CHICAGO, IL – Vice President Joe Biden today announced the availability of grants worth nearly $1.2 billion to help hospitals and health care providers implement and use electronic health records…. Read more »
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Vice President Biden Announces Availability of Nearly $1.2 Billion in Grants to Help Hospitals and Doctors Use Electronic Health Records
A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Electronic Health Records and the 21st Century Health Care System A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology In my role as National Coordinator for Health… Read more »
CNN Aug 20 ’09 ‘Romney care’ touted as a model for national health care reform
‘Romney care’ touted as a model for national health care reform By Jim Acosta and Ed Hornick
Getting counsel helps the dying
CHICAGO – As a political uproar rages over end-of-life counseling, a new study finds that offering such care to dying cancer patients improved their mood and quality of life. The… Read more »
oston Herald Aug 19 2009 Voters air health care rage: Take Barney Frank to task over Obama health care plan
DARTMOUTH – U.S. Rep. Barney Frank took the heat from angry voters last night at a town hall-style meeting on President Obama’s controversial health care overhaul in a clash reminiscent… Read more »
Lack of Medicare Appointee Puzzles Congress
WASHINGTON —
Boston Herald Aug 18 ’09 “Mass vaccinations planned for deadly fall threat ” Menino urges workers be given 2 hours off to get immunized
Mass vaccinations planned for deadly fall threat Hub drafts swine flu responseBy Edward Mason and Richard Weir Tuesday, August 18, 2009 – Updated 8h ago City officials are devising emergency… Read more »
Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009 – 2010 Influenza Season
CDC is releasing new guidance that recommends actions that non-healthcare employers should take now to decrease the spread of seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu in the workplace and to… Read more »
Immunization
1199 SEIU RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATION REQUIRING MANDATORY FLU VACCINATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS (New York, NY) On August 13th, the State Hospital Review and Planning Council… Read more »
[NPSF-PATIENTSAFETY-L] Report: Nonprofit nursing homes provide better care
In this report for-profit homes were faulted for lower staffing, higher rate of bedsores. U.S residents would receive about 500,000 more hours of nursing care per day if nonprofit institutions… Read more »
