Category «Health Care»

New GAO Reports – Coal Leasing, Commercial Space Launches, Federal Contracting, Private Health Insurance, Motor Carrier Safety

COAL LEASING – BLM Could Enhance Appraisal Process, More Explicitly Consider Coal Exports, and Provide More Public Information, GAO-14-140, Dec 18, 2013 COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCHES – FAA’s Risk Assessment Process Is Not Yet Updated, GAO-14-328T, Feb 4, 2014 FEDERAL CONTRACTING – Commercial Item Test Program Beneficial, but Actions Needed to Mitigate Potential Risks, GAO-14-178, Feb 4, 2014 PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE – The …

Subjects: Climate Change, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine, Transportation

NIH study offers insight into why cancer incidence increases with age

“The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to a National Institutes of Health study. Scientists have known for years that age is a leading risk factor for the development of many types of cancer, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Surveillance for Viral Hepatitis – United States, 2011

“As part of CDC’s National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), viral hepatitis case-reports are received electronically from state health departments via CDC’s National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS), a computerized public health surveillance system that provides CDC with data regarding cases of nationally notifiable diseases on a weekly basis. Although surveillance infrastructure is in …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

WHO World Cancer Report 2014

“The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, is today launching World Cancer Report 2014, a collaboration of over 250 leading scientists from more than 40 countries, describing multiple aspects of cancer research and control. Based on the latest statistics on trends in cancer incidence and …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Pew – Attitudes about Aging: A Global Perspective

“At a time when the global population of people ages 65 and older is expected to triple to 1.5 billion by mid-century, public opinion on whether the growing number of older people is a problem varies dramatically around the world, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Concern peaks in East Asia, where nearly nine-in-ten Japanese, …

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

Treat or Eat: Food insecurity, cost-related medication underuse and unmet needs

Treat or Eat: Food insecurity, cost-related medication underuse and unmet needs. American Journal of Medicine, published online 21 January 2014. Background: ‘Adults with chronic disease are often unable to meet medication and/or food needs, but no study has examined the relationship between cost-related medication underuse and food insecurity in a nationally representative sample. We examined which groups most …

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

Documents Show FDA Allows Livestock Antibiotics Use Despite “High Risk” to Humans

News release: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly allowed 30 potentially harmful antibiotics, including 18 rated as “high risk,” to remain on the market as additives in farm animal feed and water – despite an internal review that raised significant red flags, according to agency records obtained by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). …

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

GAO Report on Recent Trends in Federal Civilian Employment and Compensation

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Recent Trends in Federal Civilian Employment and Compensation, GAO-14-215, Jan 29, 2014 “From 2004 to 2012, the federal non-postal civilian workforce grew by 258,882 employees, from 1.88 million to 2.13 million (14 percent). Permanent career employees accounted for most of the growth, increasing by 256,718 employees, from 1.7 million in 2004 to 1.96 million in …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

CBO’s Analysis of Health Care Policy

CBO’s Analysis of Health Care Policy, Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, to the Healthcare Leadership Council, January 29, 2014.

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care

Papers – Cost of Spousal Health Coverage, and Measuring retirement income adequacy

The Cost of Spousal Health Coverage, and The Role of Social Security, Defined Benefits, and Private Retirement Accounts in the Face of the Retirement Crisis. January 2014, Vol. 35, No. 1. Employee Benefit Research Institute. “As of 2012, 7 percent of employers did not cover spouses when other coverage was available to them and 4 percent …

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

January 2014 Vital Signs Issue: Alcohol Screening and Counseling

“At least 38 million adults drink too much and most are not alcoholics. Drinking too much includes binge drinking, high weekly use, and any alcohol use by pregnant women or those under age 21. It causes about 88,000 deaths in the US each year, and costs the economy about $224 billion. Alcohol screening and brief …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

Use and Characteristics of E-Health Record Systems Among Office-based Physician Practices

Use and Characteristics of Electronic Health Record Systems Among Office-based Physician Practices: United States, 2001–2013. Chun-Ju Hsiao, Ph.D., and Esther Hing, M.P.H. HHS/CDC. January 2014. “In 2013, 78% of office-based physicians used any type of electronic health record (EHR) system, up from 18% in 2001. In 2013, 48% of office-based physicians reported having a system that …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine, Privacy

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