Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

The U.S. has granted Austrian firm Intercell approval for its Ixiaro vaccine to protect pediatric patients against Japanese encephalitis. Read More

Medigap plans saw a substantial increase in enrollment in 2012, growing from 9.9 million enrollees in 2011 to 10.2 million at the end of 2012, AHIP found in an analysis of data from the National Assoc… Read More

The "Wolf Pack" team from the Kansas Department of Corrections took first place in the Governor's Weight Loss Challenge, in which participants lost more than 22 tons of weight overall. The four-month … Read More

There is an immediate need for an increase in HIV/AIDS education, outreach and prevention efforts on the Navajo Nation to avoid an epidemic of the disease, say doctors working on Navajo land. HIV/AIDS… Read More

A KLAS report finds that health care groups are turning more to partial outsourcing deals and less on extensive outsourcing services to meet their growing IT demands amid pressures to satisfy meaningf… Read More

An Institute of Health Technology Transformation report says the success of accountable care organizations and population health management lies on data analytics. The report offered recommendations t… Read More

The American Dental Association is urging states to expand Medicaid dental benefits for adults. An estimated 5.3 million adults will gain dental benefits under the Affordable Care Act, but most will b… Read More

Health Canada is changing its deferral policy for blood donations from men who have had sex with men. As of July 22, MSM celibate for five years may donate. Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec had… Read More

Pressure ulcers healed no more quickly in veterans with spinal cord injuries who were treated with the anabolic steroid oxandrolone than in those who received a placebo, researchers report in the Anna… Read More