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TV doctors’ portrayal evolves from saintly to human
Today’s fictional medical dramas feature more minority and female physicians. Also, these characters are shown to have more flaws than their counterparts of 50 years ago.
Source: American Medical News - PROFESSION - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Neurosurgeons test real skills on virtual brains
Simulation training has been used by medical students for years. Now it is increasingly implemented among practicing physicians, medical experts say.
Source: American Medical News - HEALTH - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

American Hospital Assn. sues over retroactive Medicare pay denials
Hospitals say auditors violate federal law by asserting long after the fact that inpatient care should have been provided at an outpatient facility.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

State eyes one family, one card health coverage
Tennessee considers an insurance program that would guarantee continuity of care for lower-income families.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Medicare “improvement standard” no longer impedes home care
Doctors say a legal settlement will enable health professionals to better advocate for their chronically ill patients.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Physician pay a major unknown despite health reform certainty
Obama’s re-election eliminates chances of ACA repeal but renews questions about implementation of coverage expansions and payment reforms.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Frustrated doctor bloggers can consult a specialist: a ghostwriter
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Health plans report gains but remain financially cautious
Companies continue to look for opportunities beyond insurance as a hedge against how health system reform might affect earnings.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Study quantifies practice boost from physicians delegating tasks
Delegation to nonphysician staff is pitched as an effective way, particularly in small practices, to see and treat more patients.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

What a buyer wants in your physician practice
Purchasers have specific things they want to know before making an offer. Here’s what those things are, and how doctors can prepare their answers.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Doctors describe pressures driving them from independent practice
Some physicians, facing daunting business costs, decide the price of autonomy isn’t worth it. Only about one in three is expected to hold a practice ownership stake in 2013.
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

What States Should Build Instead of Obamacare's Health Insurance Exchanges
In the aftermath of President Obama's re-election, in which the implementation of the Affordable Care Act plays a large role, many states are facing an important decision. Should these states act as agents of the Obama administration, and set up state-based versions of Obamacare's subsidized health insurance exchanges? Or should they say no, leaving implementation of the law in the hands of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius? In this article, I will discuss a third possibility: that states set up their own markets for health insurance, markets that drive down the cost of insurance by ignoring Obamacare's tangled web of mandat...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 19, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Avik Roy Source Type: news

Salad Makings Blamed for 5-State E. Coli Outbreak
The Organic Spinach and Spring Mix Blend salad makings responsible for an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli has sickened 28 and put ten people in hospitals.The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Monday said most of the cases were in New York State. Of those hospitalized, two developed the kidney-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Antibiotics in Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Kids
Children whose mothers took antibiotics while they were pregnant were slightly more likely than other kids to develop asthma in a new Danish study.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Storm Victims, in Cleanup, Face Rise in Injuries and Illness
It is impossible to say how many people have been sickened by what Hurricane Sandy left behind: mold from damp drywall; spills from oil tanks; sewage from floodwater and unflushable toilets; tons upon tons of debris and dust. But interviews with hurricane victims, recovery workers, health officials and medical experts over the last week reveal that some of the illnesses that they feared would occur, based on the toxic substances unleashed by the storm and the experience of other disasters, notably Hurricane Katrina, have begun to manifest themselves.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Certificate of Need Legislation and the Dissemination of Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer
Purpose: The uncertainty about the incremental benefit of robotic prostatectomy and its higher associated costs makes it an ideal target for state based certificate of need laws, which have been enacted in several states. We studied the relationship between certificate of need laws and market level adoption of robotic prostatectomy. Materials and Methods: We used SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results)-Medicare data from 2003 through 2007 to identify men 66 years old or older treated with prostatectomy for prostate cancer. Using data from the American Health Planning Association, we categorized Health Service...
Source: The Journal of Urology - November 19, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bruce L. Jacobs, Yun Zhang, Ted A. Skolarus, John T. Wei, James E. Montie, Florian R. Schroeck, Brent K. Hollenbeck Tags: Oncology: Prostate/Testis/Penis/Urethra Source Type: research

Paternal age at birth is associated with offspring leukocyte telomere length in the nurses' health study
STUDY QUESTION Is the association between paternal age at birth and offspring leukocyte telomere length (LTL) an artifact of early life socioeconomic status (SES)? SUMMARY ANSWER Indicators of early life SES did not alter the relationship between paternal age at birth and offspring LTL among a population of white female nurses. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Telomere length is considered a highly heritable trait. Recent studies report a positive correlation between paternal age at birth and offspring LTL. Maternal age at birth has also been positively associated with offspring LTL, but may stem from the strong correlation with pa...
Source: Human Reproduction - November 19, 2012 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Prescott, J., Du, M., Wong, J. Y. Y., Han, J., De Vivo, I. Tags: Reproductive genetics Source Type: research

Five Republican governors reject state-run health markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Republican governors rejected on Friday a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls on states to set up online health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private coverage at federally subsidized rates.
Source: Modern Medicine - November 19, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

