The comprehensive care clinic.
Management of chronic diseases has been a recent focus of health care because of its effect on quality of life, health care use, and cost (Holman & Lorig, 2000). However, most of the interventions geared toward chronic disease management have been disease specific and do not address the issue...

Veterans under age 25 run high risk for disorders.
One-fourth of more than 100,000 veterans returning home from Iraq or Afghanistan as of November 2005 were diagnosed as having a mental disorder, and most of them had two or three diagnoses, reported Dr. Karen H. Seal of the University of California, San Francisco, and her associates. ...

Top VA Doctor to Resign.
WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Thomas L. Garthwaite today announced his intent to resign as the Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi asked Garthwaite to remain in his post while a search...

L.A. physician sees electronic medical record as key to better public health. (Profile).
ACCORDING TO A recent Los Angeles Times editorial, (1) Tom Garthwaite, MD, faces an impossible task. As director and chief medical officer of the L.A. County Department of Health Services (LACDHS), Garthwaite oversees one of the largest county health departments in the U.S.-one that is struggling with...

Robert Kolodner.
Robert Kolodner, MD, is the interim national coordinator for health information technology at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Kolodner is a long-standing and prominent member of AMIA. He replaces Dr. David Brailer, the nation's first coordinator of health care IT, who resigned in May. During his tenure as...

VA Committee Leaders Question 'Either-Or' Health Care Choice.
Smith and Evans Want Legislation Delayed Pending Joint Agency Review and Report WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Until all potential effects are considered, leaders of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee said they will oppose legislation requiring military retirees to make an irrevocable choice...

Viva the VA.
"Veterans Defend VA Care" was the headline over a recent article by Kate Long in my hometown paper, the Charleston Gazette. "You couldn't be treated any better than they treat you here," a local veteran told Long, describing the treatment of patients at the Charleston Veterans Health Administration Clinic....

Legal issues in Kinesiotherapy.
Abstract This paper discusses the historic legal issues and trends associated with Kinesiotherapy practice in the allied health professions. Control of the practice of medicine, physical therapy and other related fields has implications upon the nature of Kinesiotherapy and future directions it should take. The legal concept...

Feds push for electronic health record system.
The Department of Health and Human Services took more steps toward a nationwide electronic health record system when it issued requests for proposals for key system components and announced formation of an advisory committee. The department said it is seeking vendors to create processes for setting data...

Feds push nationwide electronic record system forward.
The Department of Health and Human Services took more steps toward a nationwide electronic health record system when it issued requests for proposals for key system components and announced formation of an advisory committee. The department said it is seeking vendors to create processes for setting data...