Province Finishes Last In First-ever Health Consumer Index newfoundland and labrador’s health system has placed last among the 10 provinces in the inaugural canada health consumer index, with failing grades in categories such as outcomes and generosity. www.thetelegram.com
Bluecross Offers Physician Quality And Cost Information To Members - Chattanoogan bluecross blueshield of tennessee announced that physician-specific information on clinical quality and health care costs is now available to nearly two million tennesseans at bcbst.com. the bluecross physician quality and cost transparency program ... www.chattanoogan.com
Dst Health Solutions Receives Urac Health Utilization Management ... - Pr Newswire birmingham, ala., sept. 16 /prnewswire/ -- dst health solutions' medical services department has been awarded health utilization management accreditation from urac. the department was granted accreditation through 2010. urac is a washington, dc-based ... sev.prnewswire.com
Bcbst’s New Online Tool Will Give Members More Information bluecross blueshield of tennessee has launched an online tool that will give physician-specific information on clinical quality and health care costs to nearly 2 million tennessee members. www.bizjournals.com
Bluecross Offers Physician Quality And Cost Information To Members bluecross blueshield of tennessee announced that physician-specific information on clinical quality and health care costs is now available to nearly two million tennesseans at bcbst.com. www.chattanoogan.com
Product Recalls - Fort Lauderdale Sun-sentinel beijing (ap) _ china's latest product safety scandal — tainted milk formula blamed for killing two chinese babies and sickening 1,200 — expanded to include more foods tuesday, with state media reporting some formula produced by companies... if ... www.sun-sentinel.com
Fda Defends Plastic Linked With Health Risks - San Diego Union-tribune washington – with scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal guidance tuesday about how to protect themselves. at a scientific hearing, the food and ... www.signonsandiego.com
New Health Risks Linked With Plastic In Bottles the first major study of health effects in people from a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, food cans and a host of other products links it with possible risks for heart disease and diabetes. news.yahoo.com
Fda Defends Plastic Linked To Health Risks - Detroit Free Press washington — with scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal guidance today about how to protect themselves. at a scientific hearing, the food and drug ... www.freep.com
Bcbst’s New Online Tool Will Give Members More Information - Memphis Business Journal bluecross blueshield of tennessee has launched an online tool that will give physician-specific information on clinical quality and health care costs to nearly 2 million tennessee members. blueaccess, the secure area of bcbst.com, will include ... memphis.bizjournals.com
Coventry Health Care To Use Proventive's Solutions For Cardiovascular Risk Assessment boston----proventive, the leading information technology provider of quality improvement solutions for the health care industry, announced today that coventry health care, inc. has selected proventive for its leading-edge pilot project in identifying and managing cardiovascular risk. biz.yahoo.com
Studies Detail Contrasts In Rivals' Health-care Plans - Wall Street Journal washington -- republican presidential candidate john mccain's health-care plan would make only a small dent in the ranks of the uninsured, at best covering about five million more people, two new reports conclude. democratic nominee barack obama ... online.wsj.com
Fda Defends Plastic Linked With Health Risks washington -- federal regulators today defended their assessment that a chemical widely used in plastic baby bottles and in food packaging is safe, even as the first major study of health effects in people linked it with possible risks for heart disease and diabetes. www.latimes.com
Fda Defends Plastic Linked With Health Risks federal regulators on tuesday defended their assessment that a chemical widely used in plastic baby bottles and in food packaging is safe, even as the first major study of health effects in people linked it with possible risks for heart disease and diabetes. www.cbsnews.com
Obama, Mccain, And Venture Capital - Red Herring with the capital markets in turmoil, the u.s. presidential election is taking on added importance. what do vcs want and which of the major party candidates for president can deliver? according to the national venture capital association, the policy ... www.redherring.com
Dell Shares Sink On Warning About Weak Demand - Businessweek hurting from price cuts and an expensive restructuring, dell inc. rattled investors tuesday with another warning, this time that corporate spending on technology is weakening further. by most measures, the technology sector has been chugging along ... www.businessweek.com
Rush To Build Personal E-health Records Risky local software developers clamouring to build personal e-health records risk creating new silos of unconnected patient information, warns neil jordan, microsoft's managing director of worldwide health. www.australianit.com.au