This is a selection of articles from the March 2008 archive. Click here for this month's American Health headlines.
Vital Statistics: TB Declines, but the Toll Is Still ‘Severe’
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Source: NYT - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
State lawmakers reach agreement on budget framework
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Restaurants gain support for suit against San Francisco's mandatory health payments
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
CDPHP reports net income up 12% in '07
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
USAble Names Curtis Barnett As its New President, CEO
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Health Information Exchange receives $4.6M state grant
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Major Collaboration Uncovers Surprising New Genetic Clues to Diabetes
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Hire a 'chief experience officer' and win patients for your hospital
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Pediatrics practice buys site, changes its name
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Study: California's nurse staffing ratio hasn't improved patient care
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Kaiser Permanente CEO cites growth in new niche
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Health-care insurance premium hikes begin to stabilize for employers
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Novel knee replacement procedure draws plaudits
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Going solo: Young doctor pursues dream of neighborhood practice
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Piedmont to develop imaging center in Newnan
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Kaiser Permanente CEO cites growth in new niche
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Cowden survey: Businesses don't expect to add consumer-driven health plans
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
A unique, and growing, solution to the budget buster
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Rival alliances muddle health-reform message in Washington
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Alta Bates' $13M breast cancer center opens its doors
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Advocates say technology is at root of cost concerns
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Health plans say transparency is a two-way street
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
One company's efforts to head off premium worries
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Blue Cross trying to avoid costly treatment, suit says
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Healthy @ Home
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Source: AARP.org Policy and Research - March 28, 2008 Source Type: info
New York Quality Alliance praised by federal government
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 28, 2008 Source Type: info
USDA Unveils Web-Based Personalized Nutrition Planner
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Wake Forest School of Medicine ranks 35th nationally
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Bioheart posts wider loss on R&D costs
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
All-Terrain Vehicle Fatalities --- West Virginia, 1999--2006
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Source: CDC - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- Pakistan and
Afghanistan, 2007
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Source: CDC - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Exposure Widespread to Safety-Challenged Compound in Sunscreens
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Grant establishes Houston employee health care program
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Hillenbrand sets price for cash tender offer
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Opinion: Health Care Debate is Based on Five Myths
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
New York Health Officials Release Emergency Ventilator Priority Guidelines
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Congress Must Not Ignore the Medicare Trustees' Warning
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Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - March 26, 2008 Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Greg D'Angelo and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: info
FDA's Rush to Meet Review Deadlines Called Safety Compromise
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Maryland places 35th in ranking of healthiest states
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Mike Browder officially takes the helm at Essent Healthcare
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Panel identifies 21 ways to improve how NY educates its doctors
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 26, 2008 Source Type: info
ASU breaking ground on second nursing school in downtown Phoenix
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Iowa House Approves Bill to Insure All Kids
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - March 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Paulson paints grim picture of Social Security, Medicare
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Scientists Launch First Comprehensive Database of Human Oral Microbiome
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 25, 2008 Source Type: info
API adds to software offerings
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Healthaxis receives Nasdaq warning
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
UCF to offer new biotech masters degree
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Poll: Paterson well supported
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Meeting #3: Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health
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Source: Institute of Medicine - All new Projects, Reports, Events and News items - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Blue Cross delays debut of site that rates state doctors
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
University Hospital joins battle to stem huge reimbursement cuts
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
New Medicare reporting requirement expected to boost MEDVAL business
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 24, 2008 Source Type: info
VA Establishes Mobile Pharmacies to Bolster Emergency Response
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - March 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Workplace relational factors and physicians' intention to withdraw from practice.
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Source: Health Care Management Review - March 22, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (118 K) Source Type: info
Role of multihospital system membership in electronic medical record adoption.
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Source: Health Care Management Review - March 22, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (210 K) Source Type: info
Medtronic Neuromodulation SynchroMed EL, SynchroMed II and IsoMed Implantable Infusion Pumps
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Source: FDA MedWatch - March 21, 2008 Tags: Surgeons, dialysis center staff, hospital risk managers, other healthcare professionals Source Type: info
Practitioner involvement for practice recommendations.
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Source: Health Care Management Review - March 21, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (116 K) Source Type: info
Albany Med students receive residency assignments
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Services set for Kacey Furniture chief Leslie Fishbein
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 21, 2008 Source Type: info
MVP Health adds 40,000 members during '08 open enrollment
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Forum to address dementia in NY
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Cincinnati gastroenterology practice picks new name
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Geriatric Certificate Program resumes at UNM
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Kaiser publishes quality data for clinics
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - March 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Board approves insurance co-pay, contribution hikes
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 20, 2008 Source Type: info
HHS Releases Pandemic Planning Update V Report
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Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for Website Updates - March 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Older Red Cell Transfusions Linked to Poor Outcome After Heart Surgery
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 19, 2008 Source Type: info
HHS secretary pitches pilot program
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Centene to buy Celtic Group for $80M
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Pay-disparity study moves forward in Pa.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - March 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Gift backs UB med school lectures
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 19, 2008 Source Type: info
UC to name health sciences library for Donald Harrison
