Ontario long-term care statute combines 3 acts but no 'revolution', critics say.
Ontario's 618 long-term care facilities will be governed by one statute, replacing the three laws which have governed these facilities for many years. The proposed Long-Term Care Homes Act will replace the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act, Nursing Homes Act and the Charitable Institutions Act, and...

Prudential Releases Report of Long-Term Care Cost of Care.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 August 2008-Prudential Releases Report of Long-Term Care Cost of Care(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2030 the number of Americans aged 65 and older will more than double to 71 million, comprising approximately 20 percent of the...

University of Massachusetts Medical School Research on Myelodysplastic Syndrome Show Long Term Benefits for Non Deletion 5q Patients Treated With Revlimid(R).
- Data from Phase II Clinical Trial Results Presented at 48th Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting - ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in collaboration with their clinical partners at UMass Memorial Health Care, today announced final results...

Academy health update.
National Health Policy Conference February 6-7, 2006--Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel Join AcademyHealth and Health Affairs to hear leading experts from the Administration, academia, Congress, and the health industry share their insights on critical health care issues confronting policy makers. Among the topics to be addressed are: reducing...

Changes in the use of postacute care during the initial Medicare payment reforms.
Medicare postacute care (PAC) services provide recuperative or rehabilitative services to patients discharged from acute-care hospitals. As hospital length of stays shortened considerably after the hospital prospective payment system implemented in 1983, these services became a critical transition in the continuum of care for elderly patients. These services--mainly skilled...

Alzheimer's disease: long-term care issues.
A nursing assistant recently commented in relation to the care she was able to give her patients with dementia, "It's not supposed to be like this." The remark brings to the foreground the issue of what constitutes optimal care for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other illnesses that...

Divesting losers: chipping away at integrated delivery systems. (Management).
THE DAYS OF HEALTH system mergers and acquisitions may be fading fast as integrated delivery systems (IDSs) scramble to shed losers and ease serious financial pressures. A large number of IDSs already divested unprofitable physician practices, provider-sponsored HMOs, long-term care facilities and mental health programs. ...

Dr. Mark B. McClellan Headlining at MHA Business Summit.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Managed Health Care Associates (MHA), the nation's largest Alternate Site GPO, is pleased to announce, Dr. Mark B. McClellan, former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the Key Note speaker for the Fourth Annual MHA Business Summit. This...

WellPoint Signs On to The Center for Health Value Innovation.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-WellPoint Signs On to The Center for Health Value Innovation(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com WellPoint, a health benefits company serving the needs of approximately 35 million medical members nationwide, has joinedThe Center for Health Value Innovation. With a mission to...

Publications.
Coordination and integration of primary health care within local health integration networks. The Association of Ontario Health Centres, Toronto. www.aohc.org\ Health Care Renewal in Canada : Accelerating Change January 2005, Health Council of Canada, Ottawa www.hcc-ccs.com/report Samuel Thomas Greene : a legend in the nineteenth...