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  • HHS blog intended as forum about health IT


    Covering HealthAuthority Authority: 477
    The first post on the new Health IT Buzz blog has generated more than 50 comments since it was posted Monday. The blog was launched by David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., the national coordinator for health information technology in the Department of Health & Human Services. A press release about the blog says it ...
    2 days ago
  • Weekly Pulse: Crunch Time in the Senate


    RHRealityCheck.orgAuthority Authority: 741
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is determined to get a health care bill passed in the Senate by Christmas. This is a momentous time, as John Nichols writes in The Nation : …Harry Reid has a health-care reform bill, and it is advancing. Indeed, with Saturday night’s 60-39 Senate vote to open a historic ...
    3 days ago
  • Poll: 76% women DISAGREE with mammogram guidelines


    Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media BiasAuthority Authority: 444
    November 24, 2009USA TODAY GALLUP Poll (+/- 4)What is your opinion of the new mammogram guidelines?Strongly agree 5%Agree 17%Disagree 29%Strongly Disagree 47%No opinion 2% 
    4 days ago
  • Early detection decreases death rate from breast cancer


    Real Health ReformAuthority Authority: 118
    The recent brouhaha created by the ill timed, ill worded, ill phrased (or is it just ill) report from the USPSTF (US Preventative Services Task Force) has stirred the pot to be sure.  We support individualized treatment of patients.  We applaud the tailoring of medical testing and procedures to individual needs and ...
    4 days ago
  • H1N1 Blogger Briefing With Anne Schuchat & Friends


    Better HealthAuthority Authority: 556
    The Department of Health and Human Services held a blogger-targeted webcast about the H1N1 flu today in Washington, DC. Although Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had planned to co-lead the event, she was called to the White House for some healthcare reform deliberations - who knows when she’ll get out? (She promises to ...
    4 days ago
  • Sebelius releases new report: health insurance reform and Pennsylvania – the case for change


    Courier Times NowAuthority Authority: 543
    HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of a new report highlighting the benefits of health insurance reform for Pennsylvania. Health Insurance Reform and Pennsylvania: The Case for Change is available now at http://www.healthreform.gov/ . “Families, seniors and businesses are all suffering ...
    4 days ago
  • HHS Hosts Online Conference For Bloggers Today 3:30 ET


    Daily KosAuthority Authority: 803
    Got questions about H1N1? Vaccine? New mutations? Go here and get some answers. November 23rd 3:30 PM EST H1N1 Briefing for Bloggers and Their Readers Join the live Webcast to learn detailed information about influenza prevention and treatment, warning signs for parents, anti-viral medications, and ...
    4 days ago
  • CMS looks to EHR data to combat waste and fraud


    NewsAuthority Authority: 127
    CMS is looking at EHR reporting as a way to help the embattled agency weed out payment inefficiencies and combat rampant Medicare and Medicaid fraud. "We hope to be able to use data available through the use of new electronic health record reporting that can help in the design of new and innovative approaches to ...
    4 days ago
  • HIPAA violations get more expensive


    Work FanaticAuthority Authority: 136
    The feds recently published new regs that add some teeth to HIPAA’s health information privacy rules. The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act significantly increases the penalties the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can level against employers and health care ...
    5 days ago
  • Live H1N1 Briefing for Bloggers and Our Readers Today


    Homeland Security NewsAuthority Authority: 527
    Join the live Webcast to learn detailed information about influenza prevention and treatment, warning signs for parents, anti-viral medications, and vaccinations. A question and answer session will provide the opportunity to engage directly with leading communication and public health experts, including: Kathleen ...
    5 days ago
  • HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Pamela H...


    Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 160
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Pamela Hyde as Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within HHS.
    5 days ago
  • Headline Commentary Nov 9-22


    Health Content AdvisorsAuthority Authority: 113
    »  Linda Peitzman, CMO of Wolters Kluwer Health, on Practicing EBM with Order Sets Very good article by Linda Peitzman, MD, CMO (Medical) of Wolters Kluwer Health on benefits of order sets. Article provides some detail on how to implement order sets to ensure everyone receives latest most current version. Note, ...
    5 days ago
  • Todays vote in the Senate - Slavery?


    MAXINEAuthority Authority: 113
    The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force announced Nov. 16, 2009, that it now recommends against annual mammograms for women 40 to 49 because the potential harms of routine screening in this age group outweigh the benefits. These downsides include radiation exposure, cost and the trauma of false positives. Many doctors ...
    1 week ago
  • Boobs in Health Care Debate


    Ask Miss AAuthority Authority: 429
    I really do try to be bipartisan and not use my reach to over 40,000 unique readers for political purposes, but felt compelled to write about this issue. I had my first mammogram last year. My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer in her thirties so my physician thought it best for me to have  [...]
    1 week ago
  • All Santa wants for Christmas: H1N1 vaccine


    Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media BiasAuthority Authority: 444
    November 20, 2009Updated H1N1 posts/symptoms/vaccineNot sure what the reasoning is. One of the Santas will be in close contact with 20-30 thousand children over a period of 4 weeks. It’s not so much for Santa’s protection as it is to hopefully prevent him from spread it. And what are those kids going to do when ...
    1 week ago
  • Wasserman Schultz: New Mammogram Guidelines ‘Causing Mass Confusion’


    The Washington Independent BlogAuthority Authority: 156
    Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), a breast-cancer survivor, has been busy on the news shows this week, attacking the new guideline that women seek routine mammograms later in life. Last night, she was at it again, telling MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that it’s “totally inappropriate” for a panel without ...
    1 week ago
  • New Mammogram Guidelines: A Tempest in a Teapot?


    The Assertive Cancer PatientAuthority Authority: 132
    All week Ive been hearing from women--and a few men--who are angry about the new mammogram guidelines put out by a government panel.  Then today I see a story which seems to say, "Never mind, everyone, just go back to what you were doing." HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a statement in which she said: "... ...
    1 week ago
  • The Mammogram Panic, or, False Positives Are No Picnic


    God's Politics BlogAuthority Authority: 652
    Inhale through your nose (be sure your abdomen moves, not just your chest). Exhale through your mouth. Slowly, now … OK, let’s talk about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation that women begin getting mammograms at age 50 instead of 40,…
    1 week ago
  • HHS Task Force Mammogram Recs Slammed


    ePluribus MediaAuthority Authority: 439
    Cancer doc (left) tops bureaucrat (right) on cancer recs ( WUSA ). HHS Head Sibelius Says, Ignore Panel, Get Checked Michael Collins read more
    1 week ago
  • Press Release of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius


    OPNTALKAuthority Authority: 134
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 Secretary Sebelius Statement on New Breast Cancer Recommendations HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...
    1 week ago

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