Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

AHIP Solutions SmartBrief

Health care industry news for insurers

AHIP Solutions SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: America's Health Insurance Plans

Intensive therapies may not benefit older prostate cancer patients

5/20/2013

  • Reuters

Intensive prostate cancer treatments may not yield benefits for older patients with comorbidities, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Surgery and radiation may not improve surviv… Read More

AHIP Agents and Brokers SmartBrief

Health insurance product and policy news

AHIP Agents and Brokers SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: AHIP America's Health Insurance Plans

Critical illness insurance plans gain popularity

5/20/2013

  • Business Insurance (tiered subscription model)

Growth in the number of consumer-driven health plans has prompted an increase in the sales of critical illness insurance, which many use as a supplement to their plans, experts say. Sales of critical … Read More

AHIP Wellness SmartBrief

News to improve employee and population health

AHIP Wellness SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: America's Health Insurance Plans

BCBS of Tennessee uses its wellness success as marketing tool

5/20/2013

  • American City Business Journals

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is traveling the state to show insurance brokers and employers how it can be a partner in workplace wellness, using its own program as a case study. The company had a… Read More

AMSUS SmartBrief

News for federal health professionals

AMSUS SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

New APA guidelines aim to make PTSD diagnosis easier

5/14/2013

  • Time.com

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

CHIME's Healthcare CIO SmartBrief

News for health care CIOs

CHIME's Healthcare CIO SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

Health groups cut back on external IT services, report says

5/21/2013

  • HealthSystemCIO.com

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

Health IT SmartBrief

Health care IT news

Health IT SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange

Study: New app better than e-mail for sending ECG images

5/20/2013

  • PhysiciansBriefing.com

An iPhone application developed by a team of health professionals from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows promise in reducing the size of diagnostic electrocardiogram images and sendi… Read More

NADP SmartBrief

Dental Benefits News

NADP SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: National Association of Dental Plans

ADA urges states to deal with adult dental-care crisis

5/15/2013

  • DrBicuspid.com (free registration)

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

AABB SmartBrief

News about transfusion and cellular therapies

AABB SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: American Association of Blood Banks

WHO says second dose of yellow fever vaccine isn't necessary

5/20/2013

  • New York Times (tiered subscription model), The
  • Washington Post, The

A booster dose of yellow fever vaccine is not needed for most people, according to the World Health Organization. A Harvard University public health expert said a second shot could make sense for cert… Read More

Advanced Tissue SmartBrief

News and information about wound care

Advanced Tissue SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Advanced Tissue

J&J reorganizes Ethicon units

5/14/2013

  • Medical Marketing & Media

Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon, which makes sutures and wound-care devices, will be merged with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, which makes devices and implements for minimally invasive surgery. The move will s… Read More