As the data stored in electronic medical records grow, the technology may be able to help doctors predict domestic abuse, and other medical conditions a new study in the British Medical Journal finds.
(Daily Report) Oct 01, 2009
Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital's offer to send illegal immigrants who can't afford treatment back to their home countries is raising questions about how to handle health care for that population.
(Daily Report) Oct 01, 2009
Fewer than half of all graduating medical students say they have a good sense of how to navigate health care systems or the economics of practicing medicine, according to a new study.
(Story) Oct 01, 2009
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
(Daily Report) Oct 01, 2009
The first H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine shots available in the U.S. were shipped ahead of schedule after the pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis finished production nearly two weeks early, the New York Times reports.
(Daily Report) Sep 30, 2009
Cuts continue in states around the country. In Minnesota, however, three quiet, low-cost health providers have received grants to test whether their programs could become new models for others to emulate, while a panel in Louisiana has advised that the state resort to its old one.
(Daily Report) Sep 30, 2009
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
(Daily Report) Sep 30, 2009
When the Senate Finance Committee continues its markup Tuesday, Democrats will fight among themselves on inclusion of a government-run public option for health insurance coverage.
(Daily Report) Sep 29, 2009
Critics of the Democrats' health care overhaul effort see veiled "rationing" schemes behind plans to curb tests, treatments and drugs that drive up medical costs without necessarily helping patients.
(Daily Report) Sep 29, 2009
A nationwide effort to coordinate mental health with primary care is underway while a separate "growing movement" seeks to encourage preventive medicine through small, employer-sponsored plans.
(Daily Report) Sep 29, 2009