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HHS Gives $87 Million for Health IT Analytics

More than 1300 health centers across the nation will share in $87 million of HHS funding to support the continued adoption of health IT tools, including health information exchange capabilities and big data analytics solutions, as well as certified upgrades to electronic health record infrastructure. The funding, aimed at supporting healthcare providers that deliver primary […]

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Company Helps Native Americans Grow Cannabis

North of Las Vegas’s bustling, fluorescent strip sits the Paiute Nation tribe. Like many other Native American tribes across the United States, they’ve suffered from and struggled with poverty, depression, and alcoholism. With dwindling numbers—only 56 adult members currently remain as a result of blood quantum laws—the Paiutes are facing the reality of losing their […]

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Drugmakers’ Discount Cards Offer Pluses and Minuses

WASHINGTON — Facing public furor for the price of its emergency allergy shot EpiPen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals quickly pointed to a familiar industry solution: copay discount cards. Copay coupons or cards have become a ubiquitous part of the pharmaceutical business, offered through websites, mobile apps and doctor’s offices. Patient advocates say they can bring down out-of-pocket […]

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Employees of Alaska Blood Bank File Complaint

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —Several Blood Bank of Alaska employees have filed a federal complaint accusing the blood bank’s leadership of mismanagement and financial impropriety since the organization moved into its $45 million facility earlier this year. The Aug. 28 complaint filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the blood bank’s missteps have resulted in […]

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Partners Launch Anti-Opioid Effort in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials are partnering with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center on a new project to boost access to a life-saving drug used to combat opioid overdoses. Officials announced the Naxolone Project during a news conference September 19 in Albuquerque. The announcement comes as federal prosecutors across the country sponsor […]

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Drugmakers Lobbied Hard Against State Opioid Limits

The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling […]

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NIH: Sharing Data on Clinical Trials

Today we took a huge step forward in our efforts to make sure that data from biomedical research is shared widely and rapidly. The NIH, in collaboration with our fine colleagues at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and with the valuable input from scientists, patients and other members of the public, has announced […]

HHS Will Provide More Information About Public Trials

In an effort to make information about clinical trials widely available to the public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule (link is external) that specifies requirements for registering certain clinical trials and submitting summary results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. The new rule expands the legal requirements for submitting registration […]

CDC: One-Fourth of Medicare Part D Patients Don’t Take their Blood Pressure Medicine

High blood pressure can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and death. About 70% of US adults age 65 or older have high blood pressure and only about half have it under control (less than 140/90 mmHg). Blood pressure medicine (along with a healthy diet and exercise) can protect the heart, brain, and kidneys, […]

Telehealth Clinic Lets Doctors Make “House Calls” to School

ELWOOD, Ind. — A sick child used to mean a parent taking off work and a child missing school, but kids can now see the doctor without leaving Elwood Intermediate School. When a child is sick at school, he or she will go to the school nurse’s office. If the nurse deems it necessary, the […]

Paralympics: Rio Isn’t So Disability-Friendly

RIO DE JANEIRO — Inside the Olympic Park, there are ramps, strategically placed railings, tactile paving inside venues, and more. It’s evident that experts designed the grounds for the Summer Games and Paralympics to be accessible to people with disabilities. But outside the venues is a different story. For those with disabilities, navigating Rio de […]

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University of Florida Awarded $1.7M to Study Zika in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The University of Florida announced that it has been awarded a U.S. grant of roughly $1.7 million to research the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Haiti. The university’s Emerging Pathogens Institute said in a statement that the U.S. National Institutes of Health grant will be allocated over four years. Director Dr. Glenn Morris […]

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