Commentary--how to improve federal health data for coverage, access, and state-specific needs.
The health research and policy communities have made significant progress in recent years in improving the data and analysis needed by federal, state, and local officials to guide policymaking on the uninsured. If the United States provided universal coverage to all Americans and had implemented a uniform electronic medical...

Online drug information for dermatology patients.
Abstract Information about medications appropriate for dermatologists and patients with skin diseases is readily available on the Internet. Authoritative educational material is supplied by academic dermatologic associations and institutions and distributed by independent websites, large health portals, and search directories. Although it is easy to find excellent...

American Cancer Society Serving as Lead Provider For Yahoo! Health's New Cancer Center.
Newly Launched Cancer Information Resource to Offer Health Information From Nation's Leading Cancer Organization ATLANTA, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health agency, today announced an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a global Internet communications, commerce...

Nursing Honor Society and The John A. Hartford Foundation centers to create Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy.
Nursing Honor Society and The John A. Hartford Foundation centers to create Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, announced yesterday the development of a nationwide Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy. The academy will prepare nurses to lead multidisciplinary teams in their...

Acurian's Community of Individuals Seeking Clinical Trials and Emerging Treatment Information Surpasses 1.3 Million.
Acurian Now Provides Biopharmaceutical Companies With Industry's Largest Reach to Qualified Individuals and Physician-Investigators HORSHAM, Pa., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurian, a leader in accelerating clinical trial launches for the global biopharmaceutical industry, today announced that its community of individuals who are interested...

Health websites are too complicated. (Internet).
Information provided on the Internet about children's health care is often too difficult for most adults to understand, according to a University of Iowa, Iowa City, Health Care study. The researchers randomly selected and analyzed children's health information from 89 different authoritative websites, and found that pediatric health care...

The Stealth Health Epidemic: Patient-Focused Organization Reaches Out to Educate Chicagoans.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its efforts to educate, inform and empower the people of Chicago, SAVE THE PATIENT, a not-for-profit patient-focused organization, is hosting its 25-minute live call-in show on the Chicago Access Network (CAN-TV). The seventh installment of "Community Health Hotline" will air Monday, January 8,...

Acute (adult clinical inpatient) care nurses' attitudes towards and knowledge of nationally endorsed 5As smoking cessation guidelines.
ABSTRACT Nurses are expected to be involved in health promotion, including smoking cessation. This study aimed to assess nurses' knowledge, sense of responsibility and willingness to provide smoking cessation interventions as described in the national 5As guideline. Data were collected by a survey distributed to a convenience...

The impact of medicaid managed care on pregnant women in Ohio: a cohort analysis.
Two converging trends in the 1980s and 1990s--the Medicaid expansions for pregnant women and the rapid expansion in the use of managed care approaches in Medicaid--have led to a greatly expanded role for managed care in the pregnancies of low income women. The Medicaid program covered a substantial proportion...

Internet Offers Wealth of Clinical, Educational, Professional Resources.
MIAMI BEACH -- The Internet, now "an essential tool for health professionals," offers an abundance of sometimes bewildering resources for psychiatrists, Dr. Raymond Ownby said in a psychopharmacology update sponsored by the University of Miami. Besides its growing role as a tool for communicating with patients and...