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Diabetes News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Plosone: February 27, 2012, Anita Ashok Kumar1, Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha1, Scott Kahan2,3,4, Rohit Joshua Samson4, Nelson David Boddu4, Lawrence Jay Cheskin4,5*1 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 2Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
A study was conducted by the Health Science Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio in conjunction with the Laredo campus Saturday, February 25, 2012 By: Francisco Diaz, The Laredo Sun LAREDO, TX. – A study of three health agencies proved reliable that Laredo and Webb have a great need for services and […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
The American Diabetes Association has announced March 27, 2012 as Alert Day. It is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. In addition to making a commitment to regular physical activity, diabetic educators, podiatrists and […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
We tell how doing two simple things eating healthy and exercising can play a big role in preventing you from getting diabetes. The world health organization reports that 350-million people globally have diabetes. In the US., 15% percent of the population is diabetic, 30% of Cameron county residents have the disease, twice the national average. […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Medical News Today – by Petra Rattue, Feb. 23 2012 – 5:00 PST. The Endocrine Society, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and Opus Science, announce the launch of their new program in an effort to assess and improve care for those suffering fromdiabetes. The program called “Improving Quality in Type 2 Diabetes: A National Initiative to Assess […]
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Medicare News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
PRNewswire: CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2012. More than half (56 percent) of America’s middle-income Boomers admit to knowing little or almost nothing about the Medicare program and one in seven (13 percent) falsely believe Medicare is free, the latest study released by the Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center for a Secure Retirement (SM) (CSR) reveals. The […]
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Medicare News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
HHSs.gov: February 24, 2012. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the next steps for providers who are using electronic health record (EHR) technology and receiving incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid. These proposed rules, from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information […]
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Medicare News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, February 22, 2012. The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by Medicare programs and commercial insurance grew by 5.28 % in 2011, nearly double the rate of inflation in the larger economy, Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Indices show. A further breakdown of S&P data shows that healthcare […]
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Medicare News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Annals of Internal Medicine: Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD – February 13, 2012. On 5 December 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will make its claims data available to rate health care providers on their quality of care (1). The goal of availing these data to the public is to […]
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Clinical Trial News
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Govhealthit: Mary Mosquera – February 22, 2012. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to develop a searchable Registry of Patient Registries, which are databases that track the experience of individuals with diseases and conditions, to encourage collaboration and information sharing. The registry will catalog patient registries in a model similar tohttp://clinicaltrials.gov/ “>ClinicalTrials.gov, which lists trials of […]
