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State of U.S. health 'mediocre': report

Sun, 2013-07-14 01:22 — Maeryn Obley

reuters.com - July 10th, 2013 - Julie Steenhuysen

The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries.

Although Americans are living longer, with overall U.S. life expectancy increasing to 78.2 in 2010 from 75.2 in 1990, increases in psychiatric disorders, substance abuse and conditions that cause back, muscle and joint pain mean many do not feel well enough to enjoy those added years of life.

"Despite a level of health expenditures that would have seemed unthinkable a generation ago, the health of the U.S. population has improved only gradually and has fallen behind the pace of progress in many other wealthy nations," Dr. Harvey Fineberg of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., wrote in an editorial published on Wednesday with the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Videos - Identifying and Managing Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), and PTSD in the wake of the Boston Marathon Bombings

Sun, 2013-06-30 18:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Steven Locke

Dear Colleagues,

In light of the recent bombings and the events of Newtown, we are sadly reminded of the need to have access to information about identification and management of acute stress and posttraumatic stress disorder.  

To help provide this information to those who wish it, the MGH Psychiatry Academy has worked with Dr Luana Marques, Director of Psychotherapy Training and Research in the MGH Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, to develop two 30 minute presentations focusing on 1) management of acute stress and psychological first aid, and 2) PTSD.  We hope that this information will bring us all up to speed on how to best help the victims of the bombing.  

While we are not able to offer credits for viewing these presentations, we have posted them for access free of charge with some associated resource links at: http://www.mghcme.org/bostonstrong 

We hope you find the material helpful. Many thanks to Luana Marques for preparing and taping these presentations.  Please feel free to share this email with our colleagues within and outside of MGH psychiatry.

Sincerely,

Tristan Gorrindo and Naomi Simon

Faster Method to Identify Salmonella Strains

Sat, 2013-06-29 20:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 4, 2013

There are more than a million estimated cases of salmonellosis annually in the United States, resulting in approximately 400 deaths, nearly 20,000 hospitalizations and an economic burden of millions of dollars. New method may significantly reduce the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains.

A new approach may be able to reduce by more than half the time it takes health officials to identify Salmonella strains, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

The finding may significantly speed up the response to many outbreaks of foodborne illness, allowing epidemiological investigators to identify the exact strains of Salmonella that make people sick and to find more quickly — and eliminate — the source of the disease.

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Oregon Drills First Responders for Bioterrorism Attack

Wed, 2013-06-05 22:48 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

First responders to a bioterror attack drill collecting samples // Source: baike.com

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - May 22, 2013

A three day drill called the Portland Area Capabilities Exercise (PACE), simulating a terrorist attack involving a biological weapon, will take place across fifty different facilities and sixty-five jurisdictions in the state of Oregon.

Officials say the exercise is the largest to be conducted since 2007.

“Exercises such as this are critical to identifying strengths and weaknesses in our response capabilities and to understanding the complexities of multi-state, multi-agency incident response operations,” Scott Porter, director of Washington County Emergency Management and co-chair of the exercise process, told the Oregonian.

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Mysterious Illness Kills 2 in Southeast Alabama

Wed, 2013-06-05 21:45 — Kathy Gilbeaux

ap.org - May 21, 2013

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday.

Seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre said in a statement.

Two of the seven have died.

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HHS Launches $1B Healthcare Innovation Effort

Sat, 2013-05-18 10:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

thehill.com - by Elise Viebeck - May 15, 2013

The federal Health department announced a new initiative to bring down healthcare costs and improve care delivery through $1 billion in grants and evaluations.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the second round of Healthcare Innovation Awards will target new areas for improvement, including care for special needs populations.

The awards are also meant to reduce costs for Medicare and Medicaid patients in outpatient hospital settings, test new care and financial models for specific provider groups, and ensure care delivery accounts for preventive and population health.

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Symphony of the Soil - a remarkable film for all ages

Wed, 2013-05-15 19:06 — Gina Angiola

This film is a great tool for community-building ...and is transformative...

http://greenwheaton.org/environmental-film-symphony-soil/

 

 

" By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet."

Report Outlines Vast Variations in Hospital Costs

Sun, 2013-05-12 21:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

healio.com - May 9, 2013

The amount charged by hospitals for inpatient services varies significantly based on region, and large disparities even exist within individual communities, according to a report released this week by the federal government.

“Consumers don’t know what a hospital is charging them or their insurance company for a given procedure, like a knee replacement, or how much of a price difference there is at different hospitals, even within the same city,” Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a press release. “This data … will help fill that gap.”

The data — available on the CMS website, cms.gov — compares costs for services associated with the 100 most common Medicare inpatient stays.

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Medicare Provider Charge Data
http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/index.html

New CDC Report Finds Stunning Suicide Increases Among Middle-Aged Americans

Thu, 2013-05-09 22:47 — Maeryn Obley

Watch New CDC Report Finds Stunning Suicide Increases on PBS.

Emerging Infections in Perspective: Novel Coronavirus and H7N9 Influenza

Wed, 2013-04-24 23:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Professor David L. Heymann, CBE

chathamhouse.org - by David L. Heymann - April 15, 2013

Since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory infection (SARS) ten years ago, efforts to detect unusual severe respiratory disease have intensified. At the same time, there have been major advances in the development of diagnostic tests. This is a result of a major increase in the research and development budget for tests to diagnose unknown disease, and this investment was driven by the perception that anthrax and other organisms such as the smallpox virus will continue to be a bioterrorism threat.

When disease detection efforts are intensified, surveillance systems often become better at picking up illness that would have otherwise gone undetected until enough people developed the disease that an outbreak occurs and is noticed. Throughout history, mysterious severe respiratory infections that have resulted in death have emerged, but with new diagnostic tests it is also now possible to determine the cause of such disease, often soon after it is detected.

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