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Some Small Businesses Are Scaling Back Or Ending Health Coverageemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"Across the country, businesses already strapped by the economy to turn a profit are sacrificing or scaling back employee health insurance plans because of their escalating costs," The Associated Press reports. "The crunch has particularly socked smaller employers, who have become a centerpiece in the debate over how to overhaul the nation's health care system. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Green technology lights the wayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A new, government-sponsored, awards scheme is helping to showcase the UK's innovation in science and green technologyDesigning traffic lights to be more energy efficient may not seem the hardest thing to do. Change the energy-wasting incandescent bulbs for modern light sources and you're done, right? Not quite."We've reinvented the humble traffic light," says Matthew Vincent, deputy director of sales and marketing at Siemens Mobility Traffic Solutions. "Previously they used very energy-inefficient [50W] tungsten-halogen lights, which only have a lifespan of six months or so, which means you have lots of maintenance issues ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Energy Technology Environment Solar power Science The Guardian Editorial Source Type: news

McGonagle returns to NFIB as NM directoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Veteran small business advocate Minda McGonagle has returned to the National Federation of Independent Business as the New Mexico state director. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

McGonagle returns to NFIB as NM directoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Veteran small business advocate Minda McGonagle has returned to the National Federation of Independent Business as the New Mexico state director. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Malawi: Trying to Give Sex Workers Safer Alternativesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A plan by Malawi to offer prostitutes low-interest loans to start small businesses in return for abandoning sex work is generating controversy in a country where women are disproportionately affected by high rates of poverty and HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 17, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Elm Grove clinic doubles size, profits in past yearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In less than a year, a small medical clinic in Elm Grove has doubled in size and increased profits, something many other small businesses have found to be nearly impossible given the current economic conditions. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Elm Grove clinic doubles size, profits in past yearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In less than a year, a small medical clinic in Elm Grove has doubled in size and increased profits, something many other small businesses have found to be nearly impossible given the current economic conditions. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Kerry introduces bill to make small businesses eligible for IT loansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced legislation last week that would help underwrite efforts by family doctors and other small medical practices to modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Kerry introduces bill to make small businesses eligible for IT loansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced legislation last week that would help underwrite efforts by family doctors and other small medical practices to modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 13, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Effectiveness of Health and Safety in Small Enterprises: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Evaluations of Interventionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Even though there were few studies that adequately evaluated small business intervention, several studies demonstrate that well-designed evaluations are possible with small businesses. While stronger levels of evidence are required to make recommendations, these interventions noted above were associated with positive changes in safety-related attitudes and beliefs and workplace parties should be aware of them. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10926-009-9212-1Authors F. Curtis Breslin, Institute for Work & Health 481 University Avenue, Suite 800 Toronto ON M5G 2E9 CanadaNatasha Kyle, Institute fo...
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - November 12, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Source Type: journals

Media, small businesses invited to ACS Webinar on impact of chemical industry trends on jobsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(American Chemical Society) News media and scientists interested in finance, entrepreneurships and the chemical sciences are invited to join a free American Chemical Society Small & Medium Business Webinar for an opportunity to learn about beginning and growing a business in these difficult economic times.The webinar will focus on how to protect intellectual assets when both time and money are at a premium, and will discuss early stage agreements that are critical to protecting company knowledge and goodwill. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 12, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Video: Sick Days with H1N1email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As the H1N1 flu continues to spread, for many of us it is a financial burden. As Jeff Glor reports, many small businesses aren't offering paid sick days, so they must keep germs to a minimum. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

BellBrook Labs Goes 4-for-4 to Win $2.7M in SBIR Grants for HTS and HCA Technologiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
BellBrook Labs announced that all four of the Small Business Innovative Research grants submitted by the company last year recently had been funded by the National Institutes of Health, for a total of $2.7M. Two grants were awarded for further development of the company's Transcreener high throughput screening (HTS) assay platform for kinases and emerging drug targets. An additional two grants will fund development of highly miniaturized cellular assays for automated high content analysis (HCA) using their novel microchannel array platform, called iuvo. (PRWeb Nov 11, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb....
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 11, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Small businesses parse House health care bill; will it hurt or help?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Many small business groups oppose the House’s 1,990-page health care reform bill, contending it would raise insurance premiums for many firms and create disincentives for hiring new workers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Small businesses parse House health care bill; will it hurt or help?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Many small business groups oppose the House’s 1,990-page health care reform bill, contending it would raise insurance premiums for many firms and create disincentives for hiring new workers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 9, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Small Business Crunches Numbers on Health Billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small business has fought the health-care bill as too costly. That made Saturday's vote bitter to many of the nation's roughly 30 billion such entrepreneurs, if welcome to some. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 9, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

