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

New Mexico initially decided on a state-run health insurance exchange but has now elected to partner with the federal government on its marketplace for individuals because it is doesn't have sufficien… 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

The American Psychiatric Association has included updated guidelines and criteria for PTSD in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The new standard eliminates some of the restrictive criteria… 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

The Healthcare Innovation Council has sent a letter to six members of the Senate urging them to stop the EHR meaningful use incentives if the program is not reformed, saying the incentives fail to boo… 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