Vivvo CMS 4.1 Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/ Health News 15 ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/files.php?file=Health News from HealthCanal.com http://www.healthcanal.com/ Challenges from ‘health tourism’ going unrecognized http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26498-Challenges-from-health-tourism-going-unrecognized.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 The rise of medical tourism presents significant challenges for the NHS according to new work from academics at the Universities of Birmingham and York. They argue that policy makers have so far failed to address the implications health tourism has on the quality and continuity of care patients receive. 4fb418d8d9fd8bd56f489308a1af8698 Cutting ‘unnecessary’ antibiotic prescriptions http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26481-Cutting-unnecessary-antibiotic-prescriptions.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:49:00 +0000 A major University study which led to long-term reductions in the number of antibiotic prescriptions by Welsh GPs could see ‘unnecessary’ prescriptions cut by 1.6M per year, if replicated across the UK. 5af3055de8f541ed85ff1552bc12cb33 The Informed Consumer – Understanding Benefits and Risks of Screening Tests http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26480-The-Informed-Consumer-Understanding-Benefits-and-Risks-Screening-Tests.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000 JAMA article co-authored by VCU expert 9ae526b92041800e8cbed5bee00ffc65 iPad pharmacy checklist could be prescription for better health http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26477-iPad-pharmacy-checklist-could-prescription-for-better-health.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:27:00 +0000 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A quick, interactive survey taken on an iPad could help pharmacists and patients better use their brief time together to catch and eliminate harmful drug side effects. 626e3ba88def49e9542ba4e4b3fbd867 Healthcare costs decrease over time when low-income uninsured are provided coverage http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26476-Healthcare-costs-decrease-over-time-when-low-income-uninsured-are-provided-coverage.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:00 +0000 Study co-authored by UCI’s David Neumark indicates results of newly enacted reforms 9546e9b58014bf53dd5914fe3b3078ae Many NZ primary schools need to be ‘sun smarter’: Otago research http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26459-Many-primary-schools-need-sun-smarter-Otago-research.html Public Health and Safety Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:48:00 +0000 While New Zealand primary school students are benefiting from improved sun protection efforts over recent years, our schools still lag behind those of Australia in the ‘sun smart’ stakes, according to latest University of Otago research. 1fc21758db6ecdacc8407e4e431b187f Justifying Insurance Coverage for Orphan Drugs http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26448-Justifying-Insurance-Coverage-for-Orphan-Drugs.html Public Health and Safety Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0000 (Garrison, NY) How can insurers justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient per year on “orphan drugs” – extremely expensive medications for rare conditions that are mostly chronic and life-threatening -- when this money could provide greater overall health benefit if spread out among many other patients? e558d550cc4392198a6f32440559643b Using economic evaluations for drug reimbursement decisions - what have we achieved? http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26439-Using-economic-evaluations-for-drug-reimbursement-decisions---what-have-achieved.html Public Health and Safety Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 Researchers at the University of York perform evaluations of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drugs for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). 8ac64644f8b74e7add94c038e8dd75ad Annual Cost of Defensive Orthopaedic Medicine Estimated at $2 Billion http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26437-Annual-Cost-Defensive-Orthopaedic-Medicine-Estimated-Billion.html Public Health and Safety Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000 New data supports medical liability reform 90cc4d5e95ba0bdb602ae1730a9d384a VCU Study Suggests Use of Managed Care Plan for Uninsured May Significantly Reduce Costs, Emergency Department Visits http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/26430-VCU-Study-Suggests-Use-Managed-Care-Plan-for-Uninsured-May-Significantly-Reduce-Costs-Emergency-Department-Visits.html Public Health and Safety Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. df691fcec0c4191526fc5fcaf5a9ad48