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8 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm
A new report reveals that $54.4 billion is spent annually on medical malpractice systems; 2.4% of America's health care spending. America's health care has existed with two separate, but related crises - its high rates of medical errors, and dissatisfaction with the malpractice liability system...
8 Sep 2010 at 8:00am
In an article published in the September issue of Health Affairs, AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., says the next generation of physicians will drive a culture of patient safety in health care and that residents are important agents of change, mentoring both peers and faculty...
8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
TPP Global Development Ltd (TPP) announced an agreement with the University of Edinburgh to collaborate on the development of novel pre-clinical intellectual property originated within the University. TPP and the University of Edinburgh will focus on commercialisation opportunities in the areas of nervous system disorders, immunology/inflammation and oncology...
8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
ImmunoSolv, a leading Edinburgh-based private company developer of immunology platform technology, is pleased to announce that it has completed a merger with Aberdeen-based Grampian BioConsultants Limited (GBC). The merged company will retain the name ImmunoSolv Limited...
8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
The Seattle Times: "Whopping rate increases are coming soon for many people with individual health-insurance policies. Most insurers offering individual policies in the state have asked for and been granted rate increases, effective Oct. 1, according to the state's insurance commissioner. Regence BlueShield's rate increase - an average 16.5 percent - was one of the highest...
8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
A group of over 2,500 leading water experts from 130 countries gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to kick off World Water Week, where they will focus on "increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe," Agence France-Presse reports (Larson, 9/5)...
8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
The first academic analysis of the 1500 documents unsealed in recent litigation against the pharmaceutical giant Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) reveals unprecedented insights into how pharmaceutical companies use ghostwriters to insert marketing messages into articles published in medical journals. Dr...
8 Sep 2010 at 6:00am
News outlets offered a variety of articles about health care use and quality. The New York Times: A new study finds "that more than half of the 354 million doctor visits made each year for acute medical care, like for fevers, stomachaches and coughs, are not with a patient's primary physician, and that more than a quarter take place in hospital emergency rooms...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, congratulated Prime Minister Julia Gillard on securing a minority Labor Government and urged her to put the health reform process at the top of her second term agenda...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
Australia's largest disease prevention groups are calling on the returned Gillard government to ramp up investment in preventive health following the release today of a cost-effectiveness study demonstrating that enormous health gains and cost savings could be achieved...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a series of free evidence-based guides designed to help Spanish speakers understand and compare the risks, benefits and side effects of treatments for eight health conditions. The guides provide valuable information that patients can use in talking with their clinicians...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
This Kaiser Health News story by Susan Jaffe, produced in partnership with The Washington Post, looks at an increasing use of hospital observation care for Medicare beneficiaries rather than admission as an inpatient. "After Ann Callan, 85, fell and broke four ribs, she spent six days at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
"As more immigrants crowd its waiting rooms, Elmhurst Hospital is joining a growing number of hospitals in New York and across the country that are going beyond hiring interpreters and offering translated paperwork and are adopting practices intended to improve care for an increasingly diverse patient population," The New York Times reports...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
A US study of flu cases in adults and children living in Wisconsin concluded that the risk of serious complications from 2009 H1N1 swine flu was no higher than the risk of serious complications from recent seasonal flu strains. You can read about the study in the 8 September issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA...
8 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
In spite of Canada's universal medical coverage, immigrants to that country have less access to health care than native-born Canadians for certain procedures, a new study finds. In fact, immigrants have about the same access as immigrants to the United States who depend on private health insurance or Medicaid and who have less access than native-born Americans...
