Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Community health centers (CHCs) and primary care providers working in other settings will increasingly become America's obesity "first responders," needed to provide weight-related health services as the nation continues to implement the Affordable Care Act. In a paper just released, the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance identified ...
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
A new set of strategies released by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the U.S. health care system serves vulnerable populations - those in the U.S. who are uninsured, low-income, or members of racial and ethnic minority groups...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two decades after Brazil's constitution recognized health as a citizen's right and a duty of the state, the country has vastly expanded health care coverage, improved the population's health, and reduced many health inequalities, but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive, experts from four major Brazilian universities and New York ...
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
The Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDA NSW) has welcomed pre-election commitments by the NSW Coalition to improve access to healthcare in country NSW, saying the Coalition has "ticked various boxes" in RDA NSW's election wishlist, Proposals for rural health for the Parliamentary term 2011 to 2015. ...
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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
ASHP Advantage has launched an initiative to educate hospital-based physicians and pharmacists about existing risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) for medications administered in a hospital or components of a health system. This initiative is designed to prepare physicians and pharmacists for REMS provisions required by the FDA and explain ...
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