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The AP reports that the U.S. Labor Department's July state employment report "includes a wealth of good news and bad news." Overall, "17 states and the District of Columbia reported lower unemployment rates in July," but "26 states saw their jobless rates rise." The article notes that Nebraska has the second-lowest unemployment rate at 4.9
percent, compared to 10.2 percent unemployment in the Midwest.
— Chamber Daily Update, August 25, 2009
Federal authorities plan to initiate a nationwide campaign in the coming weeks to persuade Americans to get the swine flu vaccine and to erase any public skepticism about the flu's danger and the safety of immunizations. Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has manufacturers working overtime to produce a vaccine for the swine flu by mid-October, government officials are concerned that demand for immunization will not be high. In particular, parents participating in focus groups this summer expressed concern that ramping up vaccine production would make it less safe than the seasonal flu vaccine.
Read more.
— San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2009
WASHINGTON—Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), who died late Tuesday, was “a friend to hospitals, patients and communities” and “fought to improve health care and expand access and coverage for all,”
said AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock. “His extensive knowledge of the health care system and the inner workings of Congress, and his ability to build consensus will be greatly missed as discussions continue on how to best improve health care,” Umbdenstock said. “Our hope is that our country will continue Senator Kennedy’s important work and reach the goal of coverage for all.”
— AHA News Now, August 26, 2009
OMAHA—A University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) researcher has secured a $300,000 grant to study new ways to attack an aggressive and generally incurable type of lymphoma.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation recently awarded the grant to Dr. Kai Fu to support his mantle cell lymphoma research. Fu is an associate professor of pathology and microbiology at UNMC.
Lymphoma is the most common type of blood cancer. Mantle cell lymphoma is a rare form of the disease.
It typically affects men older than 60 and is frequently diagnosed in late stages. Often, it’s present in lymph nodes above and below the diaphragm and can also involve the gastrointestinal tract and bone marrow.
— Omaha World-Herald, August 26, 2009
LINCOLN—A Lincoln hospital is turning to the web to help share the news of some of its most precious patients.
Everyday newborn babies at BryanLGH East have anxious family members waiting on the outside. Now parents, who have children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) can keep family and friends up-to-date on their newest addition.
It's called Crib Notes and it has become a useful tool to share information about their babies.
Every morning, an email is sent to parents of a newborn providing daily information about the baby, from length and weight to eating habits.
Parents can then forward the information, along with pictures, to curious family members. Hospital staff says the program is getting a great response.
The program began in May and hospital staff say they're one of the few hospitals in the area that use the
Web site.
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KOLN/KGIN News, August 9, 2009
OMAHA—Children’s Hospital & Medical Center is paying tribute to four remarkable physicians who have dedicated their lives to delivering extraordinary health care to children.
Four “Pediatric Legends” were recognized on Aug. 20, 2009 for a lifelong commitment to bettering the lives of children through medical innovation and advances in treatment. These legends are: William H. Fleming, M.D.; John A. Haggstrom, M.D.; Robert L. Kruger, M.D.; and Dean C. Watland, M.D., who was honored posthumously.
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Children's Hospital & Medical Center press release, August 21, 2009
OMAHA—Creighton University Intellectual Resources Management has filed a patent for a novel, electronic program to coordinate patient health care—
called eWellRx—
that could help health care providers, patients and even companies improve health and reduce health care costs.
Read more.
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Creighton University press release, August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON—Surprising as it may seem, house calls may offer a path toward the elusive goal of providing better medical treatment at lower cost. And although the proposal has generated fewer fireworks than the proposed new government insurance plan, experts say it may help transform the nation's health care system. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are poised to make house calls a building block of President Obama's promised health care overhaul.
Read more.
— Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2009
WASHINGTON—Senator Charles Grassley signaled growing skepticism about the
likelihood of Democrat-led health care legislation passing this year, telling a
town-hall meeting, "Now is the time to do this right or not do it." The senior
Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee is central to the national
debate as the bipartisan leadership of that committee struggles to forge a
compromise plan.
Read more.
— Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2009
OMAHA—At his town hall meeting Tuesday in Omaha, Representative Lee Terry (R-Neb),
didn't have much good to say about the health care legislation under
consideration in Congress. It costs too much, he said. It sets up a government-run plan that, in his view,
would unfairly compete with private insurers. And all those allegations about
funding abortion or creating “death panels”—well, they're not exactly in the
bill, he acknowledged.
Read more.
— Omaha World Herald, August 26, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should speed availability of H1N1 flu vaccine, improve its tracking of the virus and guidance for antiviral use, and harmonize its H1N1 preparedness recommendations with other relevant groups, according to a report released Monday by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Among other actions, the council said HHS should consult with relevant professional societies to ensure that its guidance for protecting health care workers is evidence-based and feasible to implement. In addition, it said the HHS secretary should be allowed to waive certain requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and other regulations in a public health emergency without a separate presidential declaration of an emergency, and that HHS should monitor the financial impact on hospitals of an expected surge in H1N1 patients.
— AHA News Now, August 26, 2009
NHA Noon Briefing: USDA Funding for Health IT and Other Projects
August 31, 2009 – Webinar
Saint Elizabeth Foundation "Give & Grow Together" Benefit Auctions
September 14-24, 2009 – Online Auction
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Omaha Conference
September 12, 2009 – Omaha
The Joint Commission Medical Staff Standards Program
September 14, 2009 – Omaha
Changes in Pharmacy Benefit Drug Pricing Methodology Webinar
September 15, 2009 – Webinar
NeRHA Annual Conference
September 17-18, 2009 – Kearney
NHA 2009 Annual Convention
October 14-16, 2009 – Lincoln
Grant Writing Class
Offered
November 19-20, 2009 – Lincoln
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