Category «Health Care»

Trends in the Well-Being of the Aged and Their Prospects through 2030

Trends in the Well-Being of the Aged and Their Prospects through 2030 – Burtless, Gary. Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Volume 18, Issue 2 (Dec 2015). Published Online: 11/18/2015. “The US population over 65 has seen significant and sustained improvement in its absolute and relative well-being over the past half century. This paper offers …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care

GAO Reports – Air Travel and Communicable Diseases

Air Travel and Communicable Diseases: Comprehensive Federal Plan Needed for U.S. Aviation System’s Preparedness, GAO-16-127: Published: Dec 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2015. Federal Judiciary: Improvements Needed for Collecting Judges’ Non-Case-Related Travel Information, GAO-16-70: Published: Dec 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2015. Internet Protocol Transition: FCC Should Strengthen Its Data Collection Efforts to …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Transportation

Verizon – 90% of industries have experienced a protected health info breach

“90% of industries have experienced a PHI breach…Welcome to the first Verizon Protected Health Information Data Breach Report (PHIDBR)…The purpose of this study is to shed light on the problem of medical data loss—how it is disclosed, who is causing it and what can be done to combat it. This is a far-reaching problem that …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Health Care, Internet, Privacy

Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011–12

Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011–12. Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., RTI International, Jennifer Bronson, Ph.D., Laura Maruschak, BJS Statisticians. December 14, 2015   NCJ 249151 “Presents the prevalence of disabilities among prison and jail inmates, detailing the prevalence of six specific disability types: hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living. Important differences in each type …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Health Care

Public Interest in Science and Health Linked to Gender, Age and Personality

 Public Interest in Science and Health Linked to Gender, Age and Personality – By Brian Kennedy and Cary Funk – December 11, 2015. “Those who try to measure public understanding about science and technology often link science and technology with the health and medical domain. Yet, the reality is that different people find those distinct …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Healthcare industries are projected to become the largest employer in 2024

BLS – Employment Projections: 2014-24 “Healthcare occupations and industries are expected to have the fastest employment growth and to add the most jobs between 2014 and 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. With the increase in the proportion of the population in older age groups, more people in the labor force will …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Health Care

PubMed – New Filters for Creative Commons Articles

News release: “Creative Commons (CC) licenses are types of copyright licenses that allow free distribution of a work. PubMed Central (PMC), the NLM archive of full text journal articles, includes articles that have a Creative Commons license or are in the public domain. The latter covers those articles authored by staff of U.S. government agencies. …

Subjects: Copyright, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

FDA clears military traumatic wound dressing for use in civilian population

“Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the use of the XSTAT 30 wound dressing, an expandable, multi-sponge dressing used to control severe, life-threatening bleeding from wounds in areas that a tourniquet cannot be placed (such as the groin or armpit) in battlefield and civilian trauma settings. The clearance expands the device’s indication from …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

GAO Reports – Aviation Finance, Climate Information, Medicaid Financing

Aviation Finance: Observations on the Effects of Budget Uncertainty on FAA, GAO-16-198R: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2015. Climate Information: A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information, GAO-16-37: Published: Nov 23, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2015. Medicaid Financing: Questionnaire Data on States’ …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine, Transportation

NLM Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website

“The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed: http://healthliteracy.bu.edu/. The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free, user-friendly, unique, curated online database of more than 100 empirically validated health literacy instruments. The Tool Shed serves as …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Medicine, Search Engines, Web Site Accessibility and Usability

How CBO Estimates Effects of Affordable Care Act on Labor Market

How CBO Estimates the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Labor Market: Working Paper 2015-09. By Edward Harris (CBO) and Shannon Mok (CBO). December 7, 2015. “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make the labor supply, measured as the total compensation paid to workers, 0.86 percent smaller in 2025 than it would have …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

University of Michigan ongoing survey – U.S. Health and Retirement Study

“About the Health and Retirement Study – The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration, the HRS explores …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care