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U.S. Preventive Medicine chooses Verisk Health’s risk assessment solution

 Industry News Release March 01, 2010
Verisk Health, Inc., announced today that U.S. Preventive has selected Verisk Health’s Explorer solution to manage its member stratification, clinical outcomes analysis, and predictive modeling needs.
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S&P says U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector is stabilizing

 Richard Pizzi February 18, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector has begun to stabilize after a very difficult period.
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U.S. hospitals to reduce investment risk in 2010

 Richard Pizzi February 17, 2010
Hospitals will likely reallocate their investment portfolios in order to provide capital stability and build cash reserves in 2010, says a new report on not-for-profit healthcare systems.
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Study finds link between income, healthcare in U.S.

 Chelsey Ledue January 20, 2010
High income is strongly associated with the ability of seniors to access a healthcare specialist in the United States – but not in Canada, where poor health is a much stronger predicter, according to a new study.
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Haiti needs help from U.S. hospitals

 Action for Better Healthcare January 19, 2010
According to the American Hospital Association, the White House is asking hospitals that wish to make donations to the Haitian earthquake relief effort to register online.
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Idaho governor threatens to sue nation over healthcare reform mandates

 Diana Manos January 06, 2010
As Congress readies to merge the Senate and House healthcare reform bills, some states, including Idaho, are stepping up to serve as the latest roadblock.
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IOM report says U.S. should improve vaccine strategy

 Diana Manos December 14, 2009
U.S. officials should revise the National Vaccine Strategy to accelerate development of high-priority vaccines, according to a new report released by the Institute of Medicine.
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U.S. charitable giving rose $241M in 2008, while Canadian donations struggled

 Chelsey Ledue October 29, 2009
Philanthropic giving for healthcare in the United States grew a “tepid” 2.9 percent – or about $241 million – to $8.6 billion in 2008, while in Canada similar donations fell by a “dramatic” 12.9 percent to $1.07 billion, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.
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Census: Fewer physicians' offices accept Medicaid than Medicare

 Chelsey Ledue October 28, 2009
About 87.4 million people are supported by government-sponsored health insurance, according to the Census Bureau, but a recent report shows that 83 percent of medical offices accept Medicare and only 65 percent accept Medicaid.
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Study: Antibiotic-resistant infections cost U.S. $20 billion annually

 Diana Manos October 19, 2009
Overuse of antibiotics and resulting antibiotic-resistant infections are taking an estimated $20 billion toll on the U.S. pocketbook, according to a new study.
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Gates Foundation touts success of U.S. global health investments

 Industry News Release September 24, 2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched the Living Proof Project: U.S. Investments in Global Health are Working, a multi-year awareness campaign to highlight the extraordinary success of the U.S. government's efforts to improve health around the world.
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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi touts public option in statement

 Industry News Release September 04, 2009
U. S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said health insurance reform legislation pending before Congress requires the inclusion of a strong public option to promote competition and bring down costs.
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CMS to focus on stroke care in U.S. hospitals

 Industry News Release August 28, 2009
A new rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS Final FY 2010 Rule) focuses on improving stroke patient care in hospitals.
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New senate bill to tackle U.S. nursing shortage

 Patty Enrado August 26, 2009
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is resurrecting a bill he first introduced in 2007 to address the nursing shortage in United States.
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Europe dominates United States in pharma research productivity

 Richard Pizzi August 26, 2009
A comprehensive data set of all new chemical entities approved between 1982 and 2003 shows that Europe is pulling further ahead of the United States in pharmaceutical research productivity.
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Majority of U.S. hospitals to be smoke-free by 2010

 Richard Pizzi August 20, 2009
A new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of U.S. hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property owned or leased by the hospital, both indoors and outdoors, was smoke-free and there were no designated smoking areas on those properties.
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Study names top 10 U.S. health systems

 Richard Pizzi August 11, 2009
The research and consulting firm Thomson Reuters has released a benchmarking study identifying the top 10 U.S. health systems based on their hospitals' clinical performance.
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Consumer Reports launches rating system for U.S. hospitals

 Richard Pizzi August 05, 2009
For the first time, Consumer Reports will provide patient satisfaction ratings for more than 3,400 hospitals across the United States.
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New study says an insurance exchange could save U.S. trillions

Diana Manos June 25, 2009
A new study released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund finds a national insurance exchange could reduce national health expenditures by an estimated $1.2 trillion.
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Comparative effectiveness study evaluates savings opportunities for U.S. healthcare

 Chelsey Ledue May 19, 2009
A study of the healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Germany concludes that if implemented correctly, comparative effectiveness has the potential to improve care and reduce healthcare costs for Americans.
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