An integrated system of stroke care delivery in Ontario, Canada, has resulted in fewer deaths from stroke and fewer discharges to long-term care facilities because of better access to optimal stroke care, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Stroke is a...
Demands for critical care services are increasing, but the supply of qualified physicians is not. Moreover, there are mounting national expectations for continuous on-site senior providers and adherence to quality and safety practices. In teaching institutions, manpower shortages are exacerbated...
News reports show new facets of the health law as the large-scale implementation process continues to unfold. The law imposes stringent restrictions on physician-owned hospitals, which critics say cherry pick the lucrative specialty patients community hospitals depend on to stay afloat, Kaiser...
Inter Press Service examines recent changes at USAID in line with President Barack Obama's vision to help build "the capacity of developing countries so that they can develop themselves." Obama outlined this idea during the Millennium Development Goal summit in New York last month. "Consider...
The NHS Confederation today calls for action to reduce the risks associated with the design and implementation of the government's healthcare reforms. It is publishing its response to the white paper Equity and Excellence - Liberating the NHS on behalf of 95 per cent of organisations in all...
If the former government's policy - Transforming Community Services - goes ahead without further thought, it could seriously hinder the implementation of the White Paper, says NHS Alliance. TCS, which was rushed in place with little consultation at the beginning of this year and could see...
Arguments over abortion coverage under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) likely will persist as implementation of the overhaul continues, prompting some lawmakers to consider legislative approaches to the issue, CongressDaily reports. The most recent controversy involves an Obama...
Farzad Mostashari, a senior official in the government's health IT office, said in a speech Tuesday that the strategy for implementing federal ehealth efforts is one of "bold incrementalism," Modern Healthcare reports. Mostashari listed as an example the Office of the National Coordinator for...
Farzad Mostashari, a senior official in the government's health IT office, said in a speech Tuesday that the strategy for implementing federal ehealth efforts is one of "bold incrementalism," Modern Healthcare reports. Mostashari listed as an example the Office of the National Coordinator for...
Farzad Mostashari, a senior official in the government's health IT office, said in a speech Tuesday that the strategy for implementing federal ehealth efforts is one of "bold incrementalism," Modern Healthcare reports. Mostashari listed as an example the Office of the National Coordinator for...
Kaiser Health News: The new health reform law guarantees insurance companies must cover emergency care for their beneficiaries at hospitals in- or out-of-network at the same rate. "The law also bars health plans from requiring prior authorization for emergency services. And it mandates that...
Reuters: The Justice Department released a statement yesterday defending the federal health overhaul law from legal critics. "A conservative public interest group, the Thomas More Law Center, had filed a lawsuit in Michigan on March 23, the day Obama signed the law, and asked the court for an...
The Denver Post: In Colorado, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter is scheduled to sign an executive order Tuesday that "health care advocates say is key to turning the federal government's vague framework for reform into reality." The order "will create a board of health-policy advisers to guide the...
The Denver Post: In Colorado, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter is scheduled to sign an executive order Tuesday that "health care advocates say is key to turning the federal government's vague framework for reform into reality." The order "will create a board of health-policy advisers to guide the...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
I would like to implement a one to one user chat facility on my website where a user can enter the chat room at my website and I can communicate with him via my computer, weather it be through a program or a web client or less favorably, the same chat room on the site. Any ideas?