Latest electronic medical records bill differs from Energy and Commerce version

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:33 PM EDT (NextGov)

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney (Pete) Stark, D-Calif., Monday introduced a bill to create a nationwide system of electronic medical records that would use Medicare reimbursement to prod physicians and hospitals to adopt new technologies.

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U.S. Must Enact Measures To Support The Role Of International Medical Graduates In U.S. Health Care Delivery Says American College Of Physicians

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:23 PM EDT (Medical News Today)

In a new paper, released yesterday, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says that because of the important place that international medical graduates (IMGs) have and will continue to have in the internal medicine workforce, the U.S.

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Multi-million Dollar Campaign for Kids' Health Program is Launched

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:21 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

An issue campaign aimed at strengthening and reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was launched yesterday by America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids, a new, non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders.

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The Allure of the One-Stop Shop

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:03 PM EDT (Slate)

Perhaps you've heard about the guy who is wrecking the American health care system. He is uninsured, has no major medical problems, and loves the emergency room.

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Less U.S. med students choosing primary care

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:47 PM EDT (The Washington Times)

Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.

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Creating a Facebook-like medical record

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:17 PM EDT (The Health Care Blog)

The explosive growth of Facebook and MySpace illustrates the market for electronic tools to enhance communication and collaboration. Could there possibly be another workplace more in need of social networking tools than the modern hospital?

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Patient-Centered 'Medical Home' Models Lag in Key Areas

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:16 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Many large physician groups in the United States lack the essential elements needed to create patient-centered "medical homes" designed to put primary-care doctors in charge of coordinating care, says a new study.

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Doctors pressured by the intrusion of private insurers

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:01 PM EDT ()

The Medical Society of the State of New York just released survey results, which indicate that health insurer rules often force New York State physicians to alter the way they treat patients — and not necessarily for the benefit of patients.

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Fewer US med students choosing primary care

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:58 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

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Retail clinics haven't cut health costs, study finds

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:57 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Going to a MinuteClinic is cheaper for patients than going to a physician's office or urgent care, but there is no evidence that the advent of the popular retail clinics reduced medical costs overall.

health, health-care, health-care-costs, health-care-reform

Traveling for Care -- in the U.S.

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:54 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

In a new twist on medical tourism, U.S. employers are encouraging workers to travel domestically for medical care.

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Shopping for health care off to a shaky start

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:44 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

Employers scrambling to rein in their health tab are making employees shoulder more of the cost – and hoping they'll make better buying decisions. But is there enough information out there to turn patients into savvy shoppers?

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Health Care Reform Key Issue as Entrepreneurs Size Up Presidential Candidates

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:42 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

A national survey measuring the impact of rising health care costs on businesses with 10 employees or fewer shows that micro-businesses strongly support health care reform leading into November's Presidential election.

health, health-care, small-business, health-care-reform

Mayo Clinic Leads Health-Care Talks

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 6:18 PM EDT (The Arizona Republic)

The Mayo Clinic has studied U.S. health-care issues for several years and plans to share its suggestions for better care and lower costs with Arizona health-care leaders.

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Controlling costs is as important to reform as providing quality service

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 6:10 PM EDT (Deleware Online)

A survey of businesses shows that a majority of those that offer health benefits next year plan to pass along more of those costs to their employees.

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Facing Veto, Democrats Drop Plan for Vote on Child Bill

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 6:09 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Congressional Democrats have scrapped plans for another vote on expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, thus sparing Republicans from a politically difficult vote just weeks before elections this fall.

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Digital divide

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:07 PM EDT (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Despite years of effort to replace paper patient charts and physician orders with electronic records, most doctors and many hospitals remain behind the digital curve.

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Bankruptcies soar for senior citizens

Seeded on Tue Sep 2, 2008 4:36 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

While the bankruptcy filing rate for those under 55 has fallen, it has soared for older Americans, according to a new analysis from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, which examined a sampling of noncommercial bankruptcies filed between 1991 and 2007.

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Health care should still be relevant election topic

Seeded on Tue Sep 2, 2008 4:33 PM EDT (Post Crescent)

The presidential election is fewer than 100 days away. With a focus on foreign policy and our economy, not to mention energy, is health care still a relevant topic?

health, health-care, health-care-reform

How Long?

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:36 PM EDT (PNHP)

There are 45.7million uninsured people in the United States. There are probably some 50 million people who are underinsured, meaning even though they have health insurance they cannot afford the care they need.

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Health-Care Allies...for Now

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:35 PM EDT (Business Week)

The last time Washington tried to fix health care, powerful industry interests scuttled the Clinton Administration's initiative as Big Pharma, managed care, doctors, and employers all scrambled to protect their turf.

health, health-care, health-care-reform-health-insurance

Economy may stall push for health care

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:12 PM EDT (USA Today)

A drop in the number of people who lacked health insurance last year reflects a push by states to cover more lower-income adults and children, but the gains might unravel during the economic slowdown, economists and health experts say.

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Unions urge Obama to reform health care in first 100 days

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:06 PM EDT (Colorado Springs Business Journal)

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Health care gains status as election issue

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:02 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

If voters pay more attention to the tens of millions of people without health insurance in this presidential election year, it may be because of people like George Dixon.

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A Decline in Uninsured Is Reported for 2007

Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)

After climbing steadily for six years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million in 2007, to 45.7 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The drop was the result of growth in government-sponsored health insurance programs, officials …

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