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AHIP Solutions SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: America's Health Insurance Plans
Intercell gains OK for Japanese encephalitis vaccine in children
5/21/2013
- Reuters
The U.S. has granted Austrian firm Intercell approval for its Ixiaro vaccine to protect pediatric patients against Japanese encephalitis. Read More
Health insurance product and policy news
AHIP Agents and Brokers SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: AHIP America's Health Insurance Plans
Short on time, N.M. to let feds help with ACA exchange
5/21/2013
- San Francisco Chronicle (free content)
New Mexico initially decided on a state-run health insurance exchange but has now elected to partner with the federal government on its marketplace for individuals because it is doesn't have sufficien… Read More
News to improve employee and population health
AHIP Wellness SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: America's Health Insurance Plans
Participants lose 22 tons of weight in Kan. governor's challenge
5/22/2013
- WIBW-TV (Topeka, Kan.)
The "Wolf Pack" team from the Kansas Department of Corrections took first place in the Governor's Weight Loss Challenge, in which participants lost more than 22 tons of weight overall. The four-month … Read More
News for federal health professionals
AMSUS SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
New APA guidelines aim to make PTSD diagnosis easier
5/14/2013
- Time.com
The American Psychiatric Association has included updated guidelines and criteria for PTSD in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The new standard eliminates some of the restrictive criteria… Read More
News for health care CIOs
CHIME's Healthcare CIO SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
Health groups cut back on external IT services, report says
5/21/2013
- HealthSystemCIO.com
A KLAS report finds that health care groups are turning more to partial outsourcing deals and less on extensive outsourcing services to meet their growing IT demands amid pressures to satisfy meaningf… Read More
Health care IT news
Health IT SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
Health coalition asks Senate to revamp MU program
5/21/2013
- Health Data Management
The Healthcare Innovation Council has sent a letter to six members of the Senate urging them to stop the EHR meaningful use incentives if the program is not reformed, saying the incentives fail to boo… Read More
Dental Benefits News
NADP SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: National Association of Dental Plans
ADA urges states to deal with adult dental-care crisis
5/15/2013
- DrBicuspid.com (free registration)
The American Dental Association is urging states to expand Medicaid dental benefits for adults. An estimated 5.3 million adults will gain dental benefits under the Affordable Care Act, but most will b… Read More
News about transfusion and cellular therapies
AABB SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: American Association of Blood Banks
Controls limit sharing of SARS-like coronavirus
5/21/2013
- CBC.ca (Canada)
- Washington Post, The
The ability of a Canadian lab to share samples of a SARS-like coronavirus has been restricted by agreements with the Dutch lab that provided the virus, according to the scientific director of Canada's… Read More
News and information about wound care
Advanced Tissue SmartBrief
Published in partnership with: Advanced Tissue
Oxandrolone fails to heal pressure ulcers in wounded veterans
5/21/2013
- Medscape (free registration)
Pressure ulcers healed no more quickly in veterans with spinal cord injuries who were treated with the anabolic steroid oxandrolone than in those who received a placebo, researchers report in the Anna… Read More
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