusive goal: access to healthcare for everyone...
Read more...Labor promises GP 'super clinics'
Labor promises GP 'super clinics'
posted by net1978 499 days 5 hours 45 minutes ago
A FEDERAL Labor government would spend $220 million to establish GP "super clinics" in local communities, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said today.
Read more...Survey: VA hub among worst
Survey: VA hub among worst
posted by andrewmartin 499 days 5 hours 36 minutes ago
The Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center ranks among the worst of the nation's 146 VA facilities for patient satisfaction and last among six VA medical facilities in Ohio for employee satisfaction, according to U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs surveys obtained by the Dayton Daily News.
Read more...Court Says HHS Must Honor Medicare Data Request
Court Says HHS Must Honor Medicare Data Request
posted by kmarshall 498 days 13 hours 43 minutes ago
A U.S. District Court has ordered HHS to turn over detailed Medicare physician claims that can be used to determine the specific amount Medicare reimburses individual providers.
Read more...Clinton: Improve Health Care Quality
Clinton: Improve Health Care Quality
posted by tnelson 502 days 12 hours 22 minutes ago
Hillary Rodham Clinton promised Thursday that as president she would improve health care quality by raising standards for providers, educating patients and requiring insurers to reward innovation.
Read more...Cost-Effective Method of Lowering Heart Disease Risks
Cost-Effective Method of Lowering Heart Disease Risks
posted by tnelson 505 days 11 hours 41 minutes ago
As U.S. policy experts continue to search for ways to re-engineer the country's healthcare system, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that a case-management approach helped a diverse group of patients reduce their overall risk of heart disease by roughly 10 percent, and did so in a cost-effective way.
Read more...VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites
VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites
posted by kmarshall 508 days 19 hours 51 minutes ago
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a new initiative that partners the Department's world-class health care system with four of the country's finest nursing schools.
Read more...Africa AIDS war undercut by health worker crisis: MSF
Africa AIDS war undercut by health worker crisis: MSF
posted by aliux 592 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A critical shortage of healthcare workers and restrictions on prescribing life-saving drugs are crippling the war on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.
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