DeWitt, Dumas Hospitals Share Chief Executive
Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas took an unusual step to replace the CEO who recently resigned, leaving behind lawsuits and bruised feelings in the community. It partnered with another southeast Arkansas hospital to share its CEO.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Insurance Company Says Jonesboro Couple Cheated on Liver Claims
An Illinois insurance company has accused a Jonesboro husband and wife team of carrying on a fraud for six years after the husband received a liver transplant.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Arkansas Elecric Cooperative Companies Promote Maria Smedley (Movers & Shakers)
Maria Smedley has been promoted to vice president of human resources at the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. in Little Rock.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 19, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

F.D.A. Posts Injury Data Citing Red Bull
The release of the filings, after similar releases for three other highly caffeinated energy drinks, appears to underscore the crazy-quilt regulatory pattern governing such products.
Source: NYT - November 17, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Food and Drug Administration Red Bull Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Beverages Deaths (Fatalities) Rockstar Inc Pepsico Inc PEP NYSE Coca-Cola Company KO NYSE Source Type: news

Nate Silver: it's the numbers, stupid
The poker player and baseball nerd turned political forecaster won fame after predicting the result of the US election with uncanny accuracy. And as his star rises so too does that of a whole new generation of 'quants' leading the digital revolutionNate Silver is a new kind of political superstar. One who actually knows what he's talking about. In America, punditry has traditionally been about having the right kind of hair or teeth or foaming rightwing views. Silver has none of these. He just has numbers. Lots of them. And, on the night of the US presidential election, they were proved to be right in quite spectacular fash...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 17, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Carole Cadwalladr Tags: United States Sport Big data World news US sports US politics Mathematics Nate Silver MLB Features The Observer Profiles Poker Interviews Source Type: news

D.C. Week: FDA on Defense Over Meningitis Outbreak
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Calls from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, for greater clarity in her agency's oversight of compounding pharmacies were met with mixed reviews this week on Capitol Hill.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 17, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

West Nile Virus Numbers Still Climbing
(MedPage Today) -- Through the second week of November, the CDC had received reports of 5,128 cases of West Nile virus infection, the highest total since 2003.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 17, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Diabetes Shows Upward Trend In The Americas
On World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, experts called for stepped-up prevention, better patient care Diabetes has become a leading cause of death and disability in the Region of the Americas, and if current trends continue, the burden of the disease will increase substantially over the next two decades, according to experts at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). On November 14, PAHO/WHO celebrated World Diabetes Day to raise awareness of the impact of diabetes and encourage improvements in prevention and care for the disease...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 17, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

F.D.A. Posts Injury Data For Red Bull
The release of the filings, after similar releases for three other highly caffeinated energy drinks, appears to underscore the crazy-quilt regulatory pattern governing such products.
Source: NYT - November 17, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Food and Drug Administration Red Bull Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Beverages Deaths (Fatalities) Rockstar Inc Pepsico Inc PEP NYSE Coca-Cola Company KO NYSE Source Type: news

More GOP governors decline to create health insurance exchanges
Ohio, Wisconsin and Maine are the latest to say they won't implement that part of President Obama's healthcare law, instead leaving the job to the federal government.WASHINGTON — More Republican governors announced Friday they would not implement a key part of the new healthcare law, despite a new attempt by the Obama administration to give states more time to develop plans to put the Affordable Care Act in place.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

States Decline to Set Up Exchanges for Insurance
The exchanges — online markets where consumers can shop for subsidized private insurance — are a centerpiece of President Obama’s health care law.
Source: NYT Health - November 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR and ABBY GOODNOUGH Tags: States (US) Obama, Barack United States Politics and Government Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Source Type: news

Five Republican governors reject state-run health markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Republican governors rejected on Friday a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls on states to set up online health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private coverage at federally subsidized rates.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

F.D.A. Posts Injury Data for 3 Drinks
As its policy on highly caffeinated energy drinks is scrutinized, the Food and Drug Administration publicly released records on Thursday about fatality and injury filings that mentioned the possible involvement of three top-selling products. The Web posting of the records by the agency included 13 previously undisclosed injury filings that mentioned Rockstar Energy. The F.D.A. also released filings related to 5-Hour Energy, a popular energy shot, and Monster Energy, another popular brand.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Mike Beebe Still Looking at State-Run Health Insurance Exchange
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is leaving open the possibility that Arkansas may run its own insurance exchange under the federal health care law, after initially saying the state would seek a partnership model.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

AZ Furnace selects 10 companies to commercialize products
The AZ Furnace business accelerator has chosen 10 companies they believe will commercialize ideas developed out of the state’s universities and health care system. The project, sponsored by the Arizona Commerce Authority and BioAccel, aimed to take patents developed at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Northern Arizona and Dignity Health, and have them developed into new for-profit ventures. The companies each will receive $25,000 in seed money to help launch the businesses. The…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick O'Grady Source Type: research

