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With Summer Jobs, Med Students Experience Health System Challenges First Hand
A group of University of Washington medical students had an eye-opening experience with the health care system this summer, The New York Times reports. A record number of students from the university this year participated in a summer program that sends rising second-year medical students “across the Northwest to provide primary care in rural or underserved areas.
MDA Cancels Remainder Of Nationwide Summer Camp Program To Protect Children From Swine Flu
Due to overriding concern for the health and safety of Jerry’s Kids, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced today that it is immediately canceling the remainder of its annual summer camp program because of the H1N1 virus. “These children are much more vulnerable because of their weakened respiratory muscles, so we are taking this preemptive action to protect them from possible exposure to the swine flu,” said Dr. Valerie Cwik, MDA medical director.
Swine Flu Expected To Continue Through The Summer, US
Health officials said on Thursday that it looks like the novel H1N1 swine flu virus will continue to spread in the US through the summer months, and then resurge in the autumn. This is different to the previous expectation that the swine flu virus would follow a seasonal flu pattern: abate in the northern hemisphere as it approached the summer, spend a few months in southern hemisphere countries that are now approaching winter, and then return to the northern hemisphere in the fall.
HHS Will Release Guidance On ‘Meaningful Use’ Of Health Information Technology This Summer, Blumenthal Says
HHS soon will issue guidance and specifications on the definition of “meaningful use” of health information technology, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal said on Friday, CongressDaily reports (Noyes, CongressDaily, 5/8).
Senate Finance, HELP Committees Work Separately On Health Reform Bills They Will Combine In Early Summer
Aides to the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday confirmed that they intend to work on different health care reform bills that will eventually be combined on the Senate floor, likely after mark ups take place in early summer, CQ Today reports.
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