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Clock Ticking To Stop Medicare Physician Cuts That Hurt Seniors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106954.php
The American Medical Association (AMA) urged Congress to take immediate action to avert looming Medicare physician payment cuts that will harm seniors' access to care.
(Posted Sun, 11 May 2008 18:16:00 GMT)
FDA approves Relistor for treatment of opioid-induced constipation
http://www.wyeth.com/news?nav=display&navTo=/wyeth_html/home/news/pressreleases/2008/1209080590441.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Relistor™ (methylnaltrexone bromide) subcutaneous injection for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in patients with advanced illness who are receiving palliative care, when response to laxative therapy has not been sufficient.
(Posted Tue, 6 May 2008 16:41:00 GMT)
Size of the Medicare funding shortfall exceeds that of the mortgage crisis
http://www.aei.org/docLib/20080416_0322979HPOBate_g.pdf
American Enterprise Institute study says that if Medicare is to pay all of its bills over the next seventy-five years, $36 trillion in general taxes, measured in today's dollars, must be transferred to the trust funds.
(Posted Tue, 6 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT)
"Slow medicine" helps elderly be heard at life’s end
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/05slow.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1210132800&en=3b700b6adbbc62e5&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin#
Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly.
(Posted Tue, 6 May 2008 18:34:00 GMT)
BMJ poll shows importance of palliative care
http://makingadifference.bmj.com
A British Medical Journal (BMJ) poll says palliative care is the area in which doctors can make the greatest difference to patient care.
(Posted Tue, 6 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT)
Health care meets online social media
http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/HealthCareSocialMedia.pdf
California Healthcare Foundation issues report on online social media and Health 2.0.
(Posted Tue, 6 May 2008 18:16:00 GMT)
Healthcare for the Lucky
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-lottery10mar10,1,3583006.story
With 600,000 uninsured residents, Oregon will use a lottery to help ration limited resources in the Oregon Health Plan.
(Posted Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:50:00 GMT)
New Guideline on Drug Treatment for Dementia
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/clinical-care-research/20080305dementiaguide.html
A new AAFP-ACP guideline on pharmacological therapy for dementia reports only modest evidence of clinically meaningful benefit for the average patient.
(Posted Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:13:00 GMT)
Metta Institute End-of-Life Care Practitioner Training
http://www.mettainstitute.org
Metta Institute will offer a six-day residential training July 18-23, 2008, featuring key elements of their year-long End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program.
(Posted Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:07:00 GMT)
The Power of Goodbyes
http://growthhouse.typepad.com/goodbyes/2008/02/this-is-my-firs.html
How will you say goodbye when you know that life is coming to an end? Debra Bradley Ruder has a new blog at Growth House sharing stories about how real people face farewells .
(Posted Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:54:00 GMT)
Stanley Terman, M.D., on Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids (mp3 podcast)
http://www.mywhatever.com/media_files/growthhouse/podcasts/interviews/stan_terman_15feb2008_final.mp3
In this audio podcast psychiatrist Stanley Terman, M.D., discusses why some terminally-ill people stop eating and drinking when life is coming to an end. Psychiatric assessment for depression, anorexia nervosa, mental competence, and control needs should be made in these cases.
(Posted Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:16:00 GMT)
Bill Aims for Nursing Home Reform
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/02/22/a-bill-aims-for-nursing-home-reform.html
A controversial new proposal by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Democrat Sen. Herb Kohl seeks to force nursing homes to provide more information about ownership and accountability.
(Posted Fri, 22 Feb 2008 9:50:00 GMT)
Elizabeth Menkin, M.D., On Conflict Over Removal Of Feeding Tubes (mp3 podcast)
http://www.mywhatever.com/media_files/growthhouse/podcasts/interviews/tube_feeding_menkin_16jan2008_final_hqvbr.mp3
In this podcast interview by Les Morgan of Growth House, Dr. Elizabeth Menkin explains some of the ways that disputes about removal of feeding tubes can arise, and how to deal with them.
(Posted Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:55:00 GMT)
US ranks dead last in preventable deaths
http://growthhouse.typepad.com/les_morgan/2008/01/us-ranks-dead-l.html
The United States ranks worst in a new study of preventable death in 19 industrialized nations. If the US did as well as the best-performing health care systems in the world it would have 101,000 fewer deaths each year.
(Posted Wed, 9 Jan 2008 10:45:00 GMT)

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