Sunday, June 21, 2009

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News


Model: Green Bay, the anti-Miami

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6/11/2009 © Washington Post 
Today, President Obama visits Green Bay, Wis., one of the highest-value health communities in the nation. There, Medicare patients' health is at least as good as in Miami but costs dramatically less.

UM tests online link for diabetics

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6/11/2009 © Miami Herald
If low-income diabetics frequently communicate with nurses online, will they stay healthier? Microsoft and the University of Miami are testing the theory on 25 patients from Overtown.

State capital's trauma center official

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6/11/2009 © Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare will be designated as a Level II trauma center on July 1. Before the facility gained provisional trauma status last year, Tallahassee was the only urban area in Florida not served by a trauma center.

Shands forms unusual partnership

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6/8/2009 © Gainesville Sun
Shands HealthCare and Solantic are partnering to open a Gainesville medical clinic. That puts the University of Florida's teaching hospital system in business with Rick Scott, who has become the most visible opponent of national health reform (see Health News Florida's article on Scott).

''Natural'' cures on rise, can kill

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6/8/2009 © AP/Bradenton Herald
Unproven alternative treatments are making a comeback, offering patients with deadly diseases hope with outlandish claims of cures. Instead, they rob the patient of money and precious time.

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