A sense of autonomy is a primary reward or threat for the brainemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This is the fourth in a series of five posts about the big drivers of threat and reward in the brain. So far I have posted about status, certainty and relatedness. This week let's explore the issue of autonomy. Autonomy is a feeling of having choices. This feeling turns out to be deeply upsetting when taken away from us.Teen angst is not universalAccording to Dr. Robert Epstein, teenagers in western cultures have fewer choices than a felon in prison. They can't drink, vote, have sex, marry, or choose where they go. I am not saying teens should be given total autonomy, they would probably make some pretty bad decisions. Yet...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Rock Tags: Child Development Happiness Neuroscience Parenting 18 year olds autonomy autonomy SCARF bad decisions biological necessity deleterious effects dr robert drinking ages felon live bands maier relatedness robert epstein stev Source Type: consumer

The Pelosi Health Care Plan: Employer Mandate Penalties on Small Businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Pelosi health care reform plan would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small businesses--even those with 25 or fewer workers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 5, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - John L. Ligon Tags: Health Care Source Type: info

Insurers' Pricing Practices Targeted By Senate Health Committeeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insurance premiums were crushing their businesses, the Des Moines Register reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

House Republicans Offer Health Overhaul Planemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
House Republicans unveiled their health reform proposal Tuesday night. Their alternative health care bill "would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small businesses to band together and buy insurance exempt from most state regulation," The New York Times reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

House Republicans Offer Health Overhaul Planemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
House Republicans unveiled their health reform proposal Tuesday night. Their alternative health care bill "would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small businesses to band together and buy insurance exempt from most state regulation," The New York Times reports. (Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today)
Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Small Business Group Lobbies For Reform While Trade Groups See Cuts In Businessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small business owners lobby Congress while trade associations and a seniors' group worry about what lawmaker's efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system could mean for them. The Las Vegas Sun reports that Las Vegas small business owners went to Washington Tuesday to tell lawmakers about their desire for health reform. (Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today)
Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Small Business Group Lobbies For Reform While Trade Groups See Cuts In Businessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small business owners lobby Congress while trade associations and a seniors' group worry about what lawmaker's efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system could mean for them. The Las Vegas Sun reports that Las Vegas small business owners went to Washington Tuesday to tell lawmakers about their desire for health reform. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

FDA Awards Absorption Systems Phase II SBIR Grant For CellPort Technologies™email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Absorption Systems LP announced that it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue development of the company's CellPort Technologies™ testing platform. This unique assay platform enables more specific prediction of potential drug-drug interactions mediated by human drug transport proteins. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news

G.O.P. Counters With a Health Plan of Its Ownemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The bill would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured and limit malpractice awards. It has no chance of passing. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Tags: Republican Party Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization small business Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Malpractice Source Type: news

House Republicans Offer Health Overhaul Planemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Kaiser Health News reports that House Republicans unveiled their 219-page health care overhaul legislation Tuesday night asserting it would lower health care premiums for families and small businesses and that it would be a far less costly and intrusive approach to helping the uninsured than the Democratic proposals in the House and Senate. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 4, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

G.O.P. Counters With a Health Plan of Its Ownemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The bill would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured and limit malpractice awards. It has no chance of passing. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - November 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Tags: Republican Party Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization small business Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Malpractice Source Type: news

Colorado small-business owners appeal to Congress for reformemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A group of seven small-business owners from Colorado went to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to voice support for congressional health-care reform efforts -- including a proposal for a government-run program that would compete with private insurers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Colorado small-business owners appeal to Congress for reformemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A group of seven small-business owners from Colorado went to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to voice support for congressional health-care reform efforts -- including a proposal for a government-run program that would compete with private insurers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 4, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

