- Health and Human Services names innovation award winners (healthcareitnews.com)
Fostering innovation "is critical to effectively addressing the challenges of today and delivering for those we serve," …announcing seven winners… The NIH 3D Print Exchange/ Transforming Health Provider Loan Repayment Programs / Peri-Operative Surgical Home/ The Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality/ Linking Healthcare & Community Services/ Stretching NIH Research Dollars Further/ Project Fish SCALE
- CVS Health named a recipient of the 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award (drugstorenews.com)
CVS Health was among the recipients of this year’s Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor the department gives to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees…."I am truly honored to recognize…their unwavering support of our military men and women and their families. Their accomplishments are a vital piece of our national defense…..
- Obamacare’s next 5 hurdles to clear (healthcareitnews.com)
Political maneuvering around ACA isn't going away. 1) Medicaid expansion 2) Anemic enrollment 3) Market stability 4) Affordability 5) Political resistance
- Antibiotic-resistant superbugs: ‘Health crisis of this generation’ (fiercehealthcare.com)
….the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, calling the dangerous infections the "health crisis of this generation... "Overuse and misuse of life-saving antibiotics has led to the spread of infections that are now impervious to the medications….at least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections, The crisis is no longer "looming," it is here now…..
- Physicians are not ready for ICD-10: Here’s why (medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com)
Primary care physicians are not yet ready for ICD-10, and still are experiencing considerable challenges in preparing for the transition….Only 38% of physician respondents said they were will be ready..greatest roadblocks…combination of training cost and/or time, software vendors readiness, physician and staff buy-in…. post-transition cash flow issues.
- The Affordable Care Act lives: Supreme Court decision upholds premium subsidies (medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com)Text of the Supreme Court Ruling King v. Burwell (supremecourt.gov)
Supreme Court rejects challenge to subsidies for buying healthcare insurance…much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of King v. Burwell that tax subsidies for buying healthcare insurance made available through the law apply in all 50 states.
- University of Nevada School of Medicine, Aurora Diagnostics Western Pathology Announce Partnership (medicine.nevada.edu)
The University of Nevada School of Medicine and Aurora Diagnostics,…announced today a new educational and clinical affiliation,.. This unique public-private partnership is designed to enrich learning opportunities for students at the School of Medicine,…
- Top 5 reasons Harvoni and Sovaldi may be in trouble (formularyjournal.modernmedicine.com)
...sales of Gilead Science’s popular hepatitis C drug, Harvoni had been performing well for several months, the trend has reversed of late. Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, also from Gilead, has also hit some bumps in the road – in both the United States and China.
- Top 5 ways bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics (formularyjournal.modernmedicine.com)
Antibiotics, antivirals, and other antimicrobials are losing their effectiveness…Treating resistant infections costs the US healthcare system an estimated $21 billion to $34 billion annually,...../Injudicious use of antibiotics, /Prescribing antibiotics that are too broad-spectrum, /Prescribing antibiotics for too long a duration, /Prescribing antibiotics without diagnostic testing, /Using antibiotics in animals.
- EMCDDA: Europe’s cities offer valuable observation window on new drug trends (emcdda.europa.eu)
Drug problems often emerge,…in urban environments, making …cities a valuable observation window on new drug trends…latest report...European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,.. looks at drugs in cities across Europe, ... gathered from a variety of sources…. from frontline services, hospital emergency departments and wastewater analysis networks….allows us to gain a more up-to-date view of the state of drug problems…