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Schwarzenegger vows tougher regulation of misconduct among health pros
Admitting that the state's system has been prone to long-standing delays, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to reform professional disciplinary systems to keep better watch over medical... Read more...
CA to try to increase number of healthcare support workers
In a move to try to increase the number of healthcare support workers in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently revealed details of a $32 million partnership between the state and four... Read more...
Compounding of drugs by pharmacists may lack adequate safeguards
If you're a patient that needs drugs in a dose, form or combination not available, your pharmacist may be able to help. Every year, more than 30 million prescription drugs are compounded each year by... Read more...
Half of U.S. doctors regularly prescribe placebos
Up to half of all doctors in the U.S. regularly prescribe placebos to their patients, according to a new study in BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). Since there is no way for a doctor to... Read more...
CA low-income medical providers denied payments
Payments from Medi-Cal's insurance program for the poor will stop starting today, rattling healthcare facilities across California. Until a budget is approved, Medi-Cal payments for low-income... Read more...
DEA wants tough rules for e-prescribing controlled drugs
For a long time, government officials, health plans and IT vendors have been trying to get doctors to write prescriptions electronically. Many doctors have held back, though, because at least 10... Read more...
NH considers database tracking frequently-abused drugs
New Hampshire's attorney general has begun a push for the state to develop a centralized database tracking frequently-abused prescription medications such as painkillers and stimulants. Attorney... Read more...
Heparin scare leads to new dosing issue
While efforts to make dosing safer in the wake of recent heparin-related deaths make sense, such efforts have created a fresh set of safety concerns for providers who use it, observers say. For one... Read more...
OH pharmacists lobby health plans to expand patient care role
Fresh from the success of a 10-year demonstration in Asheville, North Carolina, Ohio pharmacists are lobbying insurers to convince them to pay for care coordination services. The pharmacists contend... Read more...
Case study: WI system creates new care model
When it kicked off its patient care revamp, executives with Wisconsin health system ThedaCare had two broad objects: finding waste and identifying risk. Its new healthcare model, Collaborative Care,... Read more...
