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To San Antonio's newest online healthcare and bioscience community and to The HCB Newsletter, feeder publication to the S.A. HC+B website and the upcoming San Antonio Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine, www.hcbmagazine.com.
This week's issue is carrying a patriotic scheme in honor of today's historical inauguration marking the beginning of a new presidential era in politics--and in healthcare reform. During these crucial times of change,The HCB Newsletter will continue to bring forth top stories of the week on local (and national) healthcare & science events as they unfold.
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Legislation Would Give Texas Nurses Even Stronger Voice In Hospital Staffing |
 Texas Hospital Association, Austin, TX - January 14, 2009The legislation, authored in the Senate by Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) and in the House by Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin), and supported by the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) and the Texas Hospital Association (THA), will build upon existing nurse staffing regulations and strengthen the voice of Texas nurses on staffing matters in hospitals in several ways. The legislation, which reflects extensive negotiations between TNA and THA, adds a legal requirement for all hospital governing boards to adopt, implement and enforce a nurse staffing policy. Full Story. |
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Small Device Helps Sleep Apnea Sufferers In A Big Way |
UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX - January 14, 2009 Imagine choking and gasping for air every time you fall asleep. Between 18 million and 20 million people in the United States suffer from these frightening symptoms because of a common disorder called sleep apnea. Because of a lack of awareness among both health professionals and the public, up to 90 percent of sufferers aren't diagnosed or treated, and that could prove deadly. Full Story. |
New Survey: Experts Say Obama Administration Should Pursue Ambitious Health Care Reform Agenda |
 The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY - January 19, 2009Leaders in health care and health care policy feel strongly that President-elect Barack Obama should pursue an ambitious health care reform agenda that expands coverage while also improving quality and efficiency, and controlling costs. In fact, two-thirds (66%) of those surveyed in the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey said that the new administration should pursue these goals simultaneously. Full Story. Full Story. |
| Vidacare Corporation Welcomes Clas G. Runnberg as Managing Director of International Operations |
 Vidacare Corporation, San Antonio, TX - January 6, 2009Vidacare Corporation has hired Clas G. Runnberg as Managing Director ofInternational Operations to manage all of Vidacare's business activities outside of North and South America. He will help develop business plans and strategies for Vidacare's multiple product lines in those geographic areas and be responsible for their overall execution. Full Story. |
States Must Review Their MMIS Environments |
 Managed Healthcare Executive, January 1, 2009
One of the largest costs associated with Medicaid is fraud, and the inability to detect fraud is emblematic of a larger Medicaid challenge: non-integrated information systems that date back to the mainframe and early client/server years. In fact, many Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) systems are more than 15 years old and well past their initial expected useful life. Full Story. |
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UTHSCSA Reception in Honor of Dr. Jerald Winakur and Release of His New Book |
 MEMORY LESSONS: A Doctor's Story is an honest and courageous account of Dr. Jerald Winakur's father's last years, the life he slowly forgot, and what a family faces when dementia begins destroying memory after memory, ability after ability.
The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Pasteur Medical Associates present: MEMORY LESSONS: A Doctor's StoryJerald Winakur, MD, FACP, CMD Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:00-7:00 pm Reception and Book Signing: 7:00-8:00 pm UT Health Science Center San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., RM. 3.102 (Next to the Briscoe Library) Full Story. |
| 10 Steps To A Better Practice |
 Medical Economics, December 19, 2008
Ask 10 doctors about their toughest practice challenges and you'll get 10 different answers. Ask 100 of them and common themes start to emerge: Many agree that the single greatest factor that could improve their practice-often even their lives-is anything that could rid them of that constant, nagging feeling of falling behind. Whether the issue is cramped quarters, piles of paperwork, crowds of patients, or phones that never stop ringing, it's growing ever more difficult to get-and keep-a practice under control. Full Story. | |
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