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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has allocated a total of 1,351,400 doses of H1N1 vaccine to Pennsylvania to date, the state Department of Health announced today.
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State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | yesterday
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- The Ohio Department of Health submitted an order for 434,800 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday afternoon. The vaccine will be shipped directly to 315 local health departments and hospitals in 88 Ohio counties. The order includes 67,800 doses of nasal-spray vaccine and 367,000 shots of H1N1 flu vaccine....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICF Incorporated, LLC, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), today announced that it has won a new contract worth over $5 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ACF Children’s Bureau. Throughout this three-year contract, ICF will provide technical assistance on state and federal child welfare automation projects. The...
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The Wichita Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has launched a Web site designed to keep people informed about the push for a statewide health information exchange.
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Hull House NC (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Carolina mental hospitals are struggling to handle an influx of mental health patients in the wake of state reforms started in 2001. Patients often languish for days handcuffed or sedated in emergency rooms while waiting for a bed to open at one of the state's four mental hospitals. Lanier Cansler, the state's secretary of health and human services, plans to ease the strain by paying...
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EMR Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Patient-Focused Electronic Health Record Technology Gains Support and Voices in Congress DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D, TX) have taken the lead in urging their fellow members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require patient quality improvements as a prerequisite...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D, TX) have taken the lead in urging their fellow members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require patient quality improvements as a prerequisite to obtaining federal electronic health record (EHR) stimulus funds. The American Recovery and...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
When the House of Representatives passed their version of health care reform last night, sexual orientation and gender identity were defined [pdf] as groups likely to "experience significant gaps in disease, health outcomes, or access to health care." Hat tip to Jill for pointing it out. ''Subtitle G--General Provisions 16 ''SEC. 3171. DEFINITIONS. 17 ''In this title:...
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Docuticker (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
IOM Provides Guidance on Standards of Health Care for Disaster Situations Source: institute of Medicine In a new letter report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine provides guidance for state and local health agencies and health care facilities regarding the standards of care that should apply during disaster situations....
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The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I have a suggestion for our latest health ministers. Now, let me see, who are the health ministers this month? Ah Yes, Mr Andrew 'Andy' Burnham MP and Mr Michael 'Mike' O'Brien MP. But before I reveal my suggestion, may I say that it is entirely in keeping with this current Government that the Secretary of State should 'suddenly' be unable to attend a conference at the last minute because...
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THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Department of Health Encourages Healthcare Workers Across Pennsylvania to Receive H1N1 Vaccine
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive, today 6th November 2009, published the Integrated Workforce Planning Strategy for the Health Services. The strategy has been designed and developed to ensure integration of workforce planning activity with the broader objectives of financial and service planning in the Irish healthcare and social...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
DETROIT, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Auburn Hills, MI-based Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices, LLC (LEID) will be installing its locker system and patent-pending Biometric Access Control System(TM) (BACS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH) based in Bethesda, MD. The locker system will support the NIH's entire police force that...
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Tony Phyrillas (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Department of Health Encourages Healthcare Workers Across Pennsylvania to Receive H1N1 Vaccine
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THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Department of Health Confirms Pennsylvania's First Pediatric Death Associated with H1N1 Flu