Zack Beasley guided Change Healthcare through highly scrutinized merger
Zack Beasley helped lead Change Healthcare through one of its biggest legal challenges. He served as a key supervisor and strategist during the company ’s merger with Optum Inc., a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. The deal faced roadblocks including a lengthy, time- and resource-consuming investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to block the transaction. This process ended in an 11-day trial and a ma jor legal victory for the company.  Beasley, now…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Randy Southerland Source Type: news

Hidden details of world ’s most famous sled dog revealed in massive genomics project
In 1925, a sled dog named Balto made headlines around the world when he braved fierce winds, a raging blizzard, and splintering river ice to bring lifesaving serum to an isolated Alaskan town struck with diphtheria. (Although another sled dog, Togo, may deserve most of the credit .) Now, researchers have pieced together a fuller picture of the celebrated canine from DNA taken from the underbelly of his stuffed, faded carcass. Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, they were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

BlueDot ' s latest offering empowers pharma and life science...
The insights will provide valuable information for companies looking to better inform product demand and supply needs, make informed resource allocation decisions, and anticipate future needs(PRWeb April 27, 2023)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/bluedot_s_latest_offering_empowers_pharma_and_life_science_organizations_to_stay_ahead_of_influenza_and_covid_disruptions/prweb19306415.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement, DHSC and UKHSA (updated 25th April 2023)
Sets out how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in adult social care settings in England. 25 April 2023Removed digital reader information from ' COVID-19 supplement to the infection prevention and control resource for adult social care ' . 4 April 2023Removed notice about changes coming into effect from ' COVID-19 supplement to the infection prevention and control resource for adult social care ' .
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0436 GMT – Jefferies reaffirms its positive outlook for two incumbent Chinese enterprise resource planning companies— Kingdee International Software Group…#markettalks #telecom #yonyounetwork #huawei #erp #jefferies #soe #kingdee #colinngwsjcom
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

South Africa: We Must Question How Govt's Promised Financial Hike for TB Programmes Will Be Managed
[Daily Maverick] South Africa's new National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB, and STIs 2023-2028 and the country's TB Recovery Plan necessitate a sharp increase in TB testing and increased enrolment into care, which will require additional spending on testing and medicines. Sihle Mahonga Ndawonde Ndawonde argues that a joint committee should be set up to review and interrogate provincial departments' resource allocation decisions for the next three years.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - April 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Health Discussion Resources – NNLM Reading Club & NNLM Book Discussion
Discussion Are you a librarian, health professionals, and public health workers interested in participating in a virtual discussion on health issues impacting diverse communities? The NNLM Book Discussion participants read one book over the span of three months. Then, they engage in an online discussion about the health topic with a focus on the challenges facing diverse communities trying to manage the health care system. MLA Continuing education credits are provided for participants. Complementary professional development opportunity Discussions take place over three months Continuing education credits available Include...
Source: The Cornflower - April 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Consumer Health General NNLM Book Discussion NNLM Reading Club Source Type: news

Sports injuries: a 5-year review of admissions at a major trauma center in the United Kingdom - Hassan AH, Gharooni AA, Mee H, Geffner J, Anwar F.
PURPOSE Sports offer several health benefits but are not free of injury risk. Activity dynamics vary across sports, impacting the injury profile and thereby influencing healthcare resource utilization and health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to ...
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Patterns of admission and outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Addis Ababa Burn Emergency and Trauma Hospital - Mamo D, Aklog E, Gebremedhin Y.
Data on patterns of intensive care unit (ICU) admission including age, and severity of illness is essential in developing better strategies for resource allocation to improve outcomes. A 2-year cross-sectional  study of 268 patients using a systematic ran...
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, study finds
Key takeawaysA study by researchers from UCLA, Australia, Ecuador, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. found that people around the world signal others for assistance every couple of minutes.The research, which examined behaviors in towns and rural areas in several different countries, revealed that  people comply with these small requests for help far more often than they decline them.The findings suggest that  people from all cultures have more similar cooperative behaviors than prior research has established.A new study by UCLA sociologist Giovanni Rossi and an international team of collaborators finds that people r...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 21, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Methodologic approaches for using electronic medical records to identify experiences of violence in transgender and cisgender people: closing the gap between diagnostic coding and lived experiences - Alpert AB, Sayegh SJ, Strawderman M, Cunliffe S, Griggs JJ, Cerulli C.
BACKGROUND: Transgender people experience extreme rates of violence and the electronic medical record (EMR) remains a mostly untapped resource to study the medical sequelae of such experiences. OBJECTIVES: To develop and test a method for identifyi...
Source: SafetyLit - April 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood: a toolkit to support local action in the UK
This resource aims to support service leaders, commissioners and policy teams to develop a whole-system approach to support the mental health of babies and young children, and to enable them to develop the capacities to be mentally healthy throughout their lives. Evidence shows that the mental health needs of babies and young children – which present differently than in older children and young people – are not well understood and often overlooked. This toolkit acknowledges that it can be harder for professionals to work together to promote and protect mental health at this life stage, as understanding varies across se...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AI Promising in Detecting TB From Chest X-rays AI Promising in Detecting TB From Chest X-rays
The performance of software is comparable to that of radiologists, new research indicates, and the technology may help diagnose more people in low-resource areas.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

MyType1 Diabetes England online support
This free online resource provides information and tools to help adults in England understand their type 1 diabetes and how to manage it, with links to a library of online diabetes education courses, and to local services. There is also a healthcare professionals hub.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swim teacher reveals terrifying reason you should NEVER buy blue bathing suit for your kids
Nikki Scarnati, a certified Infant Swimming Resource instructor and mother-of-two from Florida, went viral after she issued a stark warning to other parents regarding their children's swimming apparel.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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