Mandate flu vaccines for health-care workers, journal says
Flu vaccines should be compulsory for all health-care workers because their patients' lives are at risk, a Canadian medical journal editor says.www.cbc.ca
Health insurers nervous over prospect of Romney victory
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law.www.mercurynews.com
Texas Woman Searches For Health Care As State Officials Move To Defund ...
By Mary Tuma. When Texas decided to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from its Medicaid-funded women's health care program, women like Crystal Gonzalez were left scrambling for a new provider.www.huffingtonpost.com
States seek help making health exchange rules
16 deadline to let Washington know if they will create their own. hhs. The Department of Health and Human Services issued 10 markers –- essential health benefits -- that are the minimum standards states must meet when setting up exchanges. (Photo: Alex ...www.usatoday.com
US employees to face health care sticker shock
Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves as companies roll out health care plans with higher deductibles, benefits ...www.chicagotribune.com
Health insurers ready post-election message: We're not the bad guys!
"For a number of years, when people talk about health care costs the debate has focused exclusively on premiums," said Association of Health Insurance Plans president Karen Ignagni. "If you're going to have a debate and discussion about what's driving ...www.washingtonpost.com
Health-Care Companies Along East Coast Shut Down Offices
Some of the world's largest health-care companies, many of them based along the East Coast or with major operations there, closed sites and asked employees to work from home Monday as they braced for the approach of Hurricane Sandy.www.foxbusiness.com
South London Healthcare 'should be dissolved'
South London Healthcare, which incorporates the Princess Royal Hospital in Orpington, Queen Mary's in Sidcup and the Queen Elizabeth in Woolwich, has run up debts of more than £150m since being created in 2009 by the merger of the three.www.bbc.co.uk
Slain Mo. girl's mother files wrongful death suit against mental health care ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The mother of a slain 9-year-old Missouri girl has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a mental health clinic that provided services to the teenager who killed her daughter. The lawsuit by Patricia Preiss (pryss) was filed ...www.washingtonpost.com
Romney's healthc are plan wrong for many Americans
As a nurse at Palms West Hospital, and a woman who has managed the care of aging family members, I can tell you these twin pillars of our healthcare system are essential. My family would not have been able to see my father-in-law through the last ...www.sun-sentinel.com
Health IT Holds Key To Better Care Integration
"IT is a substantial enabler," Dr. David M. Lawrence, retired chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, told InformationWeek Healthcare. "You almost cannot do complex medical care without that kind of ...www.informationweek.com
Top 5 Zacks #1 Ranked Healthcare Mutual Funds - Best of Funds
The healthcare sector is one of the most desirable avenues for parking investments when markets are headed south. The demand for such services usually remains unchanged even during an economic downturn and investments in the sector provide ...community.nasdaq.com
Randstad Healthcare Executive Selected for Leadership Roles in Two Key ...
BOSTON, Oct. 29, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Cynthia Kinnas, president of Randstad Healthcare, was recently appointed to two key positions within the healthcare industry. Kinnas, an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, will serve as ...www.sacbee.com
Health care costs
Romney, a master of vagueness, does not put a price tag on the health care he opposes or the bombers he desires. So we, the people, have to decide on our country's priorities.www.chicagotribune.com
Real 'healthcare reform' begins with the individual person
The health care system is overloaded in its attempts to treat the tidal wave of seemingly unrelated diseases (I believe symptoms) including but not limited to heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, kidney and ...www.the-dispatch.com
Premier healthcare alliance Selects Beazley to Offer Hospitals New Cyber ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Premier healthcare alliance's insurance subsidiary, Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS), has selected Beazley Breach Response as its preferred data privacy and network security insurance solution.www.heraldonline.com
Alliance HealthCare Services Expects to Reach Agreement to Amend Its Credit ...
Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ) (the "Company" or "Alliance"), a leading national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy services, announced that it expects to reach an agreement with lenders for a 2nd amendment ...www.heraldonline.com
US to offer health insurance
These multistate plans were included in President Obama's health care law as a substitute for a pure government-run health insurance program - the public option sought by many liberal Democrats and reviled by Republicans. Supporters of the national ...health.heraldtribune.com
Take A Hard Look At EHR Costs, Benefits
Most healthcare organizations don't measure the overall success of their electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to a survey of 300 healthcare executives by Beacon Partners, a Boston-based healthcare management consulting firm. Forty-one ...www.informationweek.com
Lumeris technology and services prove critical to health plan's continued success
ST. LOUIS - Lumeris announced today that one of its health plan customers, Essence Healthcare, was once again awarded a 4.5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, making it the highest-rated Medicare Advantage plan in the St.www.heraldonline.com
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