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Welcome!
With the ending of the current legislative session there are plenty of new policies heading our way read more about some of them in the THA update included below. There are also plenty of new announcements and activites to read about as well.
Best!
Melba Romero
Publisher/Editor
S.A. Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine
P.S. Regretfully, due to technical difficulties and software setbacks the May/June Issue of The S.A. HC+B Magazine has been cancelled but all has been remedied and the July/August Issue is well underway and will include a digital and printed issue! Look for your notice in the coming days. Thank you! Melba |
Gains on Uninsured, Reducing Shortages of Nurses/ Physicians, Health Care Funding Among Session's Successes |
 Texas Hospital Association, Austin, TX - June 2, 2009
The Texas Legislature made significant improvements to Texas health care that will benefit consumers as well as health care providers. Small businesses and low-income individuals in the Texas High Risk Pool will find health insurance coverage more affordable, and college students will find health coverage more accessible. Texas nursing schools will be able to enroll more students for the fall semester, which will produce more graduates to ease the state's nursing shortage. Several measures passed that will increase the supply of physicians in rural and other underserved areas. And, lawmakers used federal stimulus funds to fill the shortage in Medicaid for 2009 and increase funding for Medicaid caseload and cost growth projections for 2010-11. Full Story. |
Study Shows Consistent Use of Insulin Pump Therapy, Augmented with Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Results in Significant A1C Reductions |
 Medtronic, Inc., New Orleans - June 7, 2009Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced results of a randomized, controlled trial to demonstrate the benefits of an insulin pump therapy augmented with real-time continuous glucose monitoring (Personal CGM) versus a conventional pump and self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 1 diabetes patients with poor metabolic control. Study findings showed that patients who used Personal CGM more than 70 percent of the time achieved nearly a full percentage point reduction in A1C (average blood glucose levels). Full Story. |
Genzyme Completes Transaction with Bayer HealthCare |
 Genzyme Corp. - June 2, 2009 Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) recently announced that it has completed the transaction with Bayer HealthCare to acquire the worldwide rights to Campath®/MabCampath® (alemtuzumab), giving Genzyme primary responsibility for the development and commercialization of this promising multiple sclerosis (MS) therapeutic candidate. Genzyme is conducting two rapidly progressing phase 3 studies of alemtuzumab in relapsing-remitting MS patients. Full Story. |
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New Web site Eases End-Of-Life Planning for Texans |
UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX - June 4, 2009
Less than a quarter of U.S. adults have spelled out end-of-life wishes in an advance directive or legally appointed someone to make health care decisions if they are unable to do it themselves. A bioethicist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio wants to change that. Full Story. |
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American Society Of Health-System Pharmacists Honors Members For Practice Excellence And Leadership |
 South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START), San Antonio, TX - June 8, 2009
Theresa Mays, staff pharmacist for South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) is among 32 health-system pharmacists to be given the title "Fellow" by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in recognition of the excellence they have achieved in pharmacy practice. Full Story. |
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Novel Tool Evaluates Disaster Readiness in U.S. Cities |
 American Medical Association, Chicago, IL - June 3, 2009An innovative computer-based modeling approach for rare public health emergencies can help with disaster planning and medical response efforts in metropolitan areas. This is according to findings published today in the American Medical Association's (AMA) Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal. Full Story. |
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AAMC/HHMI Committee Defines Scientific Competencies for Future Physicians |
 Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C. - June 4, 2009
A new report, issued today by an expert committee convened by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), for the first time defines scientific competencies for future medical school graduates and for undergraduate students who want to pursue a career in medicine. Full Story. | |
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