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KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Back when he was a self-described friendless recluse, Craig Carey spent hours sitting in a chair doing nothing or driving around in his car, alone. Then a fitness program for people with serious mental illness turned his life around.
“The In SHAPE program gave me something to grab onto. I
The Indiana State Department of Health sent out a statement Feb. 3, two days before the New England Patriots and the New York Giants squared off for Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. The bulletin, which advised “Hoosiers and out-of-town guests” to “Practice Good Health Defense for a Safe Super Bowl Sunday,” offered tips about healthful eating, drinking in moderation, keeping warm and storing party foods properly to avoid food-borne illnesses. Less than a week later, the department circulated another release that touched on a Super Bowl health hazard few had considered: measles, and the importance of vaccination. State health officials reported two confirmed and two probable cases of the respiratory ailment. One of infected individuals had attended pre-Super Bowl celebrations in downtown Indianapolis on Feb. 3 Read more…
Stephen Stewart, CIO of Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, says his organization isn’t waiting around to see if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services –and he urges his colleagues not to count on it, either.
Despite word today from acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner that CMS will “re-examine” the ICD-10 conversion timeline, taking a wait-and-see approach is too risky, he says.
Stewart will be one of four Health IT experts on FierceHealthIT’s exclusive ICD-10 preparedness panel at this year’s HIMSS conference in Las Vegas: “.” (The breakfast panel requires special registration and takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 2
There is an urgent need to increase the number of organ donors from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in countries with a strong tradition of immigration, such as the UK, USA, Canada and the Netherlands, in order to tackle inequalities in access and waiting times.