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Coming home from a military deployment is supposed to be a time of
celebration for all, but this is not always the case. Life is not quite the same
after experiencing the stress of combat and deployment. Each service member
responds uniquely to the experience he or she endured.
The education video After Our War: Mental Health Challenges Returning From a
War Zone is designed to aid health care professionals and others wishing to
help service personnel recognize the impact of deployment on service members and
families, and review available treatment options.
Each hospital may receive a free copy of this video by contacting its regional
Nebraska Area Health Education Center (AHEC).
Hospitals that do not report by August 15 whether they participate in a systematic database for cardiac surgery could forfeit 2
percent of their annual payment update for fiscal year 2010 under the Medicare pay-for-reporting program. Instructions for hospitals and vendors submitting the new structural quality measure can be found on the
QualityNet Web site. Hospitals that do not perform cardiac surgeries should indicate that for their data submission.
— AHA News Now, August 5, 2009
In a bid to get parents to take a more active role in keeping their hospitalized kids safe, the Joint Commission is launching a new pediatric effort as part of its long-running "Speak Up" campaign. The campaign encourages patients to say something if they see a potential error or problem with their care.
Read more.
— Wall Street Journal Health Blog, August 6, 2009
SCOTTSBLUFF—Regional West Health Service (RWHS) has unveiled a new, award-winning physician recruitment campaign to attract doctors and other health care providers to western Nebraska. The campaign recently won gold awards in health care marketing in both the national Aster Awards and the 26th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards competitions.
A new recruitment Web site: www.RegionalWestPhysicians.com was launched this month as part of the comprehensive integrated marketing campaign designed to recruit at least 25 new physicians in the next five years.
Read more.
— RWHS press release, July 2, 2009
OMAHA—Students with limited mobility are getting in on the action this week at a day camp at Iowa School for the Deaf
(ISD).
It’s all part of the 2009 Junior Wheelchair Sports and Recreation Camp presented by Alegent Health Immanuel Rehabilitation Center. The event runs through Friday at ISD, Lewis Central High School and several locations in Omaha.
Campers ages 5 through high school participate in a wide variety of sports, including swimming, basketball, bocce, golf, archery, tennis, track and mobility course, softball and sled hockey, said Jena Munson, director of the camp and a recreational therapist at Immanuel Rehabilitation Center. Typically, participants are affected by cerebral palsy, polio, spinal cord injury, spina bifida and lower leg amputation.
Read more. — Nonpareil Online, July 28, 2009
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and its Association for Community Health Improvement are promoting a free guide to help hospitals and health systems achieve a smoke-free campus. The “Destination Tobacco-Free”
resource contains step-by-step directions, examples and other tools developed by the Washington Health Foundation with guidance from an advisory committee co-chaired by AHA Trustee Raymond Grady, former president of Evanston (IL) Hospital. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, which will host a free Sept. 10 Webinar on the tool. To register, visit
www.zoomerang.com.
— AHA News Now, August 3, 2009
WASHINGTON—Senate negotiators are inching toward bipartisan agreement on a health care plan that seeks middle ground on some of the thorniest issues facing Congress. The emerging Finance Committee bill would shave about $100 billion off the projected trillion-dollar cost of the legislation over the next decade and eventually provide coverage to 94
percent of Americans, according to participants in the talks. It would expand Medicaid, crack down on insurers, abandon the government insurance option and, tax health care benefits under the most generous plans.
Read more.
— Washington Post, August 6, 2009
WASHINGTON—The August score card on health care reform isn’t what the White House or congressional Democratic leaders initially had in mind: two chambers, zero completed bills and one long, hot recess ahead.
For all the efforts to assert momentum because four out of five congressional committees have marked up health care bills, the Senate Finance Committee bill—the pivot for any real deal—remains a work in progress. And there is no guarantee that Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) can ink a bipartisan deal by mid-September, as Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
and President Barack Obama now expect.
Read more.
— Politico.com, August 6, 2009
LINCOLN—Congressman Jeff Fortenberry hosted a field hearing of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Nutrition in Lincoln yesterday.
The hearing, entitled “Addressing the ‘Health’ in Health Care: Nutrition, Prevention, and Wellness Practices,” explored the cost savings and best practices of good nutrition, including fresh, locally raised foods, prevention and wellness initiatives. Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA), chairman of the subcommittee, and Congressman Fortenberry, ranking member, led the proceedings.
Fortenberry discussed the need to shift the health care paradigm in America,
moving from a system that treats the symptoms of sickness and disease to one
that promotes lifelong wellness and prevention.
WASHINGTON— Senator Mike Johanns today issued the following statement regarding the release of new data by the Lewin Group, an independent research institute, analyzing the House of Representatives' health care reform legislation:
"I am stunned by this analysis, which even when allowing for a margin of error, clearly indicates the current proposal will decimate health care as we know it in Nebraska," Johanns said. "This is exactly why Nebraskans are worried about government-run health care. Almost seven out of ten Nebraskans who have private insurance they like should plan on losing it and getting dumped onto the government plan if this passes. And even though you have coverage, keeping doctors and hospitals open in our communities will be a struggle when the profit margins turn negative.
"The Obama Administration has promised repeatedly that those who enjoy their current plans will not lose them. This study completely unravels that promise and leads me to believe we are a long way from a workable solution."
The analysis released recently by the Lewin Group reached a number of specific conclusions regarding the impact on health care in Nebraska. Highlights of the study are outlined below, and the full study can be
found here.
— Office of Sen. Johanns press release, August 5, 2009
NHA
Noon Briefing: Quality Health Information Resources for Health Professionals and Patients from the National Library of Medicine
August 10, 2009 – Webinar
Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety Educational Conference
August 18, 2009 – Webinar
ED Legal Issues in Your Hospital Webinar (CL)
August 19, 2009 – Webinar:
Part 1
August 26, 2009 – Webinar: Part 2
Preparing for Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Audits
August 26, 2009 – Lincoln
August 27, 2009 –
Kearney
Saint Elizabeth Foundation "Give & Grow Together" Benefit Auctions
August 26-28, 2009
– Lincoln
September 14-24, 2009 – Webinar
The Joint Commission Medical Staff Standards Program
September 14, 2009 – Omaha
NHA 2009 Annual Convention
October 14-16, 2009 – Lincoln
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