FDA Awards Absorption Systems Phase II SBIR Grant For CellPort Technologiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Absorption Systems LP today announced that it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue development of the company's CellPort Technologies testing platform. This unique assay platform enables more specific prediction of potential drug-drug interactions mediated by human drug transport proteins (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - November 3, 2009 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Survey: Small businesses more optimistic about recoveryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Most small business owners believe the economy will recover within the next year, according to a new survey from Administaff Inc. released Monday. (ASF) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Survey: Small businesses more optimistic about recoveryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Most small business owners believe the economy will recover within the next year, according to a new survey from Administaff Inc. released Monday. (ASF) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 2, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Explaining The New House Billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Several news outlets have explainers on the House bill, which was unveiled yesterday. Reuters has a "Factbox" outlining the major provisions in the bill. For example, Reuters notes that the measure "Creates an insurance market exchange where individuals and small businesses would purchase coverage. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Obama Woos Small Business To Support Health Reformemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Obama told small business owners Thursday that Democrats' health reform plans would mean million of their peers would get new tax credits to help pay for insurance and that the smallest firms could save around 25 percent on insurance costs through new exchanges, BusinessWeek reports. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

New Report Highlights How Health Insurance Reform Will Reduce Costs For Small Businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report, Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businesses. The report outlines the many ways health insurance reform will lower health care costs for small businesses and is available now at http://www.HealthReform.gov. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Argues through statistical analysis and research that health insurance reform will lower premiums for small businesses and lead to additional benefits. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info

New Report Highlights How Health Insurance Reform Will Reduce Costs for Small Businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businesses, that outlines the many ways health insurance reform will lower health care costs for small businesses. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Obama Seeks Health Reform Support From Small Businessesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Roll Call: "The White House is aggressively courting the small-business community, believing that some on GOP-friendly Main Street can be enlisted in the fight for health care reform and that assistance to mom-and-pop shops is vital to chipping away at the unemployment rate. ... White House officials were on the phone to the [U.S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Amendment makes pharmacists eligible for IT loansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Pharmacists have been included in legislation intended to help small medical practices adopt healthcare information technology. The Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, an amendment introduced by House Subcommittee Chairwoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.), makes provisions for state-licensed pharmacists and other healthcare providers to use a lending program for health IT. The program would provide reduced-cost loans guaranteed up to 90 percent, with a subsidized deferment period of up to three years. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Molly Merrill Tags: Online Only Bruce T. Roberts Industry News Washington Physician Practices & Ambulatory Care Source Type: news

Small Businesses Face Higher Premiums, Push For Access To 'Exchanges'email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise in insurance premiums they have seen in recent years," the New York Times reports. "The higher premiums at least partly reflect the inexorable rise of medical costs, which is forcing Medicare to raise premiums, too. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Small businesses seek broad access to health exchangesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small-business groups are lobbying Congress to allow firms with as many as 100 employees to buy health insurance through new exchanges that would be created through health care reform legislation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: journals

Small businesses seek broad access to health exchangesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small-business groups are lobbying Congress to allow firms with as many as 100 employees to buy health insurance through new exchanges that would be created through health care reform legislation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

BloodCenter Of Wisconsin And Partners Commence Phase II Study Of Innovative Use Of RFID Technologyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
BloodCenter of Wisconsin (BCW) announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to fund continued research into the deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to enhance safety and reduce hospital costs related to the collection, manufacture and transfusion of blood products. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news

Small firms seek broad access to health exchangesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Small business groups are lobbying Congress to allow firms with as many as 100 employees to purchase health insurance through new exchanges that would be created through health care reform legislation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Harris County health plan reaches small businessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A benefits plan that was launched this week by a local nonprofit group will give uninsured people who are employed by small businesses a new health care alternative. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

Stroke device startup lands National Science Foundation grantemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Insera Therapeutics Inc. has won a small-business research grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop its stroke-treatment device to remove clots and debris from blood vessels. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

UCF partnership tackles affordable health careemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A new public-private partnership led by the University of Central Florida aims to help Floridians get more affordable health insurance through the small businesses that employ them. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - October 26, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals