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Major Advance For California Healthcare Reform As Senate Passes Medicare For All Legislation
To ecstatic applause from healthcare advocates, the California Senate breathed new life into national prospects for fundamental health reform by passing on a 22 to 14 vote a major bill to guarantee healthcare in the state through creating a Medicare for all system that would cover every Californian. SB 810, The California Universal Healthcare Act, authored by Sen…
Major Swine Flu Outbreak At U.S. Air Force Academy Affords Unique Opportunity To Study Virus Behavior
With the 2009 influenza season upon us, characterization of the epidemiology and duration of shedding for the nH1N1 virus is critical. Investigators from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Epidemiology Consult Service capitalized on a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights about the natural behavior of the nH1N1 virus, including shedding patterns, during a recent large-scale swine flu outbreak at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA).
Major Nurses Strike And Picket Looms October 30 As RNs To Protest Hospital Gaps In Swine Flu Safety
As many as 16,000 registered nurses from three large Catholic hospital chains in California and Nevada will join a one-day strike and picket October 30, as RNs step up the protest over poor readiness by many hospitals to confront the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced today.
Major Disasters Tax Surgical Staff But May Reduce Costs For Routine Operations
New research published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the study, researchers at Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, showed that although Hurricane Katrina resulted in a significant loss of surgical staff and an increase in the number of uninsured patients undergoing operations, greater cost efficiencies were achieved.
Breakthrough Cancer Pain: First Results From Major European Patient Survey
The first results of the first European survey of cancer patients’ experience of breakthrough pain were presented at the 6th congress of the European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (EFIC). Previous surveys have looked at the overall management of pain in cancer patients but this is the first international study to look in detail at Breakthrough Cancer Pain (BTCP) from a patient perspective.
Even While Considering Major Overhaul, Democrats Expand Government Role In Public Health
“As if hedging their bets on health reform, Democrats are emphasizing smaller but still significant health-related investments this year, from food safety and community health centers to a greater emphasis on rooting out abuses in Medicare and Medicaid,” Politico reports. “It’s a far cry from the more ambitious government-backed insurance option proposed by President Barack Obama and House Democrats.
Authorities Crackdown On Major Medicare Fraud In Detroit
Fifty-three people were indicted in a major Medicare fraud crackdown in Detroit yesterday, just one day after eight were charged in a similar case in Miami. The Wall Street Journal: “the two separate cases, a joint effort by the Justice Department and the Health and the Human Services Department, reflect a pickup in the government’s pace in combating Medicare fraud.
Major Head, Neck And Shoulder Pain Study Targets Region With Nearly Five Million Inhabitants
Researchers at the University of Turin have launched a major initiative to prevent and reduce headaches, shoulder and neck pain, after workplace trials on an innovative cognitive and physical programme showed significant improvements. Residents living in the north-west Italian region of Piedmont, with its population of just under five million, will have free access to the ground-breaking programme, which will be promoted using a special website.
Social Security Benefits Likely Will Not Increase In 2010, Would Have ‘Major Implications’ On Medicare Parts B, D
The Obama administration and the Congressional Budget Office have indicated that Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a cost-of-living increase in 2010 or 2011, which would have “major implications for Medicare,” the New York Times reports.
SNM Calls CMS PET Scan Decision A Major Benefit For Cancer Patients – National Oncologic PET Registry Provided Overwhelming Evidence Of PET’s Value
SNM applauds today’s decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage of positron emission tomography (PET) scans in the initial treatment strategy of patients with cancer. This decision was based, in large part, on compelling clinical evidence of the effectiveness of PET for cancer management and treatment contained in a comprehensive study known as the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR). “This is a major victory for patients,” said Robert W.
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