Most Phoenix-area medical marijuana cardholders can't grow their own anymore
Most of the medical marijuana cardholders in the Phoenix area growing their own medicinal pot now have to stop. The Arizona Department of Health Services has approved the first dispensary in Glendale. According to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act passed by voters in 2010, medical marijuana cardholders cannot grow their own plants if they live within 25 miles of a dispensary. “The vast majority of the Valley is within 25 miles of this new dispensary,” said ADHS director Will Humble in his blog. However,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research

Providence Newberg Medical Center names CEO
Lori Van Zanten has been named the new CEO of the Providence Yamhill Service Area, which includes Providence Newberg Medical Center. The hospital is part of Providence Health & Services. Van Zanten for the past year has served as chief operating and nursing officer at Providence Newberg Medical Center. She replaces Alan Olive, who left for a position with Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare in Carson City, Nev.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Suzanne Stevens Source Type: research

Brewer postpones decision on health insurance exchange
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has postponed her decision on whether she will create a state-based health insurance exchange or let the federal government run it. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given governors an extension on their decision until mid-December. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent the Republican Governors Association a letter yesterday pushing the deadline back a bit, said Matthew Benson, spokesman for the governor’s office. The RGA has expressed concerns to Sebelius…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: research

Kaleida begins Deaconess demolition Monday
Kaleida Health will begin demolition Monday of the former Deaconess Center as plans continue for redevelopment of the site. Deaconess, a former Buffalo hospital that closed in 1986, closed down its nursing home operation last December when Kaleida shifted residents to the new Highpointe on Michigan long term care facility. A development deal with Community Action Organization of Erie County Inc. will see the majority of buildings on the 270,000 square foot campus demolished to make way for a new…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: research

More Major U.S. Cities Taking Smoke-Free Route
(MedPage Today) -- Comprehensive smoke-free laws are spreading across the U.S., although there remains room for improvement, an analysis of policies covering the nation's 50 largest cities showed.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Physicians ER to open four locations across Houston
Houston-based Physicians ER is broadening its reach across the region with three expansions, which will create about 100 jobs in the area. In September the emergency room center opened its first location in north Conroe, and it plans to open three locations next year — one each off Interstate 45 near Huntsville; at East Sam Houston Parkway and Wallisville Road; and off Highway 105 near Lake Conroe, COO Joseph Robertson said. Houston's M Architects is in charge of all four projects, President…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Bayan Raji Source Type: research

Black Elk president: Gulf search continues for two missing workers
A pair of boots and a blue hard hat have been recovered by rescue teams searching for two workers missing from the site of an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, said John Hoffman, president and CEO of Black Elk Energy, the Houston company that owns the platform. No deaths have been confirmed in the incident, which began at 9 a.m. today about 20 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. Hoffman said seven workers have been taken to Louisiana hospitals, and two of them have been released. Four people…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Deon Daugherty Source Type: research

UAB gets $1.9M for glaucoma detection program
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will use a $1.9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a glaucoma detection program. The telemedicine program will work with independent optometrists located near two central Alabama Walmart Vision Centers. The program is primarily aimed at detecting glaucoma in African-Americans over age 40, who are among the most likely to develop the disease. “Our current model of eye care is simply not reaching one of the most at-risk…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: research

GE Healthcare cutting 2% of Wisconsin employees
GE Healthcare said Friday it plans to cut 2 percent of its workers in Wisconsin. The move is part of efforts to “streamline its structure and reduce costs through different ways, including removing duplication and layers in the organization,” according to a company statement provided to The Business Journal. The company said it "needs to make tough decisions in the current economic climate." The restructuring will “reduce complexity, speed up decision making and help us become more accessible…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Jeff Engel Source Type: research

MedlinePlus Resources in Chinese
Where can I find reliable health information available in Chinese? What steps can I take to control diabetes? How can I keep healthy? Do you have these questions and want to find the answers in Chinese? From our work at outreach events, such as the Annual Asian American Health Fair, we know that many people do. The place to go is MedlinePlus, a website created by the National Library of Medicine. It contains reliable, up-to-date health information that’s easy to understand, for patients and health professionals alike. The Taubman Health Sciences Library has created a new video to show you how to find health informa...
Source: The Cornflower - November 16, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: General News from the Region Outreach Source Type: news

Galichia Heart Hospital CEO Harris to retire at year’s end
Steve Harris, the CEO of Galichia Heart Hospital, plans to retire at year’s end, the hospital announced Friday. The veteran health care administrator has helped Galichia increase its physician base and improve its financial and operational performance. A succession plan hasn’t yet been announced. Under Harris’ leadership, Galichia has achieved new accreditations, such as a designation as a chest pain center this year, and expanded its medical tourism initiative, which is designed to bring…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Josh Heck Source Type: research

Buying Groups' Role in Drug Shortages Queried
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Six members of the House of Representatives have called on the GAO to investigate whether contracting practices of hospital purchasing organizations influence ongoing drug shortages.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

HHS Again Delays Health Exchange Deadline
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- For the second time in a week, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has given states more time to make some decisions about health insurance exchanges.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 16, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Ohio, Wisconsin say they will not run their own health exchanges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican governors of Ohio and Wisconsin on Friday rejected a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls on U.S. states to set up online health insurance markets.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 16, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news